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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How the working class and women were usurped in pandemic mitigation
Renters, the poor and freelancers are a class abandoned during the pandemic, while the mega-rich and their lives of luxury are left undisturbed, writes JULIAN VIGO
Despite new European arrests, the evidence presented so far fails to explain the sabotage of the undersea pipelines – and veteran investigative journalist Seymour Hersh’s allegations of US responsibility cannot be easily dismissed, writes ROGER McKENZIE
Groups are urging the US government to secure the 16-year old’s release as his mental and physical health decline dramatically after nine months inside Ofer prison, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
MAT COWARD tells the story of the eccentric founder of a short-lived but striking experiment in ‘vital democracy,’ who became best known for giving away his estate to the nation
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
FOR those of us working from home while homeschooling in the early weeks of the pandemic, the selective nature of who was asked to sacrifice in the name of “pandemic mitigation” became painfully clear.
It was no coincidence that the pyjama class of workers shared few burdens with the working class in terms of their role in virus mitigation.
The social media feed of those who earn their living from their dining room tables was contrasted with their social media feed which told of great sacrifice.
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