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‘The victims of the result of the plebiscite are the people of Chile’
Hugo Guzman speaks to former member of the constitutional commission MARCOS BARRAZA, who warns that after the failure of the left to win this month’s referendum, the right wing will try to rubber stamp the status quo
MAJOR SETBACK: The right has celebrated the defeat of President Gabriel Boric’s proposed progressive new constitution
In the wake of Ann Widdecombe’s murder, JOHN GREEN wonders whether the government will really get to grips with the root cause of these attacks on our MPs
The new PM’s opening addresses offered hope, council homes and reform — but little detail on how any of it will be delivered, warns CLAUDIA WEBBE
Despite the screeching from the right-wing media, Burnham’s speech chimed with the public mood - and socialists should take advantage, says Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO
Scotland's Labour leader cannot continue to evade responsibility for the party's decline, argues LAUREN HARPER
Nature as well as society works dialectically, asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
Hugo Guzman: How do you respond to the questioning of the work of the constitutional commission members to the point of blaming them for the victory of the vote to reject the proposed new constitution?
Marcos Barraza: The defeat of the “Apruebo” campaign — the “approve” vote — does not have just one single explanation. It requires a rigorous analysis, bearing in mind that this is a struggle that neither ends nor concludes with this defeat.
I believe that because the social impetus and the expectation of a new constitution to replace the one foisted by the dictatorship is still in force that the reasons for the defeat are important to grasp.
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