Ecuadorians went to the polls February 5 for municipal elections and to vote in an eight-question referendum called by the banker-president Guillermo Lasso. Lasso’s party came out of the municipal elections completely defeated.
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Ecuador: Lessons from the June 2022 National Strike
The great national strike in Ecuador ended after 18 days of struggle. It is important to discuss the lessons of June 2022 to prepare for new rebellions in Ecuador and beyond.
Ecuador National Strike: Tens of Thousands March in Quito and Take Over Regional Government Buildings
Brutal police repression has not stopped the national strike in Ecuador. The ruling class is in a panic, and the movement is taking on an insurrectionary character.
Ecuador Rises Up Again: National Strike against Banker President Lasso
On June 13, a new national strike began in Ecuador. Demands include the freezing of the price of gasoline, price controls on basic foodstuffs, and opposition to privatization.
Crisis in Ecuador: Corruption, Violence, and Tax Havens
On October 26, social and indigenous organizations, as well as workers’ unions in Ecuador protested against the economic policies of President Lasso.
Revolution in Latin America: Lessons of the Red October
Jorge Martin looks back on the tremendous “Red October” that swept Latin America last year, with insurrectionary movements in one country after another.
Ecuador’s Worker-Peasant Uprising: Government Flees the Capital
The movement in Ecuador against Lenín Moreno’s IMF-inspired austerity package, which began on October 2, has reached insurrectionary proportions.
Salvadorian workers and peasants defeat electoral fraud and win presidential election
A major clash between the classes has taken place in El Salvador. One of the most reactionary ruling classes in Latin America has been kicked out of office. The masses once again defeated the scandalous electoral fraud that was being prepared by ARENA, the reactionary right wing party founded by anti-communist death squad leader Roberto D'Aubisson. The ruling class, reluctantly, had to concede the victory of the left wing FMLN in order to prevent a revolutionary explosion. (English translation of the original Spanish article from the Bloque Popular Juvenil)
New attack in El Salvador: Against repression sign here!
A member of the El Salvador Bloque Popular Juvenil BPJ [Popular Youth Block] has disappeared and his life may be at risk. Please add your voice to the protest!
Urgent action needed to defend BPJ youth in El Salvador
Further to our earlier publication we are calling on our supporters to do everything possible to demand that the El Salvador authorities stop harassing left youth and in particular they find the whereabouts of Edwar Francisco Contreras Bonifacio.
The Communist: Voice of America’s Communist Generation
The Communist is the official newspaper of the party of the Revolutionary Communists of America. It is different from any other publication you’ll find in the US today. Behind this newspaper, there’s a vast network of communist activity from coast to coast. It is a tool for organizing in the streets, at protests and strikes, for building communist cells in our neighborhoods, workplaces, and campuses.
The RCA is on a mission to carry Bolshevism into the political arena of a country that’s ripe for it. Yes, we’re Bolsheviks living in the digital age, and we also use social media and our podcast to spread the communist program. But we’re not the kind of internet leftists who stay inside and “do politics” online. That’s why we need something we can carry with us into the streets and put into people’s hands. The physical paper is an instrument for building a real-life organization—a genuine Communist Party of fighters.