South America

• Chávez landslide December 7 2006
  After Chávez’s victory in the presidential election, Venezuela is at the crossroads, writes Nick Rogers. The working class must assert its political independence
• Bolivia shifts left January 12 2006
  Which effect will Evo Morales' victory have on the working class and the political landscape in South America? Eddie Ford takes a closer look
  
• Working class project for Spanish America December 1 2005
  Nick Rogers looks at the contradictions in the Bolivarian revolution and calls for the building of workers’ unity across the continent to defend and extend the gains won in Venezuela
  • Letter 'Bonapartism' December 8 2005
    Paul Hampton from the Alliance for Workers'Liberty replies to comrade Rogers
  • Chávez and the AWL December 15 2005
    Nick Rogers replies to Paul Hampton from the Alliance of Workers' Liberty
  • Bonapartism or social democracy? January 5 2006
    Paul Hampton of the Alliance for Workers’ Liberty replies to Nick Rogers and upholds what he calls ‘independent working class politics’
  • Take control of the Bolivarian revolution January 12 2006
    Nick Rogers disputes Paul Hampton’s assertion that the Chávez regime is Bonapartist and calls for a radical transfer of power to the working class
• No trust in MAS - June 23 2005
  Eddie Ford takes a closer look at the revolutionary situation in Bolivia - and those populists leading the movement
• For a South American continental federation June 16 2005
  Eddie Ford reports about the situation in Bolivia - a country between revolution and counterrevolution
• Lula attacks public sector workers July 3 2003
  Brazil's Workers Party president is in conflict with his working class base. Fabio Bosco reports
• Lula attacks workers May 29 2003
  Ian Donovan looks at developments in Brazil since the election of the Workers Party president
• Protests rock Latin America and Asia April 3 2003
  Martin Schreader takes a look at a global anti-war movement
• Fight for class independence November 5 2002
  Ian Donovan analyses the much-predicted victory of the Brazilian Workers Party's Lula