By Katu Arkonada on July 4, 2020 After the economic crisis of 2008, there was a sector that not only recovered quickly but continued to grow exponentially, the luxury goods sector. While a large part of the population saw their social and labor rights cut back, the occupation of 5-star hotels, […]
Las Luchas de los Pueblos Latinoamericanos en tiempos de Pandemia conversatorios via Zoom. Mayo 23 y 30, Junio 6 – 2020
https://www.facebook.com/events/675313866622807/ View Post LAS LUCHAS DE LOS PUEBLOS LATINOAMERICANOS EN TIEMPOS DE PANDEMIA!! 23, 30 DE MAYO Y 6 DE JUNIO, 11 AM (HORA MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA) REGISTRATE/INSCRIBETE AQUI A SERIE OF WEBINARS, DISCUSIONES EN LINEA, CONVERSATORIOS El codido y clave de ZOOM para ingresar se los enviaremos una vez se […]
UPDATE Part 2 & 3 Pandemic People power online conference
Tomorrow Saturday 16 and Sunday 17, 11am Back by popular demand, this Saturday and Sunday! Pandemic People Power! Parts 2 & 3Where we learn about the power of communities and social movements organising around the world under Covid-19…More inspiration, ideas, music and much more…. REGISTER for access LINK:https://latinamericansolidaritynetwork.org/673-2/or email us […]
XIII Tesis sobre la catástrofe (ecológica) inminente y los medios de evitarla By Michael Löwy
I. La crisis ecológica está ya presente y se convertirá todavía más, en los meses y años próximos, en la cuestión social y política más importante del siglo XXI. El porvenir del planeta y de la humanidad va a decidirse en los próximos decenios. Los cálculos de algunos científicos en relación […]
XIII THESES SUR LA CATASTROPHE (ECOLOGIQUE) IMMINENTE ET LES MOYENS (REVOLUTIONNAIRES) DE L’EVITER By Michael Löwy
I. La crise écologique est déjà, et deviendra encore plus dans les mois et années à venir, la question sociale et politique la plus importante du 21e siècle. L’avenir de la planète et donc de l’humanité va se décider dans les prochaines décennies. Les calculs de certains scientifiques au sujet […]
XIII Teses sobre a catástrofe iminente (ecológica) e as formas (revolucionárias) de a evitar By Michael Lowy
I.A crise ecológica já é, e será ainda mais nos próximos meses e anos, a questão social e política mais importante do século XXI. O futuro do planeta e, portanto, da humanidade, será decidido nas próximas décadas. Os cálculos de alguns cientistas sobre cenários para o ano 2100 não são […]
XIII THESES ON THE IMMINENT ECOLOGICAL CATASTROPHE AND THE (REVOLUTIONARY) MEANS OF AVERTING IT
By Michael Löwy 13 tesis sobre la crisis ambiental y las salidas, por Michael Lowy: Englsh, Portuguese, French and Spanish English Portuguese French Spanish
XIII THESES ON THE IMMINENT ECOLOGICAL CATASTROPHE AND THE (REVOLUTIONARY) MEANS OF AVERTING IT by Michael Löwy
I. The ecological crisis is already the most important social and political question of the 21st century, and will become even more so in the coming months and years. The future of the planet, and thus of humanity, will be decided in the coming decades. Calculations by certain scientists as […]
Trump ensaya la invasión a Venezuela
(Por Atilio A. Boron, 4 Mayo-2020) Desde: https://atilioboron.com.ar/ La frustrada incursión de un grupo de mercenarios pretendiendo desembarcar en las costas de Macuto, estado de La Guaira, es la enésima prueba de que Estados Unidos, es un “estado canalla”; es decir, un país que viola sistemáticamente la legalidad internacional y […]
Latin America’s ‘Pearl Harbour Event’? Forces of Oppression and Resistance Intensify Across the Region as the Multiple Crises Deepen
Written by Daniel Edgar exclusively for SouthFront With the relatively recent arrival of the ‘Coronavirus’ to the region, the chronic failure of neoliberal economic and social planning and development models and strategies to reduce poverty and provide sustainable and equitable, or even remotely viable, development paths has surpassed critical levels. […]
Update!! Pandemic Peoples Power online conference Part 2 & 3
Tomorrow Saturday 16 and Sunday 17, 11am Please/Por fa distribuir/ share/ widely!!! Back by popular demand, this Saturday and Sunday! Pandemic People Power! Parts 2 & 3Where we learn about the power of communities and social movements organising around the world under Covid-19…More inspiration, ideas, music and much more…. REGISTER […]
In Ecuador, Lawfare Marches on Despite Coronavirus
As COVID-19 tears through Ecuador, President Moreno is politicizing justice to fortify his austerity measures. From NACLA, April 27, 2020 Timm Benjamin Schützhofer Quito, Ecuador (Photo by Cayambe/Wikimedia) On April 7, wearing a mask and goggles as protection against the coronavirus, an Ecuadorian judge sentenced former president Rafael Correa to […]
Venezuela thwarts invasion attempt by mercenaries
Venezuelan officials reported that a group of mercenaries attempted to invade the country on Sunday but were stopped by the country’s army and policeMay 03, 2020 by Peoples Dispatch Venezuelan security forces seized large amounts of war weaponry including assault rifles and ammunition as well as satellite phones, uniforms and […]
Ecological and social planning and transition
-Micahel Lowy The need for economic planning in any serious and radical process of socio-ecological transition is winning greater acceptance, in contrast to the traditional positions of the Green parties, favorable to an ecological variant of “market economy,” that is, “green capitalism.” In her latest book, Naomi Klein observes that […]
Vargas Llosa and the Pandemic: No to Life
In this pandemic, as rarely seen in history, the contempt of capital for human life has never been so clear. The obsession of the vast majority of tycoons with not shutting down business no matter how much damage this may inflict on workers’ health is something to behold. The same applies […]
“El neoliberalismo aplica la necropolítica, deja morir a las personas que no son rentables”
Clara Valverde introduce su nuevo libro con la alusión al texto de una pintada en la pared: “Con la dictadura nos mataban. Ahora nos dejan morir”. En ‘De la necropolítica neoliberal a la empatía radical’ (‘Icaria/Más madera’) esta activista política y social y escritora sostiene que el sistema neoliberal es […]
Scientists Warn Worse Pandemics Are on the Way if We Don’t Protect Nature
From https://www.ecowatch.com/ A group of biodiversity experts warned that future pandemics are on the horizon if mankind does not stop its rapid destruction of nature. Writing an article published Monday by The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), the authors put the responsibility for COVID-19 squarely on our shoulders. “There is […]
Pandemic People Power! (Online 3-Part Conference)
Pandemic People Power! (Online 3-Part Conference):Stories of community power, resistance and resilience in times of COVID-19 in so called Australia, Latin America and beyond This will be a series of interactive 3 online mini-conferences with panels, group discussions and music! – lifting up examples of organizing, resistance and action both […]
COVID 19 and the population in a global context
The COVID 19 pandemic has spread to practically all the countries of the world, and there are already close to 2,800,000 infected and nearly 200,000 dead [1]. Currently the United States (EU) is the country with the highest number of infections (almost 900,000), with 50,000 deaths and is immersed in […]