The Venezuelan opposition is led by an elite, super-rich class that ruled the country for decades, and accumulated much of their wealth through corrupt business practices and siphoning oil industry profits

U.S. media is increasing its systematic negative coverage of Venezuela

One of the most repressive societies on earth may well be living on borrowed time

Relinquishing the Fight for Workplace Health and Safety

Syriza in Greece and Podemos in Spain offer a chance at change in Europe’s politics, possibly the only escape from a despair which is inflaming the nihilism and extremism that led to the events in Paris

The challenge for panicky plutocrats and their wholly-owned politicians is to convince the 99.0% that capitalism is the answer, not the problem

We aren’t a “sick” society. It is too tame an adjective

Syriza’s sensational triumph in the recent Greek elections sent shock waves around the world and has whipped some international media into a frenzy

In the week following the atrocities, a wave of moral hysteria swept France. ‘Je suis Charlie’ became almost obligatory. The Hollande/Valls message was simple: either you were for the magazine or for the terrorists

Syriza in Greece has a natural ally in Spain’s Podemos, the leftwing party that grew out of the demonstrations of 2011 and challenges the political status quo

While these adaptation strategies are born out of a real and frustrating necessity, many Venezuelans acknowledge the need to build an alternative economy and are therefore trying to convert this crisis into opportunity to do so

Syriza will not easily sweep the policies of austerity aside, but there is a feeling on the continent that a tide is turning

Now is the time for Maduro to do something courageous, and make a tough call for the good of the country and the revolution

On the iniquities of healthcare funding

Interview with Norman Finkelstein on his role in debunking the book Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict

A report on how Greece’s left party Syriza is taking power with a new kind of organisation

With the sudden collapse of the neoliberal consensus, it’s time to ditch tactical voting and start choosing what we want

The Real Two-Speed Europe Emerges

Don’t let the refugee become who you are, as you are so much more

People in power are playing very treacherous games. Consideration of the chaos that they spin does not bother them. The cost is borne elsewhere than in the halls of power