SOLOMON HUGHES recommends Sunjeev Sahota’s recent novel set in a trade union election campaign for its fresh approach to what unites and divides workers, but wishes the union backdrop was truer to life
IN THE age of a rising tide of neoliberal authoritarianism and populist reactionary religious politics, the electoral victory of the left brings smiles to all progressive forces beyond Chile.
The people of Chile defeated Jose Antonio Kast — a committed follower of the country’s former dictator, General Augusto Pinochet, who established neoliberal authoritarianism in Chile before it spread worldwide.
The decisive victory of Gabriel Boric is a celebration of people’s power beyond the borders of the Andean nation.
Far-right forces are rising across Latin America and the Caribbean, armed with a common agenda of anti-communism, the culture war, and neoliberal economics, writes VIJAY PRASHAD
After Zohran Mamdani’s electoral win, BHABANI SHANKAR NAYAK points to the forgotten role of US communists in New York’s radical politics
For the first time in years, the dominant voice within Chile’s official left comes not from neoliberal centrists but from the world of labour, writes LEONEL POBLETE CODUTTI



