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| Greece
The tasks for the left after SYRIZA’s victoryThis statement by DEA (Internationalist Workers’ Left), member of Syriza and the Left Platform within it, was issued on 27 January 2015. It was first published in Greek on the RProject website. The English translation was published by socialistworker.org. -> read article... |
| Burkina Faso 2014
Social movements and the fall of CompaoréBlaise Compaoré became President of Burkino Faso in 1991 as a result of a coup in 1987 in which his predecessor Thomas Sankara died. In 2000 the opposition succeeded in amending the constitution to limit a President to two five year terms. In 2014 Compaoré attempted to change the constitution back to allow him to remain in power and was eventually forced from office in October 2014. Afriques en Lutte spoke to Burkina Faso specialist Lila Chouli about how the social movements led to the fall of Compaoré. -> read article... |
| Far right
From Pim Fortuyn to Geert Wilders & the PVV – Pro-gay and anti-Islam: rise of the Dutch far-RightIn the Netherlands, the right-wing PVV (Freedom Party) has steadily garnered power using a hate-filled discourse directed at Muslims and elites alike. -> read article... |