Ben Chacko
LATEST ARTICLES BY Ben Chacko
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Iranian scientist’s assassination threatens to scuttle Biden’s revival of nuclear deal
November 30, 2020The Tudeh Party of Iran said the scientist “was assassinated in Tehran by Israeli agents with the full knowledge and support of the Trump administration."
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Indonesia: Mass strikes against ‘catastrophic’ assault on workers’ rights and environment
October 8, 2020The omnibus bill replaces 79 separate laws, reducing workers’ holidays and severance, allowing companies to keep workers on temporary contracts, and removing the requirement for environmental assessments of business projects.
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Coup figurehead drops out as Morales’s Socialists set to win Bolivian presidency
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Trade unions leading fight to protect workers from coronavirus around the world
March 19, 2020Unions are fighting to ensure workers receive sick pay, avoid catastrophic loss of income, and that governments put measures in place to protect them.
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Indian Communists fighting against Modi government’s racist citizenship bill
December 5, 2019The Communist Party of India-Marxist warned that the bill is part of the Hindu chauvinist BJP’s bid to transform India from a secular republic to a theocratic state.
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Ukrainian young Communists lead campaign against Zelensky land sell-off
November 19, 2019The president's proposal opens Ukraine’s agriculture to exploitation by U.S. and EU agribusiness.
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U.S. ‘bid to destroy Venezuela’ threatens foundations of international law, ambassador warns
May 20, 2019Washington’s bid to “destroy Venezuela” is wrecking the international laws governing relations between all states.
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Ukraine Communist leader warns: “The Nazis are coming”
March 6, 2019The destruction of a Soviet war memorial in Lviv by the Ukrainian government is a "spat in the face" of all who fought Hitler, says Communist Party leader.
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