As Colombia approaches presidential elections next year, the US decision to decertify the country in the war on drugs plays into the hands of its allies on the political right, writes NICK MacWILLIAM
Hands Off Venezuela – No Blood for Oil
GFTU general secretary and Venezuela Solidarity Campaign vice-chair DOUG NICHOLLS’S Speech to the Venezuela Solidarity Rally
Sea of flags: Supporters of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro rally in Caracas on Saturday
The move against alleged PKK members that sparked outrage as a community centre in north London was raided last year has now come to trial, writes TONY BURKE, but in the meantime, the peace process abroad has changed the situation almost entirely
A new report points a way to overcome complacent framing of climate issues, ‘by sparking a wider public reckoning with climate realities,’ and reconnecting with working-class people. IAN SINCLAIR reports
We cannot understand today’s world without understanding the rise of China – and we cannot understand China without understanding how it was shaped by the second world war, writes JENNY CLEGG
NICK WRIGHT reports from Italy, where 80 cities saw Gaza strikes as unions paralysed transport and massive crowds clashed with police in Milan — but France is also kicking off, and Westminster, in a very different way, is facing a crisis of legitimacy too
Escalating anti-China rhetoric from the West has a clear purpose – to manufacture consent for the new cold war, and potentially a hot one, argues CARLOS MARTINEZ
Thanks to the resilience of the Venezuelan people and the brilliance of their Foreign Ministry we are in good company tonight. The US attempt to get support for their position in the United Nations Security Council has failed by 19 votes to 16. Caribbean countries in CARICON are supporting Venezuela as are many others. Even the Lima Group not so long ago sabre rattling is no longer as keen on military intervention, it appears that Colombia has now refused to based 5,000 US troops and the people of Brazil are maintaining pressure on Bolsonaro not to assist the coup.
It’s fashionable to appoint yourself without a mandate to high office, even to be a President these days, so I thought I would appoint myself as official returning officer of a number of international elections.
Here are the results. The first figure I will give is for the percentage of votes cast the second for the percentage of registered votes.
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