New at LINKS International Journal of Socialist Renewal.
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'Don't be fooled by what most media outlets are telling you about protests in Venezuela'
Eva Golinger writes that there is a revolution in Venezuela, but it is not the right-wing protests what most media outlets are showing taking place today in Caracas.
Syria: Assad to blame for sectarian rise
Michael Karadjis writes that the undeniable rise in religious sectarianism among parts of the forces resisting the Assad regime can largely be blamed on the actions and nature of the Assad regime itself.
South Africa: 'COSATU leaders want a toothless giant'
A statement by nine affiliates to the Congress of South African Trade Unions said the outcome of the special central executive council of COSATU “has confirmed our worst fears [of turning it into] a toothless giant in order to please its political masters”.