ELECTIONS to the European Parliament which concluded on May 26 show the continuing decline of the ‘mainstream’ political parties. In these elections to elect 751 members of European Union Parliament (MEPs), the EPP (European People's Party, a centre-right grouping consisting of the Christian Democrats of Germany) won 180 MEPs with 23.8 per cent of the vote; the S&D group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats won 146 seats with 20.3 per cent of votes.

THE fangs of US imperialism are bared once again. In a brazen attempt to dislodge the democratically elected president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, US has extended its open support to Juan Guaido to carry out a coup. It has even called on the military to rebel against the Maduro government.

Below we publish the interview with Mohammad Omidvar, member of the Polit Bureau and Spokesperson of the Tudeh Party of Iran.  He is the editor of Nameh Mardom, the party's central organ.  1. The February 1979 Revolution in Iran has been assessed as the most participative social revolution in the 20th century.  What were the key factors in the final years of the Shah’s rule that led to the Revolution? Iran under the Shah had the appearance of a strong, pro-western state.

THOUSANDS of Bangladeshi garment workers churning out clothes for top global brands went on strike on January 13 and clashed with police as protests over low wages entered a second week.Police said water cannons and tear gas were fired to disperse huge crowds of striking factory workers in Savar, a garment hub just outside the capital Dhaka.So far 52 factories, including some big ones, have shut down operations due to the protests.One worker was killed on January 8 and 50 others injured, after police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at some 5,000 protesting workers.Bangladesh is dependent

IN a New Year address to the country and the world Kim Jong Un-Leader of DPRK marked the continuation of efforts for peace in the Korean region.Noting that the first historic  DPRK-US summit meeting and talks made a great contribution to ensuring peace and security of the Korean peninsula and the region by making a dramatic switchover in the DPRK-US relations, the most hostile relationship on the earth, he stressed that it is the invariable stand of WPK and the DPRK government and his firm will to establish a new relationship between the two countries, set up a permanent and durable peace m