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Latin America

Left News Portal Breaks Barriers

Fernando Rosso, director of La Izquierda Diario, on the challenges of a leftist news portal. It’s been 25 years since a left party in Argentina last attempted to introduce a general-interest newspaper with big aspirations, but it seems the Socialist Workers’ Party (PTS) is giving it another shot.

Fernando Rosso

July 31, 2016

Brazil’s PSTU Faces Large Split

On July 6, 739 members of the PSTU (Partido Socialista dos Trabalhadores Unificados, United Socialist Workers' Party), one of the largest left parties in Brazil, announced they were leaving the PSTU.

Leandro Lanfredi

July 26, 2016

MORENA: A New Alternative in Mexico?

Many in Mexico today see Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) as the party that represents the interests of the people. How is MORENA currently situated in Mexican politics and what is reflected in its recent growth? How will the left and movements relate to or challenge this “new” formation?

Óscar Fernández

July 22, 2016

The Collective Organizer of a Mass Party

At the PTS National Congress that took place in July, discussions centered on the party’s overall progress, how the Left can increase influence within the working class, women, and youth, and the central role of La Izquierda Diario online media network.

Fredy Lizarrague

July 21, 2016

Venezuela at the Brink

The Venezuelan crisis has sharpened dramatically in recent months, with skyrocketing inflation and widespread shortages of food and basic goods in poor and working class neighborhoods, which led to massive protests and the looting of stores throughout the country.

Robert Belano

July 16, 2016

Organizing Against Rape Culture: Lessons from Brazil

Amidst attacks from right-wing governments in Brazil, tens of thousands of women took to the streets to protest rape culture. How are these protests related to the current political climate, and how can this movement inform the struggles of women in the United States and elsewhere?

Nochixtlán: Sounding the Alarm, Spectres of Resistance

The Mexico City teachers’ union (SNTE) will begin an indefinite strike tomorrow, July 5. The CNTE teachers’ struggle in Oaxaca is catching fire throughout the country--in the throes of battle against fatal repression, education reforms, and the regime’s attempts to destroy the most organized workers in Mexico.

Sergio Moissen

July 4, 2016

Solidarity Actions for Oaxacan Teachers

Throughout the United States, dozens of actions took place in support of teachers in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Tatiana Cozzarelli

June 27, 2016

Stop the Government’s repression in Oaxaca!

Day of fury in Oaxaca: The Mexican Federal government of President Peña Nieto and the Oaxacan Governor, Gabino Cué, have ordered a brutal repression throughout the state of Oaxaca. So far there have been six confirmed deaths.