The last two months have seen the reelection of left-leaning governments in Brazil, Bolivia and Uruguay

Just as no country alone can overcome climate change, no country alone will be able to overcome extractivism

Bolivians have once again overwhelmingly chosen to push forward with their process of change

The demands and desires of those that may end up voting for Marina are legitimate, and the left would do well to think about how they could win over this natural ally to supporting a genuine proposal for change

On August 16, activities were held across South Africa to mark the second anniversary of the Marikana massacre in which 34 striking mineworkers were slain by state security forces

This call by the country’s largest trade union, with over 300,000 members, has caused reverberations throughout the working class

A central challenge facing progressive governments and social movements in South America today is breaking the region’s dependency on raw material exports

A Bolivian vice-minister once commented that having the people protesting on the streets makes it so much harder to govern, but that at the same time he hoped they never leave the streets

As a follow-up to the June summit meeting of the G77 + China leaders, held in Santa Cruz, the Bolivian government and the Bolivian Workers Central (COB) sponsored an “Anti-Imperialist International Trade Union Conference” in Cochabamba, June 30-July 2

Rather than being a vehicle for uncritically implementing decisions made by an unelected leadership, a party like the one envisaged by Chavez would be a powerful instrument through which people could defend their class interests