Americas

Workers win trade union recognition

Working class needs to resist new right wing minority government

Evo Morales of the Movement towards Socialism (MAS) was sworn in as President of Bolivia this week. (6,000 words).

Homeless occupy empty city buildings

Elections show rejection of neo-liberal policies and hatred of imperialism on the Latin American continent

Hugo Chávez has won his eleventh election victory since becoming president of Venezuela in 1998.

Stop the repression of trade unionists!

protest message to RACE Management

Iraq war – lies and rising body count, Hurricane Katrina failures, conspiracy and cover-up

Sixteen years of neo-liberal policies

Union leaders fail courageous struggle

Workers’ action grows with solidarity walkouts

Thousands of teachers and public sector workers oppose court rulings

How to advance the Venezuelan revolution

On 15 August 2004, a recall referendum aimed at ousting Venezuelan president Chávez was resoundingly defeated by a mobilisation of the masses – particularly in poor shantytowns, through electoral ‘battle units’ and other organisations of […]

Socialist alternative needed to capitalist barbarism

The effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and Mississippi could be the US’s worst natural disaster, with a projected 10,000 or more people dead and its biggest refugee crisis since the American Civil War. […]

Successful cwi intervention at the world youth festival

The mass protest movements against neo-liberal policies that swept Bolivia with strikes and demos have ousted president Carlos Mesa.

President forced to flee as workers take to the streets

Inspiring demonstration of unions, miners, women, minorities and youth

Reactionary capitalist parties risk explosion of anger

Despite concessions, mass movement against neo-liberalism could have achieved more.

From the ’Orange Revolution’ in Ukraine to the ’Cedar Revolution’ in Lebanon, the authoritarian regimes of the world are forced to reform in the face of US-sponsored "democratic revolts", or so says the Bush administration […]

More than 200 000 people marched through the streets of Santiago on Tuesday 8 March to say farewell to Gladys Marin, who died of cancer on Sunday night.

"More than 50 million [U.S.] workers don’t have a union but want one. Few workers are able to join unions and their strength is divided … into separate unions instead of building their strength in […]

The threat of counter revolution has once again raised its head in Venezuela as the struggle between revolution and reaction seems to be entering a new phase.

What are the prospects for Cuba today?

Exceeding all estimates, more than 50,000 people protested against the APEC summit and the presence of George Bush in the country on Friday 19 November in the streets of Santiago.

There is deep disappointment in Britain and worldwide at the victory of Bush in the US elections.

Elections show US workers need their own political voice

The results of the US elections have come as a big disappointment to all those in the US and worldwide hoping for a defeat for the hated Bush regime.

Anti-racists protest against Holocaust denier

The Venezuelan right wing went to great lengths to impose a recall referendum.

Across Venezuela hundreds of thousands have celebrated the defeat of the attempt to “recall” the radical President Hugo Chávez. The overwhelming referendum result is a huge blow against US President Bush’s policies and the Venezuelan […]

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the Haitian revolution, when the black masses abolished slavery and won national independence. Their deeds were an inspiration to the masses of the Caribbean and the working people […]

The referendum called on August 15 to try and remove Hugo Chávez from power has backfired on the rightwing reactionary forces led by the capitalist class with the support of US imperialism.

Exclusive interview with Brazilian trade unionist

Venezuela was never as important for the Spanish empire as its other colonies. Colombia was vital for its coffee, Peru for its gold and Bolivia for its silver; they all assumed a greater importance than […]

The revolutionary crisis in Venezuela has entered a new and critical phase. The left-populist regime of President Hugo Chávez appears to have taken a left turn in the face of a renewed threat from reaction.

In a surprise announcement, the radical left-populist Venezuelan President, Hugo Chávez, has accepted the decision of the National electoral Commission, (CNE), and will face a recall referendum.

Right wing plotters threat

Union leaders sabotage action in British Columbia

TWO PREVIOUS attempts by Venezuela’s right-wing opposition to overthrow the twice elected radical national government of President Hugo Chávez have failed.

The president of Haiti, Jean Bertrand Aristide, the former “radical slum priest”, fled the country on 29 February, under pressure from the Bush administration and the threat of armed rebels.

ON A recent Miami television programme, a group of Venezuelan ex-military officers openly called for a US invasion to overthrow the twice-elected radical, nationalist government of President Hugo Chavez.

Just one year following the Presidential election victory of Luiz Inácio da Silva (or Lula as he is popularly known), of the Workers’ Party (PT), a new movement has been launched by former PT activists, […]

Mass protests against autocratic rule