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Sugar workers in Iran striking for wages, benefits and public ownership of their industry

By CODIR September 2 marked the 80th day since workers of the Haft-Tappeh Sugarcane complex in the south of Iran came out on strike, on June 15. They are demanding their unpaid wages, medical insurance, reinstatement of dismissed colleagues, [...]

Chile: 50 years on, Popular Unity victory still a lesson for the struggles ahead

By Guillermo Teillier del Valle, President of the Communist Party of Chile It was 1952 and Salvador Allende was facing his first presidential campaign with few resources. He had the support of the Socialist Party, many of whose militants [...]

Communist Party: Hands off Belarus!

No foreign interference, no imperialist coup! The Communist Party of Canada denounces the interference in the internal affairs of Belarus, by the United States, European Union and NATO countries. The Party calls on the Canadian government to [...]

Opposition to interference in Belarus grows

As People's Voice goes to press, Western governments are escalating their threats to intervene in Belarus against the elected government of Alexander Lukashenko. In response, a growing number of voices around the world are warning of the dangers of [...]

COVID, poverty and right-wing populism drive India toward crisis

By B. Prasant in Kolkata Everywhere you go in the rural districts of north India, you find billboards springing up with garish colours and misspelt letterings – touches of haste clearly on show. They read, “Come Back to Kerala. Come Back to [...]

India: what it needs and what it is getting

By Dipanjana Dasgupta Dey On December 6, 1992 India saw the demolition of the Mughal-era Babri Masjid mosque by fanatic Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Sawamsevak Sangha (RSS) cadres. The incident triggered a nationwide riot in which as [...]

Following Beirut blast, Lebanese communists call for overthrow of “murderous regime”

In a statement issued August 7, three days after the huge explosion in the port of Beirut which killed scores of people and left 300,000 homeless, the Lebanese Communist Party (LCP) called for renewed and escalating protests aimed at bringing down [...]