A month since teacher and labor activist Pedro Castillo was elected Peruvian president, his far-right opponents are still trying to stop him from taking office. The attempt to overturn the election shows the elites' refusal to accept defeat — and the dangers the Left faces as it seeks a break from the country's neoliberal model.
While certain writers or texts might fall afoul of polite society today, great writing can and will never stay canceled.
The Bolivarian Revolution improved millions of lives, but it was never able to fundamentally challenge the logic of capital.
Adriana Guzmán traza un balance del gobierno del MAS en Bolivia, su relación con los sectores populares y las condiciones que determinaron su debilidad ante la afrenta derechista. Los sucesos del 10 de noviembre, sostiene, no fueron solo una maniobra contra un presidente: fueron un golpe contra el pueblo.
Ex-president Jeanine Áñez has been found guilty for helping to orchestrate the right-wing coup that brought her to power in 2019. The judgment is an essential step to protect the integrity of Bolivia’s democracy.
The arrest of Bolivia's post-coup president Jeanine Añez has been denounced by most Western governments. But the legal proceedings against the figures behind the 2019 coup aren't an act of political persecution — they're essential steps to protect the integrity of the democratic process.
Podemos has gained traction by drawing on lessons from the Latin American left.
From ousting of Árbenz to Allende and now Morales, Latin America has seen a lot of right-wing coups. Here's historian Greg Grandin with some tips on how to understand what you're seeing in Bolivia today.
Last week, Google workers announced the formation of the Alphabet Workers Union, a groundbreaking step in organizing tech workers at one of the world’s largest tech giants. We spoke to two of the union’s rank-and-file members about the organizing effort, how unions can fight for democracy on the job, and why blue- and white-collar workers need to organize together.
Undergraduate student workers at Dartmouth are forming a union. Jacobin spoke to five student workers and union organizers about how the campaign started, what they’ve won so far, and how other student workers across the country can organize campus labor.
US interventionism has helped defeat working-class struggles in Guatemala, resulting in enduring violence and poverty.
Activists are fighting the construction of the Line 3 tar sands pipeline in Minnesota — a pipeline that would have devastating consequences for indigenous people in the state and for all of us around the planet.
Since Raúl Castro assumed power in 2006 promising reforms, Cuban politics has seen the slow emergence of new tendencies and debates. The prospects for the country's left, however, remain uncertain.
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The Venezuelan Right appears to be building the kind of mass movement that could reverse the gains of the Bolivarian Revolution.
When it comes to Venezuela, shoddy data work and simplistic reasoning are too often embraced.
The Bolivarian Revolution hasn't been perfect, but it's improved the lives of millions in the face of violent opposition.
Richard Levins was a profound thinker who devoted his life to an emancipatory vision of science.
The spectacle of international climate negotiations shows that climate justice won't come through existing institutions.
Newly elected Argentine president Mauricio Macri has inaugurated harsh austerity measures and quashed dissent.