John Catalinotto

Pope Francis warns on nuclear weapons; official Italy silent

Published in Il Manifesto on Nov. 26. Translation by John Catalinotto. Italy’s politicians and corporate media, usually eloquent about any…

December 11, 2019

Resistance continues as coup regime murders 30 in Bolivia

Nov. 23 -- Since a U.S.-backed military coup aided by fascist gangs overthrew the elected government of Evo Morales in…

November 25, 2019

Bolivian leaders denounce U.S. role in coup

Nov. 18 − Despite massacres in the major cities of El Alto, La Paz and Cochabamba that killed 24 people…

November 20, 2019

After U.S.-backed coup in Bolivia, Indigenous, workers resist

Nov. 12 -- From La Paz, journalist Marco Teruggi writes that 24 hours after the U.S.-backed coup in Bolivia, “There…

November 12, 2019

What the Berlin Wall’s collapse meant for workers worldwide

A Socialist Defector: From Harvard to Karl-Marx-Allee by Victor Grossman/Stephen Wechsler, New York: Monthly Review Press, 2019, 352 pages. This…

November 8, 2019

Chile’s people defy cops and army to demand gov’t resign

Oct. 28 -- Indigenous Mapuche people, students, workers, retired workers, women, people from all but the most privileged sectors of…

October 29, 2019

Oct. 12, 1969: Women-led march invaded Fort Dix to free rebellious troops

The following text is Part 2 of a report on the Fort Dix Stockade rebellion of June 5, 1969 (Part…

October 10, 2019

Biden’s time in Ukraine

That Joe Biden’s interaction with Ukrainian leaders has become a central question in the attempt to impeach the well-hated Donald…

October 1, 2019

U.S. sends troops to Gulf region, threatens new war

Sept. 22 — ​The Pentagon announced Sept. 20 that it will “deploy additional U.S. troops and missile defense equipment to…

September 24, 2019

Italian communist discusses European imperialism

Alessio Arena, secretary general of the Italian communist group Fronte Popolare (Popular Front), spoke to a full house at the…

September 12, 2019