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CZECH Communists signed a power-sharing agreement on Wednesday which sees them enter government for the first time since the fall of the Soviet bloc.
The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSCM) promised to support Prime Minister Andrej Babis in a confidence vote in return for a say in national political affairs.
Mr Babis has struggled to find support from parties outside the social democrats and the 15 Communist MPs saved him from losing the mandatory vote which all governments must face to stay in power.
Far-right forces are rising across Latin America and the Caribbean, armed with a common agenda of anti-communism, the culture war, and neoliberal economics, writes VIJAY PRASHAD
JOHN CALLOW examines what went wrong for the Czech communist party in the recent parliamentary elections, where it failed to meet the threshold to return deputies and some now talk of the party abandoning its commitment to socialism
Following the resignation of Nepali Prime Minister KP Oli amid mass youth-driven protests, different narratives have circulated which simplify and misrepresent the complexities and reality on the ground in Nepal at the roots of this crisis, argue VIJAY PRASHAD and ATUL CHANDRA
As the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia rebuilds support through anti-cuts campaigns, the government seeks to silence it before October’s parliamentary elections through liberal totalitarianism, reports JOHN CALLOW