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Despite U.S. dirty tricks, Bolivia is finding a way to stay independent

March 31, 2021 Vijay Prashad
Sentiments in Bolivia for and against the coup d’etat of November 2019 are predictably along class lines. Those from more affluent sections felt that the socialist policies of the government of President Evo Morales (which […]
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Protest marks 18th anniversary of U.S. invasion of Iraq

March 26, 2021 Bill Dores
Chants of “No more bombing, no more sanctions, no more regime change, no more war!” rang out in New York’s Times Square March 21, on the 18th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. The […]
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Remembrance of the 1976 military coup in Argentina

March 25, 2021 Alicia Jrapko
March 24, 2021, marks the 45th anniversary of the bloody military coup in Argentina that killed tens of thousands, particularly young people. The coup was a response to people rising up demanding a better world, […]
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Erdoğan starts a political earthquake in Turkey

March 25, 2021 Vijay Prashad and E. Ahmet Tonak
Significant developments are underway in Turkey. Most ominously, the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) has moved toward the banning of one of the country’s main opposition parties, […]
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Bolivia’s coup-plotting President Jeanine Añez to face justice

March 20, 2021 Alejandra Garcia
Jeanine Añez became the leader of Bolivia’s coup-born regime in the blink of an eye on November 12, 2019. She proclaimed herself interim president in the course of a few minutes during a very brief congressional […]
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New York protest condemns massacre in Philippines

March 17, 2021 Greg Butterfield
Chanting “Activism is not a crime!” and “Long live international solidarity!,” a rally outside the Philippine Consulate on New York’s swanky Fifth Avenue March 15 condemned the recent massacre dubbed Bloody Sunday. The action was […]
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Militarization of Colombia is a key aspect of U.S. hemispheric control

March 12, 2021 Vicente Guevara
Colombia has historically been of great importance as an ally of the United States. It could perhaps even be said that it has been the empire’s most constant and unfaltering ally in the region since at […]
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Haiti: A day in the life of fighting dictatorship and neocolonialism

March 11, 2021 Danny Shaw
The day begins the night before. The cadre of hope dodge sleep and the police. Under the cover of night and the ancestors, they spray-paint the walls of Port-au-Prince to encourage communities to unite and […]
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Condemn spate of state terrorist crimes in Southern Tagalog and Bicol regions in the Philippines

March 9, 2021 Marco Valbuena
The Communist Party of the Philippines and all revolutionary forces condemn in the strongest terms the spate of extrajudicial killings and arrests carried out by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Philippine National […]
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How India’s farmers’ protests could upend the political landscape

March 4, 2021 Vijay Prashad
For the past three months, Indian farmers and agricultural workers have been in the middle of a difficult struggle against the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Tens of thousands of them have gathered around […]