In part 2 of our interview, Green Left’s Federico Fuentes speaks to community organiser and Chavista activist Gerardo Rojas about the current state of community organising in the country under the combined impacts of sanctions, opposition political violence and the government’s shift away from promoting people’s participation.
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Federico Fuentes spoke to community organiser and Chavista activist Gerardo Rojas, on September 4, about why we might be witnessing the Nicolás Maduro government’s final break with the Bolivarian process of radical change initiated by former president Hugo Chávez.
In the occupied West Bank, Israel’s project of ethnic cleansing of Palestinians reached a new stage on August 28, when it launched its biggest invasion and assault on the territory in 22 years, report Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard.
French president Emmanuel Macron has named right-wing politician Michel Barnier as Prime Minister, ignoring the popular vote that gave the left-wing alliance Nouveau Front Populaire the largest group in the National Assembly, reports John Mullen.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has proposed a judicial overhaul that would see nearly all the country’s judges elected by popular vote instead of by government appointment. The hypocritical nature of the US reaction to the reforms is laid bare when looking at the deeply undemocratic judicial system in the US, writes Barry Sheppard.
Indigenous Maori in Aotearoa New Zealand are currently facing multiple attacks on their rights and wellbeing by the ruling conservative coalition government, led by the National party, reports Zara Lomas.
A new global campaign has been launched to demand the freedom for former People's Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ and other activists imprisoned by the Turkish state, reports Peter Boyle.
Britain is suspending a fraction of its arms export licenses with Israel, hoping to appease, or silence, critics of its pro-Israel policy. Binoy Kampmark reports.
Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) was to release detailed poll-by-poll voting results on August 28. But CNE’s lack of communication before and after the deadline is concerning, write Steve Lalla, Jesús Rodríguez-Espinoza and Saheli Chowdhury, especially in the context of renewed attacks by the United States.
Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard look behind the hype around Kamala Harris' presidential nomination in the United States.
Green Left spoke with Elijah Tay, a student organiser and leader of Students for Palestine, and Lynn, an anti-death penalty and labour rights activist, about the situation facing left activism and upcoming general elections.
Sixteen months since the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) began, 26.6 million Sudanese, more than half of the population, now live in a state of severe food insecurity, reports Susan Price.
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