Analysis by Country
Israel: Elections further shatter two state solution
Robert Teller, Neue Internationale 241, October 2019 Fri, 04/10/2019 - 09:56Benjamin Netanyahu called the 17 September Knesset election in the hope that it would give him the majority he needed to create a new coalition and remain prime minister. Read more...
Austria: Facing a new version of Black and Blue?
Arbeiterinnenstandpunkt, Vienna, September, 2019 Sat, 28/09/2019 - 18:51In May of this year, the "Black and Blue project", so named after the colours of the Austrian conservative party, ÖVP, and the racist-populist "Freedom Party", FPÖ, was less than one and a half year Read more...
Now finish off Boris
Editorial Board, Red Flag 30, September 2019 Mon, 16/09/2019 - 15:22WITH THE COMMONS' VOTE TO TAKE CONTROL of its agenda and the passage of a Bill preventing No Deal, the constitutional coup of Boris Johnson and his sinister advisor Dominic Cummings has been thwarted Read more...
Hong Kong: An important concession, what comes next?
Peter Main, Red Flag 30, September 2019 Tue, 10/09/2019 - 07:27On September 4, Hong Kong's Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, finally agreed to withdraw the hated Extradition Bill altogether, and not just leave it on the shelf. Read more...
Brazil’s Days of Fire
Markus Lehner, GAM Infomail 1066, September 3, 2019 Thu, 05/09/2019 - 14:59With the onset of the dry season in the Amazon region, an inferno of forest fires has hit the Brazilian states of Rondônia, Pará, Mato Grosso and Amazonas. Read more...
Pakistan: Utopian or revolutionary alternatives?
Hiba Jafri Sun, 01/09/2019 - 20:13In May of this year, Pakistan agreed its 13th "structural adjustment" deal with the IMF. Read more...
Hong Kong: Police ban demo, troops move to the border
Peter Main Sat, 17/08/2019 - 16:04A march through Central Hong Kong, the eleventh since early June, called by the Civil Human Rights Front for Sunday, August 18, has been banned by Hong Kong's police chiefs. Read more...
Ukraine: New personnel, old problems
Paul Neumann, GAM Infomail 1064 Fri, 16/08/2019 - 08:10After the presidential election in April 2019, Volodymyr Selenskyj has now also won the parliamentary elections, brought forward to July 21, with an absolute majority of seats in the Rada (parliament Read more...