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Police, soldiers and gangs
18 Jan 2024
Once relatively stable, Ecuador has quickly become a failed state, highlighting the criminal failure of the insane ‘war on drugs’, writes Eddie Ford
Right sets left’s agenda
13 Oct 2022
Victory for pale pink Lula would represent the defeat of Trump’s ally, Jair Bolsonaro, writes Eddie Ford - and therefore would be welcome news for Joe Biden
Not yet another coalition
14 Jul 2022
James Harvey looks at the storming of government buildings, the danger from the army and the prospects for winning a real Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Talking loud, saying nothing
26 May 2022
Paul Demarty checks in on the congress of the Socialist Party in England and Wales - a decision-making body apparently without decisions to make
Pink is the colour
27 Jan 2022
Despite supposedly bringing “feminism and gender perspective to power”, Gabriel Boric does not impress Eddie Ford. What sort of “candidate of the streets” supports laws criminalising street barricades?
How not to lead a liberation
25 Nov 2021
Gaby Rubin reviews 'Fordsburg fighter: the journey of an MK volunteer' by Amin Cajee, as told to Terry Bell (Cover2Cover Books, 2016, pp194, £22.09)
Accused of corruption
09 Sep 2021
It is bad enough that a ‘communist’ is a senior minister in a capitalist government, writes Peter Manson. But now things are even worse
Modernisation with typical characteristics
22 Jul 2021
Is the People’s Republic of China really such an odd social formation? Mike Belbin finds the answer in history
Another Venezuela?
10 Jun 2021
Ruling class fears about the new Peruvian president are very likely misplaced, writes Michael Roberts
No split in army - yet
13 May 2021
Derek James details the brutal response to the mass protest movement in Colombia and what needs to be done to avoid yet another failure
Contradictory impasse
12 Dec 2019
Peter Manson reports on the SACP’s December 9-12 special national congress.
Force the ANC to retreat
04 Jul 2019
Going back to apartheid practices means denying democracy. Peter Manson looks at the ‘traditional peoples’ legislation
Pointer to disillusionment
16 May 2019
ANC support continues to drop, writes Peter Manson, but the main beneficiary is the black nationalist EFF
A promising start
11 Apr 2019
Peter Manson welcomes the formation of the Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party in South Africa
A classic case of CIA subversion
28 Feb 2019
Why is Juan Guaidó still at liberty? Paul Demarty diagnoses the lack of revolutionary backbone