Important Victory in an Ongoing Battle On Tuesday September 7, in the midst of a series of demonstrations by the Mexican ultra-right – a staunch enemy of women’s rights – the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation took a historic step with the ruling that declared the criminalization of abortion unconstitutional under the state […]
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Within a few weeks, Haiti’s president was assassinated and the country was hit by a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that killed over 2,000 people, followed two days later by Hurricane Grace. The plight of the Haitian people is again in the news and on many people’s minds. Haiti is known to Canadians as a “poor” country, and many […]
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Eric Jenkins is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. US Imperialism & Capitalism behind Haiti’s Misery On July 7th, Haitian President Jovenal Moïse was surrounded in his home by 28 “bodyguards”/mercenaries belonging to the Miami-based “CTU security”. Several then went inside of his home and shot him more than 12 times. Immediately, the […]
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Defend the Gains of the Cuban Revolution! The shortage of medicines, as well as the growing economic crisis which has been aggravated by the pandemic, has generated a growing discontent among Cuban working people, who took to the streets on July 11. The ruling Communist Party (CP) bureaucracy described the demonstrations as counter-revolutionary and pro-imperialist. […]
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Morena achieved the majority by obtaining, according to the Preliminary Electoral Results Program, between 34.9 and 35.5% of the votes for federal deputies according to INE’s quick count. However, they are set to lose between 50 and 63 seats compared to the previous election, in which it had 253 of the 500 seats in the […]
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Marcos Ariel is a member of Alternativa Socialista (ISA in Argentina). No Concessions to Capital! Build Mass Mobilisation for Radical Change The deep economic crisis, the great social polarization and the radicalization of the poorest sectors in Peru were expressed in the presidential elections with the triumph of the rural teacher and candidate for the […]
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Dan O’Rourke is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland). Cost cutting and the potential for disaster … Workers at the Panama Canal in Central America have come under brutal attack from local police during a protest for safer working conditions. The workers are demanding their employer, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP), hire […]
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David Sanz Villamil is a member of Sozialistische Alternative (ISA in Germany). Resisting Regressive Tax Reform and the Right-Wing Government (with poem of solidarity by Pete Marlowe) On April 28 the Colombian masses took to the streets. Hundreds of thousands answered the call for a national strike despite the threat of the pandemic and the […]
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So far, the year 2021 has brought no relief from the ills of 2020. Rather, the problems have worsened. The second wave of the pandemic is more intense than the first, with the average number of deaths again exceeding a thousand a day, while government policy leads to the collapse of health care and delays […]
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Capitalism’s COVID Disaster Women Organize Against Oppression Indigenous Struggles Continue The Struggle for Jobs and Climate US – China Cold War Will Continue Latin America: Struggle Returns Unite Here: A Fighting Local in BC Housing Crisis Ahead If you’d like to order paper copies, email us [email protected] Please make a donation towards our costs and […]
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