The Empire Strikes Back in Latin America – Dayschool Saturday 9 June
‘The Empire Strikes Back in Latin America – Understanding Trump and the Reactionary Right’ Summer Dayschool
Saturday 9 June
Latin America
Cuba’s new president
For nearly 60 years the Cuban revolution has been a beacon for all those struggling for liberation and progress, especially in the developing world.
Notes from the front of 11-04-2018
** The gender pay gap needs closing, as well as measuring
** Oppose Israel’s killing of Palestinian protestors
** Lula jailed to stop his re-election as President
US offensive against the left in Latin America
US-aligned right wing forces have been advancing in Latin America over the past three years. They have capitalised on the political instability created by an economic crisis which has engulfed the region following the crash in commodity prices in 2014. Their agenda is to reverse the huge social gains delivered by socialist and left wing governments throughout Latin America since the turn of the century and subordinate the region’s governments to US policy.
The left is fighting back in Ecuador
Recent gains by the Latin American right are marked by two important features: a shift back to the old neoliberal economic model and an authoritarian turn.
In Brazil, President Michel Temer has pursued free-market policies after coming to power following a parliamentary coup which forced out leftist Dilma Rousseff.
Victory to Maduro!
On 22 April 2018 Venezuelans will go to the polls once again to elect their President.
Incumbent President, Nicolas Maduro, is seeking re-election for a second term.
It is essential for the defence Venezuela’s socialist revolution – the continuation of Hugo Chavez’s legacy – that Maduro is re-elected.