The attempted coup by supporters of the former Brazilian President on January 8th may have been thwarted but as Sue Branford argues, Brazilian democracy is far from safe
Unions must re-build a militant rank-and-file movement to fight anti-worker legislation. Petitions and legal manoeuvring will not do, argues Paul O’Connell
Just as capitalism destroys ecosystems, it also maintains power imbalances in our democracies. Borrowing ecological principles could yield radical politcal changes, writes Calum McGeown
Can the newly elected postfascist Italian leader Giorgia Meloni last, asks Andrea Pisauro
Tunisian unions are not only fighting for better terms and conditions in the energy sector. They want democratic control, writes Ilyes Benammar
Giorgos Venizelos interviews Cristina Flesher Fominaya on participation, institutionalisation and the right-wing backlash to the squares movements of 2011-12
Pablo Navarrete reports on the resurgence of the left in Latin America