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Building the democracy front

Mass protests break out in Indonesia

Reports and analyses from the world left's hot spots

World-changing events as masses vote and hit the streets

This week: left economists cut through the baloney, rumblings of general strike, and a guide to wrecking your party

Upheaval in Kazakhstan, strikers demand nationalization in South Africa, and more news and analysis from four continents

The book, and lectures that comprise it, give a powerful impression of an activist and thinker engaged with challenging and wide-ranging issues such as the continent’s history, slavery, independence, and projects of radical socialist development.

Breakthroughs, setbacks and challenges in five continents

The Left faces Islamophobia in Europe, as Myanmar masses start to see how they were used. More news and analysis from everywhere