Ben Chacko
LATEST ARTICLES BY Ben Chacko
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News
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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World
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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World
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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World
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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World
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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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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Environment
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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