Preferable to Starmer he may be, but there is scant sign of a sharp political break in Burnham’s policies so far — while left challenges aren’t making much of a running either, finds ANDREW MURRAY. How can socialism be put back on the map?
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Oventic: a postcard from Zapatista-land
From the jungle regions of of Chiapas, southern Mexico, MILES ELLINGHAM visits a village in the autonomous territory held by the Zapatistas, 25 years into their revolution
Chiapas now consumes more Coca Cola than any other Mexican state in a country that consumes the most Coca Cola, per capita, in the world
CHARLEY ALLAN reports from Clacton on Farage’s fears his by-election stunt has backfired
JEREMY CORBYN says we should never forget the horrific reality of nuclear weapons, or cease our efforts to rid the planet of them entirely
The new TUC Cymru general secretary speaks to Morning Star Wales reporter David Nicholson about her trade union background and ambitions for the movement
Internationalism is deeply embedded in socialist theory and practice. Examination illuminates its complexity asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
The Claudia Sheinbaum government is no pushover and is holding firm despite US abuses of the relationship, says DAVID RABY
As we approach the grim anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, SIMON BARROW sounds the alarm over the dangerous and murderous direction our government is heading
THE Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional, EZLN (Zapatista Army of National Liberation) is, more or less, the same age as I am. In 1994, two years after Francis Fukuyama prophesied the “end of history” and chronic renewal of Western liberal democracy, a body of mostly indigenous farmers from the Mexican state of Chiapas, led by a radical university professor, attempted to keep history afloat, at least for a while.
Though their imprint on Mexican politics has been dwarfed over the past two decades by the ascendance of the various narco-warlords, the EZLN embody a resounding refutation of globalised, corporate hegemonies and their branding, their holding-out against the Mexican army, their sustained control of Chiapas territories, goes to show how transformative a focused strategy of civil resistance can be.
Most Mexicans know two things about the Zapatistas. Firstly, that they aren’t easily pleased — the EZLN continues to criticise successive governments, including the current Obrador administration, for ignoring environmental issues.
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