Syria: War threat, the US-Russia deal and some left delusions

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By Michael Karadjis

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

Seats won: SV – Socialist Left Party; A – Labour Party; MDG – Green Party; FRP – Progress Party; H – Conservative Party; V – Liberal Party; KRF – Chris

Germany: Far-left Die Linke becomes third biggest party in parliament

Members of the left-wing Die Linke celebrating their victory over the Greens, and the demise of their rivals the FDP.

(Updated Sept. 24) Syria: West's hypocritical war drive slowed

By Barry Sheppard

Ecuador: Some observations on the controversy over oil development in Yasuní-ITT

An aerial view of part of the Yasuni National Park, in Ecuador's northeastern jungle.

Pakistan 'anti-terrorism' court jails left-wing activists for 10 years for protesting

Baba Jan addressing displaced villagers in Hunza Valley in 2010.

By Haseeb ur Rahman

Who really benefits from sweatshops?

Billionaire sweatshop sponger Bruce Rockowitz's CEO in October 2011 Rockowitz married Hong Kong pop star Coco Lee in a ceremony that reportedly cost $20 millio

John Riddell: Five precedents for understanding Egypt’s July coup

General L.G. Kornilov, Moscow, August 1917.

By John Riddell

Catalonia: Showdown with Spanish state looms after huge protest

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Malaysia: Chin Peng 'a determined, resourceful anti-colonial and anti-imperialist fighter'

Chin Peng holds up page one of The Straits Times newspaper of

Michael Lebowitz: Some explanations of the fall of ‘real socialism’