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The Politics of Human Rights
There has never been more talk about human rights than there is today. Social media is full of calls to sign petitions or send e-mails about human rights causes. Almost … Keep reading »
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Bolivia’s Voters Reaffirm ‘Process of Change’
But Issue Warnings to the Governing MAS Up to 90 per cent of the electorate voted in Bolivia’s “subnational” elections March 29 for governors, mayors and departmental assembly and municipal council … Keep reading »
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The Ultra-Political Game: Depoliticization and False Polarization in Brazil
In a recent essay (see “Brazil: The Débâcle of the PT”), Alfredo Saad-Filho writes of the dilemmas the Workers’ Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores – PT) now faces in Brazil. His … Keep reading »
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There is no Alternative Unless We Build One
Reinventing Socialist Politics The varied left histories dating back to the long 19th century gained momentum during the tumultuous first decades of the 20th century and for some time after. They … Keep reading »
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Bolivia: Burdens of a State Manager
In the opening salvos of Latin America’s uneven lurch to the Left in the early twenty-first century, Bolivia distinguished itself as the region’s most radical socio-political terrain.[1] Left-indigenous movements in … Keep reading »
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Podemos and the Catalan Independence Process
The rise of Podemos (“We Can”) in the Spanish state – and of its counterpart Podem in Catalonia – has presented a new challenge to both the Catalan independence movement … Keep reading »
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Important Strike in Mexico: Farm Workers Paralyze Baja Farms
Thousands of farmworkers in the San Quintín Valley of Baja California, just 185 miles south of the U.S. border, struck some 230 farms, including the twelve largest that dominate production … Keep reading »
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Israel: Fortress Racism
Israel sinks deeper and deeper into an abyss of strident chauvinism and endemic racism. Among its Jewish population there is an almost complete consensus that since Israel lives in a … Keep reading »
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SYRIZA’s Two Months in Government: Difficulties and Challenges
The First Round of Negotiations Almost a month after the agreement of the 20th of February between the new Greek government, the European Institutions and the IMF, we need to know … Keep reading »
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Brazil: The Débâcle of the PT
Hundreds of thousands of chiefly white middle class protesters took to the streets in Brazil on 15 March in an organized upsurge of hatred against the federal administration led by … Keep reading »
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A View from Burnaby Mountain: Naomi Klein’s This Changes Everything
“The call came to protestors assembled at bore-hole 2 on Burnaby Mountain: ‘Kinder Morgan has arrived! Get your asses down here.’ I ran to the motorcycle and hurried down to … Keep reading »
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The Public Value of Public Sector Strikes
The essence of an unjust society is to continually demand and take from those with the least the little that they have to support their lives and life-goals and add … Keep reading »