Cuba: Thaw in relations with imperialism

On May 29, President Obama took Cuba off the list of the "governments that sponsor terrorism." It is a new step, politically significant, in the process of re-establishment of relations, and soon, the establishment of embassies in both capitals could be agreed on.

Shift in Brazil’s Foreign Policy: Dilma’s US Sales Tour

On the week of June 29, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff of the Worker’s Party (PT) visited the United States, on what can best be described as a sales tour, aiming for the US government and businesses to invest in Brazil.

“Equality in law does not mean equality in life”

We interviewed Virginia Guitzel, a trans public health worker who lives in Santo Andre, Sao Paulo. Here she discusses the connections between capitalism and trans oppression, as well as the way forward for trans liberation.

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“Permanent Revolution” : A New Leftist News and Opinion Site Is Launched

Editorial Board To who can we turn today when seeking news, both coherent and free, on what is happengin in today’s society, not only from the perspective of what interests mainstream media outlets, but also and especially from the perspective of what interests those who work, the exploited and oppressed? To who can we turn […]

Nicolas del Caño of the Left and Workers’ Front comes in second place for mayor in the city of Mendoza

Mendoza, Argentina witnessed a historic election. The left obtained 17% of the votes, achieving the best results for the left in an election for an executive position since 1983, leaving the Peronist candidate in third place. These results propel Nicolas del Caño, member of the Socialist Workers' Party (PTS) in the FIT as the presidential candidate for the front.

The Desolation they Call Peace

Everywhere the bourgeois pundits ask how it came to this. Reporters who maintained cold skepticism in the face of dead bodies gape in astonishment at the spectacle of a burning convenience store. The politicians preach non-violence as they send in an occupying army. All of them pose the same question; how can we restore the peace?

Mexico: How to repudiate the electoral trap?

As the official start of the election campaign on April 5 shows, the “political class” is very worried about achieving a high participation, that will guarantee some of the choices under way, and that will serve to re-legitimize the institutions. And, since the Iguala massacre and the disappearance of the 43 student teachers of Ayotzinapa, […]

Passive Revolution, Permanent Revolution and Hegemony

It is a recurrent commonplace from most Gramscian intellectuals (as well as some fuming anti-Gramscian intellectuals) to present Gramsci’s theorizations concerning the question of the passive revolution as the ‘objective foundation’ of a ‘hegemonic’ strategy which is in opposition to the permanent revolution.

Elections in Israel: Netanyahu’s victory over the Labor Party coalition

Elections in Israel Netanyahu’s victory over the Labor Party coalition On March 17, general elections took place in Israel. Despite the fact that a more even result was predicted, with the nearly final count, Benjamin Netanyahu is getting a clear victory over his main rival, the Labor Party’s Isaac Herzog. Netanyahu’s victory over the Labor […]