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by Bob Master Legislative and Political Director for CWA District One of the Communications Workers of America and a co-chair of the New York State Working...

The left-wing firebrand and former MP said the UK should be able to decide for itself "how many immigrants we have, who we deport, what the levels of taxation are and what our foreign policy should be".

The Bolivarian Revolution faces determined attacks led by Venezuelan elites. But the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) shares blame for the current situation. The party’s relationship with its mass base had deteriorated; corruption and economic turmoil impact ordinary Venezuelans; and the bid to democratize the state was largely abandoned. These all left an opening for the opposition.

French society and political culture have changed. These changes were accumulating gradually over the decades, but the intellectual and political elite worked hard to pretend that nothing was happening. The left and the right in a touching unity ignored the process unfolding in front of their eyes that began back in 1995. It all started with a strike of public sector workers against the attempts to cancel the "benefits " for those who worked for the state. Suddenly, for the authorities, the press and even for the trade unions, the people, who were not affected by the proposed change, overwhelmingly supported the strikers. Workers in the private sector stood in solidarity with their colleagues, employed by the state. Transportation workers strike led to a massive influx of people into the streets.

By Paolo Gerbaudo The 2011 square occupations have been a watershed moment that, despite its evanescence, has profoundly changed grassroots and institutional politics. What has become of...

By SOPHIA A. MCCLENNEN Polls show that both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have trouble appealing to young voters.  In a recent study released by...

By Andrew Burgin Founder member of Left Unity On June 23rd the British people will vote on whether to stay in or leave the European Union....

This text deals with strategy, but strategy cannot be seen separate from people and their histories and actions. SYRIZA has always been an uneasy...

The President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, has been suspended from her office while she goes on trial by the Senate. If convicted, she would...

Source: Resumen Latinoamericano / The Dawn News / May 17, 2016. Last April 15 in the IMPA(1) headquarters and with a large turnout, an open...