Uruguayan government prevails in referendum on neoliberal reforms with a slim margin
The LUC was widely rejected by the country’s opposition parties, trade unions, social organizations and popular movements, which deemed it as a package of anti-worker, pro-corporate, neoliberal and regressive reform
Our future vs. neoliberalism
In country after country around the world, people are rising up to challenge entrenched, failing neoliberal political and economic systems, with mixed but sometimes promising results.
Bicentennial Congress of the Peoples of the World in Venezuela unites anti-Imperialist, anti-neoliberal struggles
Over 600 political leaders, intellectuals, activists and representatives of various progressive organizations, social movements and trade unions from across the globe met in Caracas to take part in an international forum, aimed at uniting people’s struggles against imperialism and neoliberalism
Andrés Arauz and the progressive bloc are a threat to Ecuador’s right wing
David Adler of the Progressive International who was observing the Ecuadorian elections discusses the recent fraud accusations as well as the right-wing’s dirty campaign against Andrés Arauz
Uruguayans reject the approval of the Urgent Consideration Law
The Urgent Consideration Law (LUC) is a neoliberal legislation that promotes budget cuts in the public sector, supports the privatization of public companies and restricts the right to strike of the workers, among other setbacks
In India, Left leads fightback against govt.’s inhumane policies
Brinda Karat, Polit Bureau member of the Communist Party of India (Maxist), talks about the all-India protest day organized by the party on June 16
Indian power sector workers to hold protest day against privatization
Electricity employees and engineers across India will observe a National Protest Day on June 1, to oppose the proposed Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2020
Indian trade unions protest attack on workers’ rights
Ten central trade unions in India issued a nationwide protest call against the changes being made to labour laws.
Under COVID-19 stress, healthcare crumbles in neoliberal Ecuador
In the city of Guayaquil in Guayas, dead bodies, most likely victims of the pandemic, are piling up on streets as funeral services fail to collect them on time, forcing families to abandon them.
Dead bodies on the streets of Ecuador expose failure of the government amid pandemic
Lenín Moreno’s neoliberal policies, with cuts to health and prioritization of foreign debt, have caused a collapse in the healthcare system
The Cost of This Pandemic Must Not Bankrupt the People
Vijay Prashad and Manuel Bertoldi discuss the pressing need for states to take humanitarian measures in the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic and crisis
Neoliberalism returns to Uruguay with the new right-wing president
New Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou, within 11 days of assuming office, has announced a hike in the rates of basic public services
- US imposes fresh sanctions on companies allegedly involved in Iranian oil trade
- Workers mobilize across France demanding rise in wages and more purchasing power
- Cuba’s “Code of Freedom” inspires US-based activists, academics
- Datafolha poll indicates Lula could win 50% of valid votes on Sunday for a first-round victory
- US military says it killed 12 civilians abroad in 2021; rights groups claim under-reporting
