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Ontario Premier Doug Ford guts local democracy in favor of corporate interests

September 20, 2018 By Dave McKee

A drive for corporate access and control is behind the move to cut Toronto’s city council in half and cancel regional elections.

Violence and threats of more: Brazil’s electoral drama gets more bizarre

September 13, 2018 By Emile Schepers

After a far-right candidate is stabbed, his VP running mate threatens to bring out the military. Meanwhile, with Lula in jail, the left has to bring in a substitute candidate of its own.

Colombia and U.S. implicated in plot to kill Venezuelan president

August 21, 2018 By Emile Schepers

From Bogota to Miami, more names are popping up in the list of accomplices in the Maduro assassination attempt.

Democracy is a class concept

August 14, 2018 By Bruce Bostick

In today’s rapidly shifting political climate one of the debates taking place concerns the status of “democracy” in the United States.

Protecting the Revolution: A new constitution for Cuba

July 26, 2018 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

Cuban authorities are aware that the idea of a “third way”—between socialism and capitalism—has gained currency on the island. Thus change is taking place within a highly unstable setting.