Natalia Figueroa Barroso writes that no dictatorship forms overnight. It happens through laws that restrict public assembly, criminalise dissent, expand police powers and reframe political opposition as a threat to public order.
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The Nicolás Maduro government created such a disaster for workers’ living conditions that large segments of the population see his departure as the only chance for change, writes Luís Bonilla-Molina.
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Jaime López García, president of the National Union of Coal Industry Workers, speaks to Green Left’s Ben Radford about how workers are responding to Colombia’s declining coal industry and bringing forward demands for a just transition for coal workers and their communities.
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Colombian coal workers against genocide: An interview with Sintracarbón President Jaime López García
Jaime López García, president of the National Union of Coal Industry Workers in Colombia, speaks to Green Left’s Ben Radford about coal workers’ solidarity with Palestinians and the role of workers in upholding human rights.
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Oil executives are jumping at the opportunity United States President Donald Trump is providing for them to not only steal Venezuelan oil but to shake up the “legal and commercial constructs and frameworks in place”. Binoy Kampmark reports.
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Discussion at the Socialist Alliance’s 20th National Conference was shaped by world events, including Israel’s continuing genocide in Gaza and Donald Trump’s attack on Venezuela. Sam Wainwright reports.
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Swift condemnation has followed the United States government’s military attacks on Venezuela, reports Ben Radford.
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The international legal system was torn to shreds when the United States military intervened in Venezuela, kidnapping President Nicolás Maduro and his spouse, National Assembly deputy Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro, writes Luís Bonilla-Molina.
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Supporters of democracy and international law joined Hands off Venezuela! protests across Australia.
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Socialist Alliance strongly condemns the United States military invasion of Venezuela and demands that the Australian Labor government reject the US’ flouting of international law and break the AUKUS war alliance.
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With its violent military intervention into Venezuela, the United States has begun this year with entitled and undisguised imperialism, writes Tamara Pearson.
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Opposition to Donald Trump’s illegal invasion and bombing of Venezuela and its declaration that it would be running the country on January 3, is growing across the world. But, as Kerry Smith reports, not from the Labor government.