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Bolivia is one of the poorest countries in Latin America. This article traces the recent political history of the country

Podcast 169 - Prime Minister Burnham - something new or more of the same _ by Socialist Correspondent

Trumps' threat to annex Greenland is only part of a wider US strategy - the whole Arctic region is in its sights. While seizing Russia's valuable Arctic territories would require a sustained open war, Greenland, Scandinavia, and even Canada represent easier US targets.

It is one hundred years since the only general strike to have taken place in the history of the British labour movement started on 3rd May 1926, lasting just 9 days. That high point of class struggle provides many essential lessons about the nature of the movement, the role of the capitalist state, and the potential of the working class to organise its own interests.

The Paris Agreement of 2015 committed its signatories to limiting the rise of global warming to within 2 degrees centigrade with the main industrialised polluters curbing their emissions and helping fund the poorer countries. These targets have not been met and the momentum has gone into reverse. Capitalism seems unable to put in the necessary measures to avert crisis. This article examines options left open to avert a catastrophe.

Nicolas Guillén, longstanding president of the Cuban National Writers Union and member of the central committee of the Communist Party of Cuba worked with popular music and song to bring the language of ordinary people into poetry.

Elections were held in Bangladesh in February 2026 which was won by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party with the Islamist Jamaal-e-Islami party coming second and forming the opposition. Prior to this the Bangladesh Awami League, the country's oldest party, had been in power between 2009 and 2024 but was banned from taking part in the election by the unelected interim administration. There have been serious concerns expressed as to the lack of due process by US backed sections of the Bangladesh oligarchy, the United Nations and the International Crimes Tribunal in their treatment of the Awami League and their former leader Sheikh Hasina.

The UK's famously unwritten constitution means the country is effectively governed by the Privy Council and its executive committee in the Cabinet, composed of what John Mclean called 'The Old Gang' in his open letter to Lenin in 1921. Its longevity is testament to the continuities of class rule in this country.

Israeli weapon systems and tactics , touted and priced as "battle tested" on Palestinians, are being applied in their current war on Iran and Lebanon, employing a strategy aimed at destroying the resistance and its social and material basis as was trialled in Gaza.

Keir Starmer and his leadership team do not pretend to be socialists, or even reformists. They are advocates of the status quo, establishment managerialists of a socio-economy in enduring crisis, and a foreign policy in service to British imperial interests. Like previous administrations they want to off-load the crisis onto the working classes, at home and abroad.

Europe is weaker relative to the US now than at any time since the end of World War 2 – the result of deliberate US strategy to subordinate its allies in order to create a disciplined bloc ready for major war against China. The Iran war has accelerated Europe’s difficulties.

On 28th February the United States and Israel launched an unprovoked military aggression against Iran, assassinated its Supreme Leader and many more of its political and military leadership. Operation Epic fury had the openly stated intention to overthrow the Iranian regime and bring about the total disintegration of the Iranian state. This ongoing aggression has already claimed the lives of nearly 3000 innocent Iranian civilians, destroying Iran’s civilian energy infrastructure, bombing schools, hospitals, public media outlets and razing entire civilian neighbourhoods to the ground.

The West’s multifaceted crisis is undermining the established norms of power, alliances and economic systems. This has been exposed and made worse by the United States and Israel’s war against Iran and all its unintended consequences. No one can predict the longer term implications of Donald Trump’s miscalculation over launching the war or whether it will mark a decisive point in US decline. However the trends marking that decline, discernible in recent years, have certainly been exacerbated and there are lessons for countries and peoples across the globe.

A poem by Tawfiq Zayyad (1929-1994) who was a Palestinian leader and member of the Israeli Communist Party. He was elected to the Knesset in 1973, representing Rakah and later Hadash until his death in 1994. He was elected mayor of Nazareth in 1975 and served in that role until he died. Between 1958 and 1962 he spent long periods under arrest in Israeli prisons and later was the target of several assassination attempts. On March 30 1976 he led a nationwide strike against land confiscation, a day now commemorated every year as Land Day. He wrote poetry throughout his life.

Many difficulties face contemporary lorry drivers, from working within a complex employment network disconnected from their clients to being closely watched and managed by GPS, digital tachographs, and advanced driver assistance programs to keep them in line.