International

Israeli elections put the right-wing Likud Party in a position to lead the next government--with the support of the proto-fascist Yisrael Beitenu. February 13, 2009

A Thai dissident who was forced to flee to Britain to avoid prosecution and prison offers a manifesto for Thailand's left. February 13, 2009

A rash of wildcat strikes broke out in Britain after workers at an oil refinery were told that new jobs were going to Italian contract workers. February 10, 2009

U.S.-backed Ethiopian troops have withdrawn from Somalia after a two-year occupation that turned more than 1 million people into refugees. February 9, 2009

Israel's assault on Gaza took a terrible toll in human lives. But one less-noticed effect was the further destruction of Gaza's ability to feed itself. February 6, 2009

The rich must pay for the global crisis, and anti-imperialist, anti-capitalist, feminist, environmentalist and socialist alternatives are necessary. February 5, 2009

A big majority of Bolivians voted for the country's new constitution that protects the rights of indigenous people--but the right wing remains a threat. February 4, 2009

Two workers were killed and another seriously injured as police in Barcelona, Anzoátequi state, attacked workers occupying a Mitsubishi factory. February 3, 2009

At the semi-annual gathering of the "movement of movements," the Latin American left is debating how to confront the world economic slump. January 30, 2009

Student activists in Britain are occupying their universities in solidarity with the people of Gaza, and antiwar forces are pressuring the BBC. January 27, 2009

A resident of Gaza City describes the horrors inflicted on Palestinians during Israel's war--and how the anger is feeding the determination to resist. January 26, 2009

A key union in Brazil is using job actions and a call for labor and community solidarity to fight General Motors' decision to lay off 802 workers. January 26, 2009

Contrary to the media propaganda, Hamas has won support among Palestinians because of its steadfast opposition to Israel's occupation. January 21, 2009

Indigenous communities in Colombia's Jiguamiandó River Basin are organizing to stop Muriel Mining from exploiting their ancestral land. January 21, 2009

A Thai dissident is facing charges that could land him in jail for nothing more than publishing a book that criticizes a military coup and the monarchy. January 20, 2009

Haitians in the Dominican Republic are resisting a crackdown as the government seeks scapegoats for the economic crisis. January 20, 2009

Israel's claim that its war on Gaza is an act of self-defense against Palestinian "terrorism" is a fraud. So what are the real reasons for Israel's attack? January 16, 2009

Students are braving police crackdowns and media workers are challenging their union as another round of protests hits Greece. January 16, 2009

Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak is Israel's unofficial ally in the savage invasion of Gaza--but the mass of Egyptians are bitterly opposed to the war. January 14, 2009

Giles Ji Ungpakorn is facing the threat of prosecution and prison for speaking out in defense of democracy. January 13, 2009

A deadly Israeli attack on a United Nations school where hundreds of Gazans had taken refuge has dramatized the barbarism of Israel's war. January 7, 2009

Cuba's government has a reputation as an uncompromising supporter of national liberation movements, but the actual record is more mixed. January 7, 2009

Contrary to the propaganda that Palestine was "a land without people," the formation of Israel depended on the expulsion of the Arab population. January 6, 2009

The Israeli military has stormed into Gaza with thousands of troops and tanks, inflicting a new round of death and suffering on the Palestinian population. January 5, 2009

The resilience of the youth protest movement can only be understood as the result of the solidarity it enjoys among a majority of people in the country. January 5, 2009