Ben Chacko
LATEST ARTICLES BY Ben Chacko
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World
Venezuela’s Adán Chávez: ‘The U.S. has failed to beat us’
December 7, 2020Morning Star editor Ben Chacko speaks to the vice-chair of Venezuela’s ruling PSUV (Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela), Adán Chávez Frias, about the potential to diminish the right-wing bloc in the National Assembly at last and...
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Neo-Nazi groups targeted by German police raids
December 2, 2020The raids are the latest step in a national campaign against the neo-Nazi far right that has exposed its influence within Germany’s army and police.
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Iranian scientist’s assassination threatens to scuttle Biden’s revival of nuclear deal
November 30, 2020The Tudeh Party of Iran said the scientist “was assassinated in Tehran by Israeli agents with the full knowledge and support of the Trump administration."
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Environment
Indonesia: Mass strikes against ‘catastrophic’ assault on workers’ rights and environment
October 8, 2020The omnibus bill replaces 79 separate laws, reducing workers’ holidays and severance, allowing companies to keep workers on temporary contracts, and removing the requirement for environmental assessments of business projects.
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News
Coup figurehead drops out as Morales’s Socialists set to win Bolivian presidency
September 18, 2020
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World
Trade unions leading fight to protect workers from coronavirus around the world
March 19, 2020Unions are fighting to ensure workers receive sick pay, avoid catastrophic loss of income, and that governments put measures in place to protect them.
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Indian Communists fighting against Modi government’s racist citizenship bill
December 5, 2019The Communist Party of India-Marxist warned that the bill is part of the Hindu chauvinist BJP’s bid to transform India from a secular republic to a theocratic state.
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Ukrainian young Communists lead campaign against Zelensky land sell-off
November 19, 2019The president's proposal opens Ukraine’s agriculture to exploitation by U.S. and EU agribusiness.
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