Ben Chacko
LATEST ARTICLES BY Ben Chacko
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Opinion
Russian Revolution at 100: Time to challenge capitalism again
October 13, 2017The events of that October night in Russia a hundred years ago are not going to be replicated, but the experiences of the world’s first socialist country are still relevant.
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News
Statues fall too in Ukraine, as fascists erase Soviet past
September 11, 2017Ukraine's Communist Party leader Petro Symonenko speaks to Ben Chacko about the wave of historical destruction engulfing his country.
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World
Ukrainian Communists appeal ban; court ruling due today
July 6, 2017Far-right government rejects Ukraine’s Soviet past, instead honoring Nazi collaborators who helped massacre Jews and Poles during the Holocaust.
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World
British union leaders: Corbyn’s the one we’ve been waiting for
May 2, 2017From protecting the right to strike to legislating a higher minimum wage, British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is giving trade unions a lot to cheer about.
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World
Bolivia’s Evo Morales looks for way around term limits
December 19, 2016The socialist president is seeking a way to run again in 2019 even though Bolivia's constitution says it's not allowed.
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World
Dark days for Ukraine’s left
November 21, 2016Paramilitary battalions unleashed by the government openly use Nazi symbols and call for war on “Russians, communists, and Jews.”
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World
G8 meets in attempt to stop meltdown
May 18, 2012Leaders of the Group of 8 countries of the world's largest economies are meeting at Camp David, Maryland, to begin talks on the global financial crisis.
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World
Israel to release 1,000 Palestinians in swap for Hamas-held soldier, Gilad Shalit
October 12, 2011Israel approved a prisoner swap with Gaza's governing Hamas movement early this morning, prompting celebratory street parties in both Israel and Palestine.
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