Geography Archives: Americas

South America, Central America, United States & Canada

Boots Riley: ‘I’m putting forward ideas about how we can change things’

Sorry to Bother You pairs a righteous political fury with surrealist flights of fancy. Writer-director Boots Riley explains how he came up with 2018’s wildest comedy.

7 Expert Predictions For The State Of The Economy In 2018 Finance and Markets

The U.S. economy: monopolized product markets and precarious work

Martin Hart-Landsberg

Most economists and politicians sing the praises of competition. It is supposed to keep firms on their toes for the benefit of consumers and workers. Well, competition is certainly alive and well in the U.S., but the results are far from positive for working people.

Rashida Tlaib, congresswoman-elect from Michigan, could upend aspects of U.S. support for Israel's occupation of Palestine. | Photo- Reuters

Congresswoman-elect Rashida Tlaib to lead delegation to Palestine

teleSUR Desk

Tlaid , one of two Muslim women who are the first to be elected to U.S. Congress, says she supports BDS and intends to shift perspective on the Palestinian-Israel conflict.

April Pipkins (left) holds a picture of her son Emantic Bradford Jr. Bob Dole (right) salutes the casket of President George H. W. Bush Photo: Jay Reeves/Drew Angerer (AP Images/Getty Images)

‘Civility’ is for white people

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Even if the truth is unsavory, the dead deserve our condolences and respect. We must be civil. Especially if they are white.

Tale of two depressions

David Ruccio

Mainstream economists continue to discuss the two great crises of capitalism during the past century just like the pillars of society performed in the brothel—a “house of infinite mirrors and theaters”—in Jean Genet’s The Balcony.

At a rally outside the U.S. Courthouse October 29, 1969, Dr. Benjamin Spock, background, listens to Fred Hampton, chairman of the Illinois Black Panther party. It was part of a protest against the trial of eight persons accused of conspiracy to cause a riot during the Democratic National Convention in 1968. Photo: AP Photo

Fred Hampton’s death is just one example of the Government’s covert disruption of Black Lives

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The police lied and said that when they knocked on the door and announced themselves, the Panthers immediately began shooting at them. This was later proven to be a lie.

New Cold War & looming threats

Jipson John and P. M. Jitheesh

John Pilger, investigative journalist and documentary film-maker, talks about the U.S.’ aggression in the Asia-Pacific region and the decline of its global dominance and says that a “new Cold War beckons isolation for the U.S. and danger for the rest of us”.

President George H.W. Bush addresses the nation from the Oval Office on Jan. 16, 1991, after U.S. forces began military action against Iraq, code-named Operation Desert Storm. Photo- Charles Tasnadi:AP

The ignored legacy of George H.W. Bush: war crimes, racism, and obstruction of justice

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THE TRIBUTES TO former President George H.W. Bush, who died on Friday aged 94, have been pouring in from all sides of the political spectrum.

Gioconda Mota, longtime activist for women’s rights and persons with disabilities’ rights, and co‐coordinator of the “Desde Nosotras” (Amongst Us) report on women’s human rights in Venezuela. (Desafío Constituyente)

Women and the crisis in Venezuela

Cira Pascual Marquina

A new report on women’s human rights in Venezuela reveals the uneven advances of the Bolivarian Process in this area.

Julio Escalona, a longtime left militant and university professor, is now a member of the National Constitutive Assembly. (Globovision)

Venezuela’s Constituent Assembly and the rise of fascism

Cira Pascual Marquina

A former guerrilla and active member of the National Constituent Assembly talks with VA about the class struggle in the countryside and the looming menace of the ultra-right in Brazil.

NATO’s Largesse: “nuclear sharing”

Ann Garrison

The new Cold War is escalating, fueled by Washington’s bid to isolate or strangle Russia.

[New Release] Who’s working for your vote?

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In 2018, Cambridge Analytica, the data mining and analytics company, dominated the news about political campaigning and data. But they are not alone in using personal data for political influence. Since we began actively documenting this industry, our global list has expanded to 329 organisations, and it is still growing.