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“Earth or Death!”  — Hugo Blanco (1934-2023)

A planet haunted by democratic upheavals

Voters in Colombia and France put left coalitions in office, and Tunisian workers shut the country down

Although it faces significant obstacles, the French left is stronger today than it was after the 2017 presidential election

Good news, bad news as elections reconfigure world politics

Walden Bello on the Philippines election, Lula picks a running mate, and news on the left in Sudan, Sri Lanka, Russia and more

Political economy and new maps of power in 2022

How the war is changing thinking on the international left

Brazil Election: Landless Workers, Chomsky Meets Lula, French Left Leader, El Salvador Left vs Right, Transforming the UK, South Asia Women's Movements, Weekly Protest in Austria

There is no denying it: The last few months have been disastrous for the French left. As the gospel of neoliberalism goes up in flames across the Channel, French voters have handed over the republic to one of its true believers. These will be trying times for the French working class, and really anyone concerned with the country's collective well-being. Macron's electoral success does not equate with a broad democratic mandate for his policies.