After being hit with a wave of retaliatory firings of union organizers across the US in recent months, Starbucks workers have responded in kind with a string of walkouts and strikes.
The most committed Chilean workers are beginning to awaken from the democratic illusions fostered by the ruling class, and in the heat of this frustrated experience, they will return to their fighting spirit.
On August 25, Old San Juan was engulfed in tear gas as riot police once again brutally suppressed a protest opposite the Governor’s Palace.
El 25 de agosto, el Viejo San Juan quedó sumido en gas lacrimógeno cuando unidades antidisturbios de la policía de Puerto Rico volvieron a reprimir brutalmente una manifestación frente al palacio del gobernador.
The High Court in London ruled that the Bank of England can withhold over $1 billion worth of gold reserves from the democratically-elected government of Venezuela. This is a plain and simple act of piracy.
The great national strike in Ecuador ended after 18 days of struggle. It is important to discuss the lessons of June 2022 to prepare for new rebellions in Ecuador and beyond.
Gustavo Petro and Francia Marquez have won the electoral contest in the Colombian presidential election against right-wing demagogue Rodolfo Hernandez.
Brutal police repression has not stopped the national strike in Ecuador. The ruling class is in a panic, and the movement is taking on an insurrectionary character.
The Summit of the Americas held in Los Angeles on June 6–10 was a compete disaster and showed the decreasing ability of the US to dominate its own backyard.
On June 13, a new national strike began in Ecuador. Demands include the freezing of the price of gasoline, price controls on basic foodstuffs, and opposition to privatization.
An important conflict is developing in the Pacific about who is to dominate this key region. In fact, the main pivot of US foreign policy is against the growing influence of China.
On May 21 and 22, the Socialist Left (the Mexican section of the IMT) held their congress in Mexico City to discuss the tasks ahead for Mexico’s Marxists.
