Sovereignty and the rule of law are under threat from Trump’s attacks on Lula’s administration just as they have been across Latin America, argue CARLOS MARTINEZ and SARA VIVACQUA
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After the US midterms
The Democrats won big — but only because the alternative to Joe Biden’s administration was even less appealing. Despite the cries of ‘fascist’ and ‘socialist’ from the red elephant and blue donkey, little was at stake, writes ZOLTAN ZIGEDY
MOVING ON: Union members holds signs for Massachusetts Democrat Party candidate Muara Healey, who went on to become the state’s first female — and the US’s first openly lesbian — governor, while (left) Donald Trump’s style of Republicanism was seemingly rejected by voters
Glasgow will remember the martyrs of the 1787 strike this weekend in speech and song, their spirit is sorely needed today, writes JIM LISTER
ALEX BROWN explains how medieval Europe was plunged into sunless years, with widespread crop failures and devastating famines
Police crackdowns on Israeli peace demonstrators combined with court rulings and settler organisations are designed to strip Palestinian families of their homes and land. The Israeli state has tried to silence both Israelis and Palestinians who resist, according to Zo HaDerekh (This Is The Way) the Communist Party of Israel’s Hebrew-language weekly
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Communists in Australia, Britain and the US outlined a joint state agreement against their governments’ militarist provocations.
WITHOUT saying it in so many words, the Wall Street Journal summarised the results of the November 8 midterm election: the US electorate feared the Republicans more than they disliked the Democrats.
Historically, a major party with an incumbent president overseeing a painful economy, and with that president polling negatively, receives a big hit from the electorate. That didn’t happen this year.
As the Wall Street Journal puts it more diplomatically: “Voters were in a sour mood that usually signals that they are ready for change in Washington and state capitals. But in many cases, they were not looking for the change that Republican candidates were offering.”
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