International : Haidar Eid A resident of Gaza City describes the savage onslaught by Israeli forces--and analyzes the larger political context in which the offensive is taking place.
January 2, 2009 : Eric Ruder Gaza is under attack by one of the most deadly military machines on the planet--with worse to come as Israel threatens a ground invasion.
December 29, 2008 The South Korean government has arrested leading members of a movement to protest for food sovereignty and democratic rights.
December 24, 2008 : Emmanuel Santos A partial default on Ecuador's foreign debt comes amid heated social struggles that pit a reformist president against indigenous movements.
December 18, 2008 : Panos Petrou An explosion of rioting and protest following the murder of a young student by police has propelled the struggle in Greece to a new level.
December 15, 2008 : Emmanuel Santos Haiti will endure more suffering as a result of the United Nations Security Council vote to continue its occupation of the country.
December 12, 2008 Prime Minister Stephen Harper had the country's parliament suspended rather than face a possible "no confidence" vote.
December 11, 2008 The murder of a 15-year-old student by police in Athens has sparked demonstrations and riots around the country, with a general strike set for today.
December 10, 2008 : Anand Gopal Years of mismanagement, criminality and civilian casualties produced by the U.S. war have led to a resurgence of the Taliban and related groups in Afghanistan.
December 9, 2008 A court ruling dissolving Thailand's elected government was a reward to right-wing and monarchist forces that are determined to roll back democracy.
December 3, 2008 : Nagesh Rao The Indian government is escalating tensions with its nuclear-armed rival Pakistan by blaming it for supporting the Mumbai attackers.
December 1, 2008 Three union leaders and socialists were gunned down in Venezuela after participating in a labor dispute at a Colombian-owned factory.
December 1, 2008 : Lee Sustar Venezuela's ruling party won a solid majority of votes, but the right wing scored breakthroughs in Caracas and a key state.
November 26, 2008 : Matt Swagler The media portray the latest crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo as a result of ethnic tensions, but imperialism looms behind the conflict.
November 25, 2008 : Pierre Rousset The Revolutionary Communist League in France has initiated a call for a new anti-capitalist party that will hold its founding congress in January.
November 20, 2008 : Emmanuel Santos The Dominican Republic government's murderous crackdown hasn't stopped an increase in social protest.
November 17, 2008 : Sarah Hines A proposed new constitution was intended to enact reforms, but the right-wing opposition extracted big concessions.
November 10, 2008 : Todd Chretien The scheme to privatize PEMEX won support not only from the corrupt establishment, but from many representatives of the chief opposition party.
November 5, 2008 : Rachael Moshman An estimated 1 million people turned out October 30 to protest cuts in education proposed by Italy's right-wing government.
November 5, 2008 Ecuador's indigenous movement supported the country's new constitution in a referendum--but they're increasingly critical of President Rafael Correa.
October 28, 2008 : David Goodner Despite murderous repression, indigenous people in Colombia are standing up to President Álvaro Uribe’s dirty war.
October 27, 2008 : Eamonn McCann The debate over bringing legal abortion to Northern Ireland isn't about philosophical differences between the two camps, but the lives of real women.
October 21, 2008 : Jeff Bale Austria's Jörg Haider--Nazi sympathizer, anti-immigrant racist and a state premier--is dead, and the world is better off without him.
October 17, 2008 : Hugo Cedeño A binge of spending by President Leonel Fernánez during his election campaign has left his government to search for new foreign loans.
October 14, 2008 The country remains gripped by a political crisis, with the elected government facing a challenge from anti-government forces tied to the military.
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