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Amnesty International Alleges Boluarte May Have Deliberately Planned Violent Repression of Anti-Coup Protests in Peru

Michael Laxer

Jul 241 min read

Amnesty International Alleges Boluarte May Have Deliberately Planned Violent Repression of Anti-Coup Protests in Peru

Police in Peru attack anti-coup protestors in 2023 -- image via X By Global News Service On July 18, Amnesty International published an...

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Final Declaration of the XXVII Meeting of the São Paulo Forum

Michael Laxer

Jul 29 min read

Final Declaration of the XXVII Meeting of the São Paulo Forum

Photo of the final plenary session of the XXVII FSP Meeting, June 27 -- photo via the FSP The XXVII Meeting of the leftist and...

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Red Review #105 -- International Left and Labour News

Michael Laxer

Jul 5, 202315 min read

Red Review #105 -- International Left and Labour News

With news from India, Greece, Ghana, Cuba, China, the USA, France, Turkey, Brazil, Peru and elsewhere. There is also a special section of...

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Final Declaration of the XXVI Meeting of the São Paulo Forum

Michael Laxer

Jul 4, 202310 min read

Final Declaration of the XXVI Meeting of the São Paulo Forum

Final plenary photo of the XXVI Meeting of the Forum -- photo via the Sao Paulo Forum The XXVI Meeting of the Sao Paulo Forum was held in...

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WFTU organizes International Solidarity Day with the people of Peru

Michael Laxer

Feb 2, 20232 min read

WFTU organizes International Solidarity Day with the people of Peru

On January 31 the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) and its member unions held a Solidarity Day with the people of Peru in struggle...

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Peru Resists!: Mass protests met with intense repression in wake of coup

Michael Laxer

Dec 17, 20224 min read

Peru Resists!: Mass protests met with intense repression in wake of coup

Latest developments. Workers and Indigenous groups rally against the coup in Cusco, Peru, December 14 -- Image via Twitter On December 7...

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Peruvian coup: Castillo overthrown by right-wing oligarchy aligned with US imperialism

Michael Laxer

Dec 9, 20227 min read

Peruvian coup: Castillo overthrown by right-wing oligarchy aligned with US imperialism

Latest developments. Supporters of Castillo rally in Lima, December 8 On December 7 leftist Peruvian president Pedro Castillo was...

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Honduran right concedes, leftist Xiomara Castro wins presidency

Michael Laxer

Nov 30, 20212 min read

Honduran right concedes, leftist Xiomara Castro wins presidency

Xiomara Castro has won a landslide election 12 years after the 2009 US and Canadian backed military coup. Her win is being celebrated by...

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Red Review #21: International Left and Labour News

Michael Laxer

Sep 4, 202112 min read

Red Review #21: International Left and Labour News

The twenty-first edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from Greece, Bolivia, Cuba, China, the...

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Red Review #20: International Left and Labour News

Michael Laxer

Aug 29, 202112 min read

Red Review #20: International Left and Labour News

The twentieth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from Peru, the USA, Bolivia, the UK, Canada...

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Red Review #18 -- International Left and Labour News

Michael Laxer

Aug 15, 20219 min read

Red Review #18 -- International Left and Labour News

The eighteenth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from Ecuador, Zambia, Venezuela, Peru,...

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Lima Group dying with a whimper not a bang

Michael Laxer

Aug 10, 20212 min read

Lima Group dying with a whimper not a bang

Pedro Castillo greets Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza during his inauguration ceremony -- photo via twitter The pet imperialist...

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Castillo inaugurated: Red Review #16 -- International Left and Labour News

Michael Laxer

Aug 1, 20218 min read

Castillo inaugurated: Red Review #16 -- International Left and Labour News

The sixteenth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from Peru, Cuba, the US, Canada, the UK and...

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The "poor, if well organised, can set themselves a political agenda and defeat their rich"

Michael Laxer

Jul 26, 20212 min read

The "poor, if well organised, can set themselves a political agenda and defeat their rich"

The victory of leftist Pedro Castillo in Peru's Presidential election after weeks of far right candidate Keiko Fujimori delaying the...

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Castillo victorious: Red Review #15 -- International Left and Labour News

Michael Laxer

Jul 24, 20218 min read

Castillo victorious: Red Review #15 -- International Left and Labour News

The fifteenth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from Peru, Cuba, Ukraine, Canada, the UK...

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Greece Resists: Red Review #10 -- International Left and Labour News

Michael Laxer

Jun 20, 20219 min read

Greece Resists: Red Review #10 -- International Left and Labour News

The tenth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from Russia, Greece, India, the United States,...

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Castillo wins vote in Peru as Fujimori refuses to concede

Michael Laxer

Jun 16, 20214 min read

Castillo wins vote in Peru as Fujimori refuses to concede

Leftist Pedro Castillo has won the presidential election in Peru by 44,058 votes. But many fear that far-right candidate Fujimori may...

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Castillo wins: Red Review #9 -- International Left and Labour News

Michael Laxer

Jun 13, 20216 min read

Castillo wins: Red Review #9 -- International Left and Labour News

The ninth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from Mexico, Greece, Canada, Cuba and...

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Michael Laxer

Jun 9, 20212 min read

Castillo on the verge in Peru

With 99.8% of the vote counted Leftist candidate Pedro Castillo appears to have won the election Pedro Castillo celebrates in Peru --...

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Red Review #8 -- International Left and Labour News

Michael Laxer

Jun 5, 20214 min read

Red Review #8 -- International Left and Labour News

The eighth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from Brazil, Paraguay, Canada, Cuba and...

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