Workers, left parties meet on global economic crisis
NEW DELHI -- There could not be an agenda more significant for the communist and workers parties' 11th international meeting than global capitalism's deep and ongoing economic crisis.

Threats mount against populist Paraguay president
Former bishop Fernando Lugo gained Paraguay's presidency in 2008 supported by a multifaceted coalition of popular forces.
Socialist Kerala: A very different India
Stretching along the Indian Ocean, Kerala is a densely populated state on the southwest shore of India with a free, well-educated, equitable and relatively well-off society.

