Ben Chacko
LATEST ARTICLES BY Ben Chacko
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Sudanese army reinstates prime minister, but left warns against new power-sharing deal
November 23, 2021Sudanese military and civilian leaders both claim to be navigating a path to democracy following the revolution that toppled long-time dictator Omar al-Bashir in 2019.
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Indian farmers score victory as Modi retreats on pro-corporate farm laws
November 19, 2021The Communist Party of India (Marxist) said: “The farmers have taught the Modi government a lesson it should not forget. Dictatorship in India does not work.”
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In threat to Russia, EU grants U.S. troops ‘unhindered’ movement across continent
May 7, 2021European peace activists say the move is about getting U.S. Army boots on the ground.
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Venezuela calls for debt restructuring in response to Covid pandemic
April 5, 2021“We demand once again the end of the economic, financial, and commercial blockade against our people."
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Democracy dies under Brazil’s neo-fascist Bolsonaro
March 31, 2021Brazil is “at the threshold of what is compatible with democracy,” the communist Governor of Maranhao state Flavio Dino has warned following a string of resignations from the army leadership.
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Ukraine’s fascist-backed government erasing Red Army from history
December 23, 2020Authorities in Lviv are dismantling the city’s Monument of Glory, a memorial to Red Army soldiers who died fighting the Nazi invasion.
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Venezuela’s Adán Chávez: ‘The U.S. has failed to beat us’
December 7, 2020Morning Star editor Ben Chacko speaks to the vice-chair of Venezuela’s ruling PSUV (Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela), Adán Chávez Frias, about the potential to diminish the right-wing bloc in the National Assembly at last and...
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Neo-Nazi groups targeted by German police raids
December 2, 2020The raids are the latest step in a national campaign against the neo-Nazi far right that has exposed its influence within Germany’s army and police.
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