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Electoral theatre of Venezuela's opposition
TeleSUR journalist BRIAN MIER chronicles an intriguing voting day in one of downtown Caracas' largest polling centres
Andres Bello polling station in the posh part of downtown Caracas
[Brian Mier]
One hundred years on from Britain’s only general strike, socialists will gather in London at the Morning Star’s annual conference to discuss how organised labour can once again become the engine of radical change. Editor BEN CHACKO encourages readers to come along and join the debate
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The language of war obscures what genocide scholars describe as a sustained project of erasure, enabled by global power, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
The sheer number present on the day, estimated at half a million, points to organisational acumen and bodes well for developing the movement, says DIANE ABBOTT
A packed fringe meeting at the National Education Union conference heard from Iranian teachers, campaigners and journalists
I COVERED Venezuela’s three-week presidential electoral campaign, the elections, and their fallout for the Latin American terrestrial and satellite news TV network TeleSur (English) — the multilateral public TV news network funded by the governments of Bolivia, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.
I am an experienced analyst of Brazilian politics, but I do not claim to be a specialist in Venezuela. The following is not an analysis but a description of events I witnessed on election night.
I invite readers to use it to help with their own assessments of the political situation.
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