World

Brazilian Congress ousts chief plotter of legislative coup against Rousseff

September 16, 2016 By Emile Schepers

But Cunha is also threatening to bring down a large number of his colleagues, including former allies.

India made labor history with the world’s largest general strike

September 13, 2016 By Vijay Prashad

Half the Indian population are deprived of the basics of life such as food, energy, housing, drinking water, sanitation, health care, education and social security.

Argentine workers march against government’s neoliberal economic policies

September 12, 2016 By Emile Schepers

This demonstration may presage a movement toward unity on the part of the country's traditionally split labor movement.

Eyewitness accounts of Temer government’s violence against protests

September 9, 2016 By Lucivania Nascimento dos Santos

The smoke and gas bombs were intense, it is very difficult to run and breathe; police target alternative press cars that try to take their equipment into the protests.

Extreme right racks up big vote totals in northern Germany

September 8, 2016 By Victor Grossman

The Alternative für Deutschland racked up a shocking 21.9 percent of the vote on September 4th in the north German state of Mecklenberg.