A November 15 protest in Mexico – driven by a right-wing social-media operation – has been miscast as a mass uprising against President Sheinbaum. In reality, the march was small, elite-backed and part of a wider attempt to sow unrest, argues DAVID RABY
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On the streets in Argentina, the rebellion grows
After brutal police crackdowns on pensioners and the forced approval of secret IMF deals, trade unions are finally responding to grassroots pressure and fighting back against savage neoliberal reforms, reports BERT SCHOUWENBURG
A retiree rallies calling for higher pensions and against austerity measures enforced by Javier Milei's government in Buenos AIres, Argentina, March 19, 2025
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As figures from Tucker Carlson to Nigel Farage flirt with neofascist rhetoric and mainstream leaders edge toward authoritarianism through war and repression, the conditions that once nurtured Hitlerism re-emerge — yet anti-war and anti-imperialist sentiments are also burgeoning anew, writes ANDREW MURRAY
As President Javier Milei is set to unveil a radical rollback of Argentina’s labour laws, unions warn of an unprecedented assault on workers’ rights, says BERT SCHOUWENBURG
THE central committee of Argentina’s oldest and largest trade union confederation, the CGT, has announced that there will be a general strike on April 10, to protest against the anti-worker policies of President Javier Milei’s right-wing administration.
The organisation’s leadership has been put under considerable pressure by its constituent unions to take action as thousands of jobs in both the public and private sectors have been lost.
Since the last general strike almost a year ago, the real value of wages has fallen dramatically in the face of persistent inflation, and legislation has been introduced to curtail employment rights, during which time there has been a growing perception that the CGT was missing in action.
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