Honduras is in crisis. The national election took place on Sunday 26 November. Results posted that night showed the challenger Salvador Nasralla with a 5% lead with 57% of the votes tallied
A poem by Gareth Writer-Davies
Angela Merkel, who has been in power for 12 years and who won just 33% of the vote in the elections held on 24 September, failed to negotiate a coalition government that would rule over the German and the European working class for the next four years
Suddenly, A terrible thought struck me. What if Avi Gabbay really believes what he is saying?
Despite falling apart at the seams over its Brexit 'negotiations' with the EU, and its internal fights and scandals, bringing shame and embarrassment to the UK, Theresa May's government is determined to carry on with its money-oriented and earth-trashing policies
Political commentators have long been puzzled by the fact that, right across the globe and for several decades, the political left has been in retreat and - more than that - has apparently been unable to mount any significant challenge to the growing neo-liberal hegemony which has dominated western democracies since the 1980s
An article by Davood Rhani
I am furious. And I have good reason to be furious.
Islamic State is frequently referred to as the biggest threat facing Britons. But an even bigger one, in terms of death and social division, is austerity
"One day while I was in a bunker in Vietnam, a sniper round went over my head. The person who fired that weapon was not a terrorist, a rebel, an extremist, or a so-called insurgent. The Vietnamese individual who tried to kill me was a citizen of Vietnam, who did not want me in his country. This truth escapes millions." (Mike Hastie, Former U.S. Army Medic, Vietnam 1970-71)