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by Dan Morgan in Santiago
In the early hours of June 28, 2009, President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras was woken by a group of 200 to 300 soldiers who shot and smashed their way into his house. He was forced out in his pyjamas, put on a plane and taken to Costa Rica. This was the start of a coup d'état in classic style. More ...
by Daniel Luban and Jim Lobe
When the Honduran military deposed President Manuel Zelaya on Sunday, in an incident that stirred memories of Cold War military coups in Latin America, it also seems to have caused at least some foreign policy commentators in the USA to revert to positions reminiscent of the Cold War. More ...
International
Manushi Bhattarai is part of the Maoist ticket that swept the student elections at Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu - Nepal's largest university. Here she discusses the revolution, recent political developments, the international situation and the role of young people. More ...
History
In Dublin's Kilmainham Jail on 12th May 1916, a working class man born in Scotland was executed for his part in the Easter Rising, an attempt to liberate Ireland from 800 years of foreign occupation. Because his injuries aquired in the defeated insurrection were so severe that he was unable to stand, the British soldiers tied James Connolly to a chair in order that he could face the firing squad. More ...
Headlines
British Government Foreign Office Minister Gillian Merron and over 40 Parliamentarians attended a House of Commons reception on 13 May to mark a decade of social progress in Venezuela under the Hugo Chávez-led government. They were joined by more than 100 personalities from the media, trade unions and the wider Labour Party. More ...
International
Since the world price of oil began falling in 2008, right-wing commentators have been gleefully predicting the downfall of Venezuela's socialist revolution. They will be sorely disappointed. The policy of the Chávez government has not been one of 'handouts' but rather of social and industrial investment. More ...
Headlines
An analysis by Fidel Castro, First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party, of the speech made by US President Barack Hussein Obama in Egypt on 4th June 2009. More ...
Editorial
In order to create a better world, we need an understanding of the capitalist system, how it can be defeated and what can replace it. More ...
International
The EU Commission and the Confederation of British Industry are reassuring us that 'carbon trading' is saving the planet. The facts prove otherwise. Meanwhile, the poor are facing the worst as we head towards environmental disaster. More ...