Another forum is possible?
By SundaramA version of this article originally appeared in the March issue of Liberation, the central organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist). The author is an independent journalist...
View ArticleLinks 23: Editor's introduction
Challenges in uniting the leftPrevious issues of Links have frequently discussed internationalism and internationals, or the question of how socialists should collaborate on an international scale....
View ArticleThe Brazilian Workers Party and the participatory budget in Rio Grande do Sul
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View ArticleXIV Sao Paulo Forum: Left parties debate the current historic conjuncture
By Inés Hayes, with reports from Montevideo by Cristina Camusso and Julio Louis.Dilemma:From May 22 to 25, the XIV Sao Paulo Forum was held in Montevideo, Uruguay. Under the banner `The Latin American...
View ArticleCharacteristics of the experiences underway in Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia
By Eric ToussaintJune 27, 2008 -- In Latin America, if we exclude Cuba, we can point to three general categories of governments. First, the governments of the right, the allies of Washington, that play...
View ArticleCaracas to host world meeting of left parties, October 7-9, 2009
By Federico Fuentes, CaracasSeptember 5, 2009 -- Caracas will play host to one of the most important international gatherings of left parties in years, when delegates from across the world meet for the...
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Workers Party of Brazil: The different strategies of the Latin American left
PT partisans. Photo by Mondmann.By Valter Pomar,secretary of international relations, Workers’ Party (PT) of BrazilOctober 10, 2009 -- It has become commonplace to say that there are two lefts in Latin...
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Venezuela: Chavez calls for new international organisation of left parties
Chavez with Comrade Saras,who represented the Socialist Party of Malaysia.By Kiraz Janicke, Caracas[Read the conference declaration HERE.] November 23, 2009 – Venezuelanalysis.com– Venezuela's...
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Venezuela: Hugo Chavez calls for international socialist unity
President Chavez addresses conference of left parties.[Read the conference declaration HERE.]By Federico Fuentes, Caracas November 27, 2009 -- Addressing delegates at the International Encounter of...
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El llamado histórico de Hugo Chávez para conformar una V Internacional...
por Federico Fuentes 2 de diciembre de 2009 -- CADTM/Green Left Weekly -- Hablando a los delegados del Encuentro International de Partidos de Izquierda realizado en Caracas, el presidente venezolano,...
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L’appel historique de Chavez pour une 5eme Internationale
par Federico Fuentes2 décembre 2009 -- CADTM/Green Left Weekly -- S’adressant aux délégués de la Rencontre Internationale des Partis de Gauche qui s’est tenue à Caracas du 19 au 21 novembre (2009), le...
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Haiti: Anti-Brazil mobilisations grow in quake's wake
Introduction and translation by Felipe Stuart CournoyerFebruary 1, 2010 -- Below is a translation of a news report that appeared in the January 31, 2010, issue of the Brazilian newspaper Folha de São...
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Has the World Social Forum been co-opted by capitalism? Does it have a future?
March 3, 2010 -- Olivier Bonford and Eric Toussaint are members of the International Council of the World Social Forum (WSF) and of the the Committee for the Abolition of the Third World Debt (CADTM)....
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Brazil: Left workers’ unity attempt fails
Delegate addresses the national congress of militant Brazilian trade union federation, Contulas. By Raul Bassi July 11, 2010 -- An attempt to forge greater unity among militant union sectors in Brazil...
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'Latin America’s Turbulent Transitions': compelling contribution to our...
Latin America’s Turbulent Transitions: The Future of Twenty-First-Century Socialism By Roger Burbach, Michael Fox and Federico FuentesFernwood Publishing and Zed Books, 2013. Order HereReview by...
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First reflections on the mass movement that has shaken Brazil
More than 1 million people protested across Brazil -- in at least 80 cities -- on June 20.See also "Open letter to President Dilma Rousseff from Brazil’s social movements; A succinct report from the...
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Open letter to President Dilma Rousseff from Brazil’s social movements; A...
In the midst of the largest street demonstrations Brazil has seen in decades, some of the country’s most important social movements – including the Movement of Landless Rural Workers (MST), the Unified...
View ArticleBrazil: Massive protests fuelled by majority's lost expectations
Real News network report, June 24, 2013. More at The Real News.[For more on Brazil, click HERE.] By Charmain LevyJune 22, 2013 – Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- The massive protests...
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PSOL leader: 'Brazil is changing! The people should not leave the streets'
[For more on Brazil, click HERE.]By Roberto Robaina, translated by Federico FuentesJune 23, 2013 -- Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- Brazil is changing! The youth uprising youth --...
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Free Fare Movement to Brazil president: 'What matters is meeting the demands...
Military police fire on protesters in Sao Paulo. Photograph: Sebastiao Moreira/EPA. By the Free Fare Movement São Paulo, translated by Federico FuentesJune 24, 2013To President Dilma RousseffWe were...
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Brazil: João Pedro Stédile of the MST: 'We are in the midst of an ideological...
[For more on Brazil, click HERE.] João Pedro Stédile Interviewed by Brasil de Fato, translated for Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal by Federico FuentesJune 24, 2013 -- Brasil de Fato --...
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Brazil: Is 'Lulism' over?
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva with Dilma Rousseff.[For more on Brazil, click HERE.] André Singer interviewed by Guilherme Evelin for Revista Epoca, translated for Links International Journal of Socialist...
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Brazil: 'Anti-capitalist left must contribute to the development of the...
[For more on Brazil, click HERE.] International Viewpoint -- This interview with João Machado was conducted by Juan Tortosa of the Swiss journal SolidaritéS on June 23 and June 27, 2013. João Machado...
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Brazil: The mass protests in June-July 2013
July 11: National Day of Struggle.[For more on Brazil, click HERE.]By Alfredo Saad FilhoJuly 15, 2013 -- The Bullet -- The mass movements starting in June 2013 were the largest and most significant...
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'Não nos representam!' A left beyond the Workers Party?
Activists discuss plan for free transit at the occupied municipal chambers. Bottom picture: outside the walls of the municipal chambers, “Não Nos Representam!” (Doesn't represent us).[For more on...
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Brazil: Marina Silva’s rise is a result of the left’s failures
Marina Silva. For more on Brazil, click HERE. By Federico FuentesSeptember 16, 2014 -- TeleSUR English, posted at Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal with the author's permission -- A...
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Brasile: l’ascesa di Marina Silva è una conseguenza dei fallimenti e non del...
[English at http://links.org.au/node/4059.]Di Federico Fuentes16 settembre 2014 -- ZNet Italy -- A due settimane dalle elezioni nazionali del Brasile del 5 ottobre la grande notizia è stata il...
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Brazil: MST's Alexandre Conceição: 'Our big challenge is to continue the...
For more on Brazil, click HERE.By Iris Pacheco, translated by Federico Fuentesread more
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Brazil's right wing exploits scandal to promote coup calls
Demonstration by opponents of the calls for a coup. March 14, 2015 -- TeleSUR English, posted at Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- Government supporters say the opposition is...
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Political crisis in Brazil: Opportunities and challenges for the left
Below, Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal is reposting two views on the current political crisis and the situation facing the left. Both articles first appeared at Socialist...
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