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
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Venezuela: marked progress after years of instability
Despite the West’s economic sanctions and brazen attempts to enact a coup, Maduro has stuck to ‘Chavismo’ and focused resources on people – and now the world is catching up, writes FRANCISCO DOMINGUEZ
A woman in the shirt of the ruling PSUV party protests over US attempts to isolate allies of Venezuela’s government with economic sanctions, Caracas 2019
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
On a recent NEU delegation, STEVE HANDFORD’s eyes were opened to the educational achievements of the socialist island and the need for Britain to take a leaf out of its book
NICK TROY lauds the young staff at a hotel chain and cinema giant who are ready to take on the bosses for their rights
DYLAN MURPHY reports that far from helping people back into work, the sanctions regime is inflicting unnecessary trauma on working-class families
As Saudi Arabia is hailed abroad for its ‘reforms,’ the reality for women inside the kingdom grows ever more repressive. On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, MARYAM ALDOSSARI argues it is time to stop applauding the illusion – and start listening to the women the state works hardest to silence
WITH house 4,400,000 handed over on December 29 to another happy family, President Nicolas Maduro gave tangible confirmation that 2022 was a positive year for Bolivarian Venezuela.
Between 1999 and 2010 Venezuela’s government built 593,198 homes and for the 2011-15 period 701,250 more, making a total of 1,294,448 new houses for the poor.
This means 3,105,552 houses were built between 2015-22, double the amount built in the preceding 1999-2015 period in half the number of years.
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