Brazil: armed demonstrations threaten coup
By Carlos Uchoa Magrini and Assiria Conti ON 7 SEPTEMBER Brazil’s far right president Jair Bolsonaro called hundreds of thousands of his supporters onto the streets across the huge country—100,000 in Sao Paolo alone. Contingents from the army, especially the military police, marched in uniform, carrying their guns. Truckers blockaded highways for hours. Counter-demonstrations by […]
Motorcades against Bolsonaro
Motorcades won't bring down the Bolsonaro government. But a united front of resistance can.
Bolivia’s Election: The defeat of the 2019 Coup
The Bolivian working class and indigenous peoples must ensure their electoral victory doesn't end in class collaboration.
Hypocrisy and fundamentalism: the attacks on women’s rights in post-coup Brazil
Abortion rights under threat.
Ecuadorean workers, peasants and Indigenous occupy the capital in uprising against IMF austerity
Ecuador has been plunged into turmoil by mass protests of indigenous people, trade unions, and students against a neoliberal IMF austerity progamme which has triggered cuts to fuel subsidies and hikes in the cost of basic consumer goods. On Monday President Lenín Moreno moved his government 150 miles from Quito to Guayaquil, to escape the […]
