Chile: 40th anniversary of bloody overthrow of Allende government

Tony Saunois is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. In re-building a socialist movement, lessons of coup need to be learnt The terrorist attack on the Twin Towers in New York in 2001 was not the first ’9/11’. In Chile, on 11 September 1973, a bloody coup, led by General Augusto Pinochet […]

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Venezuela: After the death of Hugo Chávez

Tony Saunois is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. After a long battle with cancer, Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez died on 5 March 2013. TONY SAUNOIS assesses the role of Chávez and the situation following his death. Most capitalist journals and commentators could barely contain their glee at the death of Venezuela’s […]

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