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Spotlight on Cuba, Brazil under Lula, women in struggle

The new chief of the BRICS bloc’s New Development Bank, Brazil’s leftist ex-President Dilma Rousseff, revealed they are gradually moving away from the US dollar, promising at least 30% of loans in local currencies of members.

Inspired by Brazil’s president, Americans on the left consider whether to match the international right with a movement of their own.

A planet haunted by democratic upheavals

Reports on mass workers action in France, Italy and UK, and a hard look at the politics of climate rescue

Reports and analyses from the world left's hot spots

Dig a little deeper with new international theory

Reader Comments: Martin Luther King-A True and Visionary Radical; Israel under Netanyahu; Socialism in Our History - Wisconsin, Superman, Barbara Kingsolver; Brazil; Medicare under Attack; Cartoons; Resources; Announcements; more....

A week of mass upsurge and states in transition

News and analysis from movements and parties in every region