Argentine retirees savagely assaulted for protesting benefit cuts
All the evidence points to a provocation by the Milei administration aimed at justifying an escalation of attacks on democratic rights.
•Rafael Azul
Rafael Azul
Mired in crypto scandal, Javier Milei escalates war on Argentina’s working class
The approval of an IMF package and the appointment of the two judges by executive decree, both clear authoritarian power grabs, took place amid accusations of corruption against Milei in connection with the “crypto crisis”.
•Rafael Azul
15 years after devastating earthquake, Haiti is being transformed into a concentration camp
Haiti is being transformed into one of the world’s largest concentration camps, its people confronting a slow genocide from hunger, disease and terror squads armed by US imperialism.
•Rafael Azul
Argentina militarizes northern borders with Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil
The border crackdown is aimed at scapegoating migrants for the devastating effects of Milei’s policies and provoking US-backed confrontations with neighboring countries.
•Rafael Azul
Trump unleashes large-scale anti-immigrant operation at California-Mexico border
Approximately 1,500 active-duty troops, including 500 Marines from Camp Pendleton, have been deployed to assist in securing the border.
•Marc Wells, Rafael Azul
Argentina’s president defends fascism, expands war on the working class
In a vulgarity-laden statement posted on X, Argentine President Javier Milei defended billionaire Elon Musk’s Nazi salute and threatened to hunt down and exterminate left-wingers.
•Rafael Azul
Milei shuts down museums memorializing victims of Argentina’s military dictatorship
Argentina’s fascist President Milei seeks to erase the record of torture, disappearances and murder of tens of thousands of militant workers and youth.
•Rafael Azul
Argentine trade union bureaucracy deepens partnership with fascist President Javier Milei
US imperialism has not only encouraged a partnership between the CGT union apparatus and Milei, but sees it as a model for the incoming Trump administration.
•Rafael Azul, Andrea Lobo
In memory of Larry Moore, 1948-2024
Everyone who knew and worked with Larry waves a fond and sad goodbye to an outstanding representative of the international working class—and an all-around decent and good person.
•Rafael Azul, Tom Carter, Kimie Saito
Transportation unions call for strike in Argentina
Argentina’s poverty rate has reached 52.9 percent, the highest in 20 years, a 13 percent increase since Milei took power.
•Rafael Azul
Chile’s Boric and Argentina’s Milei join exercises of US Southern Command
Boric’s pseudo-left government in Chile and Milei’s fascistic government in Argentina are participating in military exercises this week that are part of the war preparations by US imperialism and NATO.
•Rafael Azul
Pentagon to begin producing weapons for Ukraine in Argentina
As early as next month, the Pentagon is expected to take over several military factories in Argentina to produce artillery, munitions and other weapons for the US-NATO war in Ukraine against Russia.
•Rafael Azul
Northern California’s Park Fire rages, on track to become state’s largest on record
Some predict the wildfire, currently only 10 percent controlled, could continue until the rainy season in the fall, expanding uphill toward the Nevada border and downhill toward the Sacramento River and the Pacific Coast.
•Rafael Azul
President Milei rides tank in Argentine independence day parade
Milei’s agenda echoes the “National Reorganization Process” (el Proceso) initiated by Argentina’s murderous military dictatorship.
•Rafael Azul
Argentina’s Milei launches assault on workers after pushing through sweeping legislation
For Milei, the main enemy of Argentine capitalism is the working class, which he aims to isolate and control, divide and defeat.
•Rafael Azul
Argentina’s Milei government brutally represses protests against draconian anti-worker bill
The government of President Javier Milei is resorting increasingly to open repression to impose the diktats of the IMF and big business.
•Rafael Azul
Milei’s fascistic Law of Bases nears vote in Argentine Senate as union apparatus facilitates approval
These measures will ensure the immiseration of the working class and the widening of the gap between rich and poor.
•Rafael Azul
Over one million march in defense of Argentina’s universities as Milei brutally represses protests
Every day the harsh austerity measures being pursued by the government of fascistic President Javier Milei bring Argentina closer to all-out class war.
•Rafael Azul
One month of the Milei presidency in Argentina
Milei has launched a series of decrees and an omnibus bill designed to benefit the parasitic ruling class while destroying the living standards and remaining democratic rights of the working class.
•Rafael Azul
Argentina’s ultra-right government declares war on working class
On December 20, Argentina’s ultra-right President Javier Milei signed a decree to downsize the government, scrap regulations and strip the working class of existing social, wage, retirement and welfare benefits.
•Rafael Azul