Contemporary Mass Movements Committed To Radical Democracy
- The EZLN - Zapatista Army of National Liberation in Mexico.
- The MST - Landless Workers' Movement in Brazil
- The Piqueteros - Unemployed Workers Movement in Argentina
- The Abahlali baseMjondolo - shack dwellers' movement in South Africa
- The Socialist Party USA
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