The Latin American Revolution: Social Movements and the FMLN Government in El Salvador

By Asad Ismi El Salvador joined the Latin American Revolution in 2009 when the people voted for the leftist Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) party under the leadership of Mauricio Funes (see “El Salvador the latest Latin American country to turn left” in the June 2009 Monitor). The election replaced the 20 year-old rule […]

Modi and the Criminalization of Indian Politics

By Asad Ismi The election of Narendra Modi as India’s prime minister in May, with strong backing from the country’s capitalist class, placed a mass murderer at the head of the world’s largest democracy. It was a shocking and unprecedented development whose consequences for India’s political and economic future are ominous. A history of […]

The Latin American Revolution (Part 24): Morales and Social Movements Continue to Transform Bolivia

By Asad Ismi The Latin American Revolution would not have been possible without an unprecedented coalescing of political power and social movements. In this series, I have documented the many progressive changes brought by the ten elected left-wing governments in Latin America. Many of these changes owe their inspiration in part to social organizations. Some […]

The Congo Still Ravaged by U.S.-Funded Conflict and Plunder: Genocide and Rape Stain Companies’ “Blood” Mineral Profits

By Asad Ismi In November 2013, the army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), bolstered by United Nations forces, claimed to have defeated M-23, the most powerful supposedly rebel militia in the Eastern Congo. This was the first time that the army (known by the French acronym FARDC) was thought to have scored […]