From the 1917 Balfour Declaration to today’s F-35 sales, Britain’s historical responsibility has now evolved into support for the present-day outright genocide. But our solidarity movement is growing too, writes BEN JAMAL
‘Obrador has launched an austerity programme, laying off thousands of public-sector workers’
Mexican Communist Party leader PAVEL BLANCO talks to Tim Pelzer about how the newly elected social democrat is embracing neoliberal policies

MEXICO CITY — The new social democratic government of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is providing a breathing space for the capitalist class in Mexico where there is widespread social unrest and disenchantment with the status quo, said Pavel Blanco, leader of the Mexican Communist Party (PCM).
The Obrador government, posing as left wing to attract votes and support, differs little from previous right-wing governments and is committed to the neoliberal capitalist model that has led to mass poverty and unemployment, said Pavel, 46, in an interview in the party’s downtown Mexico city office.
“Obrador has launched an austerity programme, laying off thousands of public-sector workers and cutting programmes,” he says.
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