Venezuela: Coups, media and stalemates -- what the violent right-wing protests mean

Thousands of Chavistas marched through central Merida on February 12.
No a la violencia y provocaciones de la extrema derecha en Venezuela!

¡Alto a la guerra de los medios en contra de la revolución bolivariana!
[In English at http://links.org.au/node/3709.
No to far-right violence and provocations in Venezuela!

Opposition protesters with slingshots during clashes on February 12. Photo by Angel de Jesús/AVN.
Bosnia’s magnificent uprising: Heralding a new era of class politics?

Mass protest in Tuzla, February 7, 2014.
By Michael Karadjis
South Africa: 'ANC in lucrative alliance with international capital', says NUMSA's Irvin Jim

Irvin Jim, NUMSA general secretary.
Please help Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal: Donate to the GLW fund appeal

BREAKING NEWS, February 20, 2014 – This morning one of our long-time subscribers, Arthur, pledged $1000 to our Special 1000th Issue Fund Appeal – taking us over $100,000 target.
Venezuela: The political economy of inflation and investment strikes

Hugo Chavez addresses oil workers in 2007, pushing for more national control of the country's oil.
El Salvador: FMLN wins first round of presidential election

Salvador Sanchez Ceren, candidate for the leftist FMLN party, gave a rousing speech on February 2 to announce victory in the first-round.