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Algeria * Spain * Sudan * Brazil * Ireland * Oaxaca * Pakistan * Honduras * Belgium

African Revolutions! EU and the Planet! Elections in India and Spain! United Against Erdogan! Cuba and Venezuela!

For almost a century, few in the United States celebrated Cinco de Mayo. In the mid-20th century, sparked by the growing Chicano movement the David versus Goliath story fittingly mirrored the struggle for civil rights.

Opposing rallies in Venezuela, May Day in Europe, unions send a message to Spanish Socialist Party, reports from all over.

Reports from the biggest IWD turnout ever.

Greece's SYRIZA Takes On Rightists, Palestine Left Regroups, India Reds' Electoral Blues, Crackdown in Zimbabwe, Podemos Splitting, Japan's Feminist Unions, Land Defenders in Canada

In Andalucian Spain, as elsewhere in Europe, right-wing electoral success comes primarily at the expense of the neo-liberal center. But, the Left must do more to prevent ultra-rightist parties from filling the void created by the center’s collapse.

Fighting Golden Dawn, Women in Iran, Palestine's Problems, Unifying Africa, Spain's Dilemma, Confronting G20, More On the Yellow Vests

Women's Worldwide Protest, G20 in Argentina, Thai Left, Migrants and Natives, Catalonia Debate, Syrian Martyrs, UK Breakthrough

In 2015, a wave of social movements lifted left-wing mayors to power in Spain. Their experience in office shows the importance of linking institutional power to bottom-up mobilization.