Category: Latin America
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Latest Step in a Long Road: The Venezuelan Elections
That Hugo Chávez had to win last Sunday’s elections in order for the Bolivarian process to continue – in whatever form – was recognized by close to the entirety of … Keep reading »
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The Chavez Election
“You pay back a favour with favours,” said Joanna Figueroa, a resident of El Viñedo, a barrio in the coastal city of Barcelona in eastern Venezuela. She had pledged to … Keep reading »
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No Silver Medal: Mexican Farmers Battle Canadian Mine for Control of Their Land
Civil disobedience has halted production at Mexico’s “top grade producer of silver.” Farmers of the La Sierrita village, a close knit community of about 50 families, located 40 minutes north … Keep reading »
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Venezuela: “Open Horizons”
An interview with Roland Denis Roland Denis is a leading intellectual and revolutionary in Venezuela. He served as Vice Minister of Planning in the Hugo Chávez government in 2002-03, but resigned … Keep reading »
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“Now is the time!”: Struggle for Sexual Diversity in Venezuela
An Interview with Maria Gabriela Blanco Alianza sexo-género diversa revolucionaria(Revolutionary Alliance of Sex-Gender, and Diversity, ASGDRe) Under Hugo Chávez, there have been many gains in the struggle for liberation, including … Keep reading »
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The Revolution Will Not Be Decreed
An interview with Gonzalo Gómez, Marea Socialista (Socialist Tide) In Caracas, we caught up with Gonzalo Gómez, a founder of the radical website aporrea.org and militant in the Trotskyist organization, Marea … Keep reading »
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“This Process Belongs to the People”
An interview with Juan Contreras, Coordinadora Simón Bolívar Born and bred in one of the most militant inner city barrios of Caracas, 23 de enero, Juan Contreras participated in the urban … Keep reading »
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Fighting for Land and Territory in Urban Caracas
An Interview with Héctor Madera Jeffery R. Webber and Susan Spronk (JW and SS): We’re here in Caracas, Venezuela, with Héctor Madera, one of the founders of the Comités de Tierras … Keep reading »
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The New Student Rebellion and the Mexican Left
Challenging the Corporate Media and the Electoral Fraud Éramos silencio, éramos dolor, éramos opresión. Quisieron arrebatárnoslo todo y lo único que perdimos fue el miedo. Ya no seremos más una voz … Keep reading »
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Cuba’s Coming Co-operative Economy?
Reflections From Two Recent Field Trips In 2011, I made two trips to Cuba to study the new co-operatives. In June I was kindly invited by Camila Piñeiro Harnecker, a professor … Keep reading »
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Bolivia’s Mine Nationalization of South American Silver in Mallku Khota
On July 7th, 2012 the Bolivian police launched a rescue operation to recover hostages that were being detained by some indigenous community members opposed to South American Silver’s exploration operations … Keep reading »
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Planning the Next Six Years of Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution
Planning the detail of the transition and revolution toward a socialist and more just society, from community and worker organization, to consciousness building, to production and distribution systems, to combating … Keep reading »