The U.S. has nothing to offer Africa but guns, drones and an extended half-life for the neocolonial order.
Subjects Archives: Inequality
You can’t have Democracy when you put the truth in prison
Lula will likely eat what he ate on his first day in prison: bread and butter with his coffee. He will know that across the planet there will be demonstrations in his name. ‘Lula Livre’ (Free Lula) the people will cry out. You’re not alone, they will say, você não está sozinho. It will give him […]
Venezuela’s Maduro announces electricity rationing plan as protests break out
Scattered demonstrations took place in parts of Caracas and several provinces as the government tries to address water and electricity shortages.
Dossier 14: Brazil’s Amazon—the wealth of the earth generates the poverty of humankind
The destruction of the Amazon has serious consequences not only for Brazil, but for all of Latin America—and the world.
Why is society so racist?
Slavery, while intensely profitable for the bourgeoisie, ran counter to capitalism’s ostensible ideology: liberté, égalité, fraternité. A resolution to this contradiction was needed, and came about in the concept of race
‘Patriotism’ made easy in times of ‘WhatsApp elections’
A WhatsApp-sponsored report, prepared in partnership with Queen Mary University, has raised the alarm that the 2019 elections in India, which already has cleavages on lines of caste, race, gender, religion, would be a fertile ground for damaging fake news.
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Giving a voice to the Venezuelan people
Venezuelan sociologist and former government minister Reinaldo Iturriza calls on the international left to place itself firmly on the side of Venezuela’s popular struggles.
The Christchurch shooting and the normalization of anti-Muslim terrorism
The real forces responsible for the destruction of many Muslim-majority countries and the current chaos present in many Western countries are not generated by civilian populations or religions but instead by the global oligarchy that engineers and profits from this chaos.
Solidarity isn’t a slogan, it’s a process: a conversation with Vijay Prashad
In this exclusive interview, a prominent Indian intellectual examines how imperialism operates in our time and proposes specific forms of solidarity with Venezuela.
Venezuela under attack: 7 notes on electric shock (Special Edition)
A manoeuvre that lowers the curtains for Guaidó, who is trapped in an ill-conceived plan and dependent on the chain of command of the war cabinet against Venezuela in Washington, must be sacrificed in order to give way to war.
Venezuela: Electricity recovery continues as U.S. withdraws diplomatic staff
U.S. officials have threatened new sanctions while Venezuelan authorities continue reactivating the electric grid.
Venezuela blackouts: ‘straight from the cyberwar playbook’
A columnist at Forbes discusses the possibility of the blackout in Venezuela having been caused by cyberwarfare.
Venezuela in the dark: a chronicle of sabotage
Marco Rubio, U.S. Senator, was one of the first to announce the blackout, for which he blamed the “Maduro regime,” and stated something that only those involved in the sabotage operation could know.
‘Stay true to Chavismo,’ Maduro says as blackout continues
“We have overcome so many challenges, we’ll overcome this one,” Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro told the crowd Sunday.
Adults won’t take climate change seriously. So we, the youth, are forced to strike.
The authors are the lead organizers of U.S. Youth Climate Strike, part of a global student movement inspired by 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg’s weekly school strikes in Sweden and other European countries.
Constitution is supreme and above all the customs and beliefs: Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan
In conversation with the Chief Minister who just completed 1,000 days in office
The shameful attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar
The House of Representatives may pass their resolution, but that won’t close the door on the discussion Omar’s courage has helped to open. If anything, their behavior and incitement against her has pried it open even further.
Joao Pedro Stédile: “Venezuela is extremely important because it is the battle of this century”
It is a fundamental task for the class struggle that we succeed in liberating Lula so that he becomes the principal spokesman, he is the one who has the capacity to help mobilize the masses against the system and the project of the extreme right.
Facebook wants you to know if you’re getting your news from the wrong government
NPR’s Facebook page seems to go out of its way to conceal the fact that it’s U.S. government–supported, calling itself “a privately supported, not-for-profit membership organization.” Maybe the P stands for “Private”?
Russia on Venezuela: U.S. mercenaries and direct military intervention
We are certainly worried about the U.S. plans to arm militants in order to destabilise the situation in Venezuela and, frankly speaking, invade this sovereign country.
