Raymond Suttner: 'The ANC-SACP-COSATU alliance has sold its soul'
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Raymond Suttner.

Malaysia: Urgent protest needed -- Socialist leader and 11 other activists detained in anti-eviction struggle
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Mexico: Largest teachers' union actions in history win moral victory, struggle continues
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Venezuela: A day with Nicolas Maduro
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Nicolas Maduro interviewed by Spain's El Viejo Topo's  Víctor Ríos and Miguel Riera, translated by by Tamara Pearson for Venezuelanalysis.com

September 26, 2013 -- Very little is known about Nicolas Maduro, president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in Spain. [There’s] scarcely four lines, mainly contributed by the mass media which is hostile to the revolutionary process. Spain's El Viejo Topo wanted to get to know him, and the Venezuelan president accepted the interview without any hassles.

Bolivia’s radical response to provocations from the US empire
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Evo Morales.

Britain: Mike Marqusee on Left Unity -- 'A party to dream of'
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Mike Marqusee.

Jonathan Sperber's new bio seeks to bury Karl Marx, not praise him
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Syria: War threat, the US-Russia deal and some left delusions
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France: Front de Gauche leader Jean-Luc Melenchon opposes attack on Syria

Front de Gauche leader Jean-Luc Melenchon discusses the threat of a US attack on Syria, broadcast September 1, 2013.

Why Norway's 'red-green' government was defeated by the right-wing coalition
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Germany: Far-left Die Linke becomes third biggest party in parliament
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(Updated Sept. 24) Syria: West's hypocritical war drive slowed
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By Barry Sheppard