IAN LAVERY MP warns that decades of neoliberal policies have left former industrial communities behind — but a renewed Labour commitment to working people could change the political landscape
Chileans go to the polls tomorrow for the second round of presidential elections, in which the Communist Party is supporting Michelle Bachelet. But how significant would Bachelet’s re-election — she was last in office in 2010 — be for the left?
Camila Vallejo, the communist student leader who led the great protests of 2011, was elected to Chile’s House of Deputies last month.
She argues that victory for the Bachelet-led New Majority coalition could be “the beginning of a deeper transformation” for the country.
CLAUDIA WEBBE says the US is tightening the noose to destroy Cuban socialism — the need for immediate, international solidarity is urgent
CJ ATKINS commemorates one of the most dramatic moments in working-class history
Far-right forces are rising across Latin America and the Caribbean, armed with a common agenda of anti-communism, the culture war, and neoliberal economics, writes VIJAY PRASHAD
As six out of 10 Argentines don’t vote for Milei LEONEL POBLETE CODUTTI looks at the country’s real crisis that runs far deeper than just the ballot box


