democracy – People's World

Bolivian President Evo Morales seeks fourth term, courts controversy

December 12, 2018 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

Morales has enjoyed impressive support as evidenced by electoral majorities of 54 percent in 2005, 67 percent in 2009, and 63 percent in 2014.

Trumpism loses a battle, but not the war

November 28, 2018 By John Bachtell

Bankrupt of ideas, the GOP has a narrowing base, is descending deeper into crisis, and is becoming a “cult of Trump.”

Abrams ends campaign for governor, launches campaign to save democracy

November 19, 2018 By Stacey Abrams

For anyone expecting a traditional concession speech, that's not what Stacey Abrams gave. Instead, she indicted the voter suppression tactics of Georgia Republicans.

“Enemy of the people”: Trump steps up attacks on freedom of the press

November 8, 2018 By C.J. Atkins

Karl Marx once wrote, “The free press is the ubiquitous, vigilant eye of a people’s soul…the embodied culture that transforms material struggles into ideological struggles.”

Brazil’s Bolsonaro promises to purge the left if elected

October 25, 2018 By Steve Sweeney

“These red outlaws will be banished from our homeland. It will be a clean-up the likes of which has never been seen in Brazilian history,” the candidate threatened on Wednesday.