South African and Covid-19 Saturday 19 December 2020, by Amandla! But is abnormal possible? Covid 19, the associated lockdowns, wearing of masks and social distancing have disrupted society. On the one hand, there is the…
View More We will not return to normal, because normal was the problemCategory: International News
Latin America: Dead ends and limits of progressive governments
With the collapse of the USSR, the end of history was announced without delay. Nothing seemed to be able to stem the neoliberal global tidal wave, when the Zapatista uprising in Mexico erupted in 1994.…
View More Latin America: Dead ends and limits of progressive governmentsCan U.S. Hegemony Be Restored?
Post on: December 6, 2020 Scott Cooper Joe Biden wants to return U.S. imperialism to “business as usual” — but conditions have changed. It was May 25, 2017. Donald Trump had been sworn in four months earlier…
View More Can U.S. Hegemony Be Restored?Costa Rica, Guatemala and the mass movement against austerity
Interviewed by – Stan Miller Rob Lyons is an activist and journalist living in Central America. He comes back with us on the quasi insurrectional movements that recently took place in Costa Rica and Guatemala.…
View More Costa Rica, Guatemala and the mass movement against austerityVenezuela’s PSUV retakes control of National Assembly despite low turnout
Originally published: Venezuelanalysis by Paul Dobson (December 7, 2020) The ruling United Socialist Party (PSUV) and its allies have swept Venezuela’s parliamentary elections and regained control of the National Assembly (AN). According to the National Electoral Council (CNE)’s results,…
View More Venezuela’s PSUV retakes control of National Assembly despite low turnoutElection Charade Ends: U.S. Ruling Class Wins Again
By JEFF MACKLER On the Joseph Biden side of the 2020 capitalist election spectacle stood the military establishment, albeit quietly, including Trump’s Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley and Trump’s Secretary of Defense Mark…
View More Election Charade Ends: U.S. Ruling Class Wins AgainTrump Leaves Biden Foreign Policy Problems; How Will the Left React?
USA Wednesday 9 December 2020, by Dan La Botz When he became president, Donald Trump broke with what had been seventy years of post-war U.S. foreign policy. At the end of World War II, the United…
View More Trump Leaves Biden Foreign Policy Problems; How Will the Left React?No to the mask of censorship on police violence
MARTINIQUE Sunday 6 December 2020, by Groupe Révolution Socialiste (GRS) This statement appeared in “Révolution socialiste” (Martinique) bulletin number 177, Friday 27 November 2020. Martinique, like Guadeloupe are colonies of France and considered as départements of France. We…
View More No to the mask of censorship on police violence“The march of liberties” – 500 000 people in the streets all over France!
The target of this protest is to get rid of Macron global security law whose article 24 makes it a crime to film the police for journalists and citizens alike. There have been many acts…
View More “The march of liberties” – 500 000 people in the streets all over France!Western SAHARA – Faced with the war escalation: with the Saharawi people, for their right of self-determination and the end of the occupation
Statement by Anticapitalistas The current situation in Western Sahara is extremely serious and represents a qualitative leap and a historical event before which we cannot remain impassive. In the past 45 years, Morocco has not…
View More Western SAHARA – Faced with the war escalation: with the Saharawi people, for their right of self-determination and the end of the occupation