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CHILE’S President Sebastian Pinera has announced a Bill to give the military greater authority to intervene in political and civil matters, in response to giant protests.
Mr Pinera has claimed to have listened and learned from anti-neoliberal protests that drew over a million people onto the streets of Santiago and promised to investigate police attacks on demonstrators that killed at least 23 and injured thousands.
But he now wants to change the law so the army can be deployed to “control infrastructure, including essential public services and police activities” without the need to declare a state of emergency.
CJ ATKINS commemorates one of the most dramatic moments in working-class history
The fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, a registered nurse and union member, has sparked nationwide protests and renewed calls from National Nurses United to dismantle Ice and related agencies, says MARK GRUENBERG
International solidarity can ensure that Trump and his machine cannot prevail without a level of political and economic cost that he will not want to pay, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
In an address to the Communist Party’s executive at the weekend international secretary KEVAN NELSON explained why the communists’ watchwords must be Jobs not Bombs and Welfare not Warfare