Violencia armada en Colombia suma 170 líderes sociales muertos en 2025
Con la muerte de Nilson Andrés de Arco este viernes, Colombia suma ya 170 activistas asesinados en el país en lo que va de año, cifra que pone en evidencia la tragedia humanitaria que vive el país sudamericano a causa de la violencia armada, una problemática de larga...
Marcha Global por el Clima: pueblos del mundo en defensa de la vida
"La verdadera COP es la Cumbre de los Pueblos", se proclamó en la multitudinaria marcha de pueblos indígenas, campesinos y activistas socioambientales en Belém (Brasil). En claro cuestionamiento a la diplomacia ambiental de gobiernos y empresas, los sectores que viven...
COP30: financiamiento climático y transición energética a diez años del Acuerdo de París
La Cumbre de Cambio Climático (COP30) comienza en la Amazonía de Brasil. A diez años del Acuerdo de París, los Estados incumplen los plazos y escasean las acciones para frenar la crisis ambiental. En paralelo, se realizará la Cumbre de los Pueblos, espacio de...
Ukraine and Taiwan on the Biden-Xi chessboard
Read the full opinion published in Asia Times.
An analysis of central bank decision-making
An earlier version of this paper was presented at ‘The MPC at 25’, a conference organised by the United Kingdom’s National Institute of Economic and Social Research, in London, 30 March 2022 The process by which central banks take decisions has evolved over the years,...
Putin’s War and the German Economic Model
Read the full piece published on Project Syndicate.
A bolha da IA e a economia dos Estados Unidos
A economia dos Estados Unidos tornou-se, em essência, uma grande aposta na inteligência artificial. O mercado de ações dos Estados Unidos continua atingindo novos recordes; o preço da bitcoin também está próximo de valores máximos, e o preço do ouro disparou para...
TFFF: falsa solução para as florestas tropicais
O TFFF faz parte da lógica do capitalismo verde, que propõe valorar monetariamente os serviços ecossistêmicos para supostamente conservá-los e evitar sua deterioração e perda. O governo brasileiro lança nesta 30ª Conferência das Partes da Convenção-Quadro das Nações...
II Encontro Ecossocialista Latinoamericano e Caribenho- CADTM
Publicamos este artigo que Vanessa Dourado, da ATTAC/CADTM Argentina, dedicou ao 2.º Encontro Ecossocialista Latino-Americano, que acaba de se realizar em Belém. O conteúdo deste artigo escrito por Vanessa para anunciar este encontro é de grande interesse. De forma...
Replay : quelle réforme agraire, quelle gouvernance foncière, demain ?
La reconnaissance des fonctions sociale, nourricière et culturelle de la terre en Afrique, en Amérique latine et dans les pays du Nord ; le rôle et l'évolution des réformes agraires depuis la colonisation jusqu'à l'avènement de l'agro-industrie moderne ; l'importance...
Replay : quelle réforme agraire, quelle gouvernance foncière, demain ?
La reconnaissance de la fonction sociale, nourricière et culturelle de la terre en Afrique, en Amérique latine et dans les pays du Nord ; le rôle et l'évolution des réformes agraires depuis la colonisation jusqu'à l'avènement de l'agro-industrie moderne ; l'importance...
Haïti, un chaos qui ne vient pas de nulle part
C'est un pays qui fait rarement la Une de l'actualité. Pourtant, Haïti connaît depuis plusieurs années une descente aux enfers (instabilité politique, insécurité alimentaire, extrême violence, débâcle économique, catastrophes naturelles). Cette situation ne vient pas...
Chile: del pospinochetismo al neopinochetismo
Emir Sader ¿Qué camino ha transitado Chile desde el final de la dictadura militar hasta la primera vuelta de estas elecciones presidenciales, que probablemente lleve, en segunda vuelta, a la elección de un candidato que representa una especie de neopinochetismo? El...
Entendimiento comercial entre Argentina y EEUU alimenta incertidumbre
Xinhua — Los Gobiernos de Argentina y Estados Unidos anunciaron un nuevo marco de entendimiento para avanzar hacia un amplio acuerdo comercial y de inversiones que abre interrogantes sobre el futuro de la producción local en un contexto de baja complementariedad...
La ejemplar victoria del pueblo ecuatoriano
Alexis Ponce Fue ayer, lo es hoy, una hermosa victoria. Derrota táctico-estratégica para Noboa, de la cual querrá recuperarse desconociendo los temas que el pueblo le ordena NO avanzar un paso más, o no ejecutar ningún abuso más, que son las órdenes populares...
Banking on Racism? The Blue Jean “War” is Just Beginning
Photo by Ryan Moreno One of the oldest maxims in advertising is that sex “sells.” But it turns out that race – and racial controversy – “sells,” too. Witness the sprawling controversy over an American Eagle advertising campaign to promote sales of its new line of blue...
The Progressive Case for Tariffs
Cargo ship entering the Columbia River from the Pacific. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. As the Trump Administration continues to push ineffective tariff policies and ignite trade wars, America’s working families hang in the balance — caught between rising prices and a...
Israel’s Killing of Journalists Follows a Pattern of Silencing Palestinian Media That Stretches Back to 1967
Photograph Source: Tasnim News Agency – CC BY 4.0 Five journalists were among the 22 people killed on Aug. 25, 2025, in Israeli strikes on the Nasser Hospital in the Gaza Strip. Following global condemnation, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
Coalition Socialism
The intertwined relationship between liberalism and socialism offers important lessons for today’s fractious intra-left fights.
Know Your Enemy: Zohran, the Jews, and Reckoning with Gaza
Matt and Sam talk to Peter Beinart about Zohran and Islamophobia, Jews and antisemitism, the genocide in Gaza, and more.
Zohran’s Promise
The Mamdani campaign extended the arena of political participation to ordinary and unseen people of every place and pursuit. The challenge going forward will be sustaining faith in the idea that the city is ours to make.
The Highest Form of Democracy: The Grassroots Campaign of Yves Engler
The farce of Western regard for democracy has been revealed in several countries. Well known are the machinations of the Democratic National Commission to prevent the social democrat Bernie Sanders from becoming the leader of the so-called Democratic Party in the US....
Pastor’s “MAGA vs. Jesus” TikTok Series Dismantling Right-Wing Theology Draws Millions
Trump holds a Bible as he visits outside St. John’s Church, June 1, 2020, in Washington. Reverend Dr. Caleb J. Lines, the pastor at University Christian Church in San Diego, California, had heard enough bull-puckery from MAGA Christians about their interpretation of...
Five Marksmen Carefully Selected
“I always aim four-five inches away from the body. That way I know that I couldn’t not have possibly pump the lead into the poor bastard.” “I aim at him but swing the muzzle to the right as I squeeze the trigger. If the lieutenant or the sergeant notice, I explain...
El negocio del fuego
Un cambio de paradigma: el modelo de prevención y combate de incendios forestales como problema de seguridad y no como fenómeno ambiental y social.
Dolor de patria
Un acuerdo de libre comercio con Estados Unidos beneficiaría al país del norte y perjudicaría nuestra soberanía.
Acuerdo del amo y el esclavo
El dictado de Estados Unidos al gobierno de Milei amenaza a casi todos los sectores productivos de la Argentina.
Lo de Alpedrete no es una excepción: así han negado cargos del PP la violencia machista
El alcalde de este municipio madrileño aseguró sobre el presunto auto del asesinato que “quería mucho a su mujer”. El episodio del alcalde de Vita (Ávila) o la petición de un minuto de silencio para los hombres del alcalde de Oviedo son otras ocasiones en las que...
¿Qué es el ‘Caso mascarillas’ de Almería que salpica a la cúpula del PP en la provincia?
La causa abierta en 2020 investiga las supuestas comisiones de dirigentes de la Diputación de Almería a través de un contrato de emergencia de dos millones de euros durante la pandemia de covid-19.Temas principal: AlmeríaLeer artículo completo
Un baño de pesticidas contra el acuerdo UE-Mercosur
Organizaciones ecologistas protestan con una 'performance' contra el apoyo del Gobierno de coalición al tratado de libre comercio que entra en su fase final para ser aprobado.Temas principal: Acuerdos comercialesLeer artículo completo
Commenti su New York, Mamdani e la città come campo di possibilità di Anonimo
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Palestinian flags adorn Brisbane’s Story Bridge in latest round of solidarity actions
Palestinian flags adorn Brisbane’s Story Bridge in latest round of solidarity actions Alex Bainbridge Mon, 17/11/2025 - 19:52
Green Left Show #75: US socialist says Zohran Mamdani’s win shows people are hungry for real change
Green Left Show #75: US socialist says Zohran Mamdani’s win shows people are hungry for real change Isaac Nellist Tue, 18/11/2025 - 14:53 Isaac NellistWinnie Marion November 18, 2025, Issue 1443, World The election of Zohran Mamdani, member of the Democratic...
Standing with trans people in an era of neoliberalism
Standing with trans people in an era of neoliberalism Pip Hinman Tue, 18/11/2025 - 09:14
Polonia, due ucraini al servizio di Mosca sospettati di un atto di sabotaggio
Il 18 novembre il primo ministro polacco Donald Tusk ha annunciato che due cittadini ucraini al servizio di Mosca sono sospettati di aver compiuto degli atti di sabotaggio lungo una linea ferroviaria della Polonia che conduce in Ucraina. Leggi
Piccola guida alla riforma della giustizia
I principali cambiamenti della riforma approvata dal parlamento sono tre: separazione delle carriere, sdoppiamento del consiglio superiore della magistratura e istituzione di un’alta corte disciplinare. Leggi
Il Sudafrica blocca i voli dei palestinesi e accusa il governo israeliano
L’arrivo in Sudafrica di 153 palestinesi a bordo di un aereo, la settimana scorsa, “è sospetto e rivela una chiara volontà di espellere i palestinesi dalla Striscia di Gaza e dalla Cisgiordania”, ha affermato il ministro degli esteri sudafricano. Leggi
Lettre ouverte à sa Sainteté Le Pape Léon XIV
Votre Sainteté, Permettez-nous de nous présenter : nous sommes Project C, un mouvement de Camerounais engagés à favoriser une transition pacifique et démocratique au Cameroun. Le 12 octobre 2025, des […] The post Lettre ouverte à sa Sainteté Le Pape Léon XIV appeared...
Avec la gauche israélienne actuelle, qui a encore besoin de la droite ?
Le centre et la gauche en Israël ont échoué à proposer une stratégie libérale lucide capable de contrer l’agenda kahaniste de l’extrême droite, laissant au public israélien pour seul choix […] The post Avec la gauche israélienne actuelle, qui a encore besoin de la...
Entre le « Lebensraum nazi » et le « Grand Israël »… et la Charte des Nations Unies
Dans un contexte de bouleversements géopolitiques majeurs, Rudolf EL-KAREH explore les racines historiques et les ramifications contemporaines du projet sioniste, en le confrontant aux doctrines impérialistes et aux dérives du […] The post Entre le « Lebensraum nazi »...
The Bill That Will Make Bank Failures More Likely
A GOP-led House bill would lower regulatory barriers, including minimum capital requirements, for new and some existing community banks. A loophole in the legislation could help banking giants circumvent regulations meant to prevent bank failure.Through its PAC, the...
South Korea Is Stepping Up the East Asian Arms Race
Donald Trump has approved a deal with South Korea to equip its navy with nuclear-powered submarines. Combined with Trump’s aggressive posture toward China, the move will further exacerbate tensions in a volatile region.President Donald Trump reacts as he is presented...
Food Assistance for All
Economic insecurity is rampant in the United States. A program of universal grocery subsidies could help working-class families deal with the cost of living — and be wildly popular.Whereas free cash is widely perceived as an undeserved luxury, free food is not; it is...
In France, the eternal return of facial recognition
Last May, the French government launched a working group aimed at legalizing real-time facial recognition. Far from being a surprise, this announcement is part of a series of proposals put forward by state officials, along with industrial and scientific players. We...
French Administrative Supreme Court illegitimately buries the debate over internet censorship law
In November 2023, La Quadrature du Net, Access Now, ARTICLE 19, European Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ECNL), European Digital Rights (EDRi) and Wikimedia France filed a complaint against the French decree implementing the European Union’s (EU) Regulation on...
Predictive Policing in France: Against opacity and discrimination, the need for a ban
As part of a European initiative coordinated by Statewatch, La Quadrature has translated its report on the state of predictive policing in France. In light of the information gathered, and given the dangers these systems carry when they incorporate socio-demographic...
Dockworkers Have the Power to Stop Imperialist War Cargo and Win Union Control of Technology—Use It!
US president Donald Trump rumbles fatuously on as his phony “peace” plan for Gaza unravels, the US/NATO war against Russia sinks ever deeper in the mud of Ukraine, and his bunker-buster blow failed to put a dent in Iran’s nuclear program. In the United States he has...
The myth of the immigrant threat
Scapegoating newcomers has become a convenient distraction from policy failure.
Mayor to Mayor: a conversation between Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani
Mayor to Mayor: a conversation between Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani.
Zimbabwe: UFAWUZ Pickets Nestlé, Demands Living Wages
On Nov. 14, Nestlé Zimbabwe workers, led by UFAWUZ, staged a peaceful picket demanding living wages and an end to unfair labor practices. The action follows a protracted wage dispute in which Nestlé refused to increase wages.
Greece: Dockworker Faces Prosecution for Blocking Arms Shipment to Israel
Leader of the Greek dockworkers’ union ENEDEP, Markos Bekris, is facing prosecution for a solidarity action that blocked ammunition bound for Israel.
Africa: Recent Election Crisis and Continent’s Youth in Revolt
The recent elections in Tanzania, Cameroon, and Côte d’Ivoire lay bare the contradictions of neoliberal democracy in Africa, where the ruling class clings to power through coercion and electoral manipulation to protect imperial and class interests.
Acuerdo comercial Argentina – EEUU: un golpe al Mercosur
Estados Unidos y Argentina avanzaron en un nuevo Acuerdo de Comercio e Inversiones Recíprocas, que redefine la relación económica bilateral La entrada Acuerdo comercial <font color="#0ac600">Argentina</font> – EEUU: un golpe al Mercosur aparece primero en...
Perú: efectos del régimen de tipo cambio de “flotación sucia”
La política cambiaria se ha caracterizado por un régimen de “flotación sucia”, o managed float, en el cual el tipo de cambio no se deja totalmente al arbitrio del mercado, sino que es intervenido discrecionalmente por el Banco Central de Reserva La entrada <font...
Petrobras descubre un nuevo pozo en la Cuenca de Campos
La perforación del pozo ya se ha completado. El intervalo petrolífero se confirmó mediante registros eléctricos, indicios de gas y muestreo de fluidos. La entrada Petrobras descubre un nuevo pozo en la Cuenca de Campos aparece primero en NODAL.
Trabalho: Os nomes (e rumos) que ainda não temos
Boletim Outras Palavras Receba por email, diariamente, todas as publicações do site Assinar Loading... Assinar Loading... Agradecemos! Você já está inscrito e começará a receber os boletins em breve. Boa leitura! Por Stefano Rota* A fotografia que abre este artigo foi...
Salários, retrato de um país regredido
Ato na Cinelândia (RJ) durante greve vitoriosa dos garis em 2014 | Crédito: Foto: @piravilela / @midianinja A construção histórica da insuficiência salarial no Brasil: experiências e lutas dos trabalhadores Boletim Outras Palavras Receba por email, diariamente, todas...
Trabalhar menos para que a Terra descanse
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Looking for the Davids of the World
On November 17, 2025, the UN Security Council endorsed the U.S. Peace Plan for Gaza, including an “International Stabilization Force” — another military deployment to a region where force has never brought peace. After decades of destruction, it is clear that what the...
“Tax the Rich,” New York’s Magic Moment
The three glasses are already close together, ready to touch; we pause for a moment, look each other in the eyes, and together decide to proceed with the toast, defying superstitious precautions and well-established fears. Laura reminds us that if we want change, we...
EcoWaste Coalition Urges FDA to Test Play Sand Products for Asbestos following Recalls in Australia and New Zealand
18 November 2025, Quezon City, Philippines. The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to analyze colored sand play products being sold in the market after the regulatory authorities in Australia and New Zealand announced...
Auschwitz ad infinitum • Um debate com Heiner Müller
Heiner Müller, tem escrito bastante a partir da história alemã, especialmente do nacional-socialismo. Há algo de especificamente alemão nessa matéria teatral? Mao Tsé-Tung disse uma vez que enquanto o nacional-socialismo estivesse ao ataque seria imbatível. E esteve...
O Fim da Revolução • Pedro Levi Bismarck
O argumento segundo o qual a CDU deveria ter apoiado a candidatura de Alexandra Leitão não tem nenhuma lógica política a não ser na démarche própria das paixões partidárias. A questão, na verdade, deveria ser posta ao contrário: por que razão deram o Bloco e o Livre...
Lisboa, política sem glória • Pedro Levi Bismarck
Era preciso encontrar um termo apropriado para o momento exacto em que um sistema deixa de ser capaz de dissimular e ocultar as suas próprias contradições. O «acidente» não é apenas o «milagre invertido», como dizia Paul Virilio, que expõe as fragilidades da...
Programa Que el pueblo viva: DDHH en Chile y análisis internacional
En este nuevo Programa Que El Pueblo Viva, que es conducido por Hervi Lara y Félix Madariaga, se analiza la última Cuenta Pública del Presidente de Chile, Gabriel Boric; la Comisión Presidencial para la Paz y el Entendimiento sobre el Pueblo Mapuche; los ejercicios...
Crisis global y renovación social
¿Gestión del desastre o búsqueda de autonomía? La iglesia capitalista, con sus sacramentos del crecimiento ilimitado, extractivismo, productivismo, y consumo compulsivo, ha logrado en unas pocas décadas, desde la gran aceleración de los años 50 del siglo pasado,...
¿Dónde nos llevan los designios celestiales del imperio?
“En cuanto termine la guerra [Primera Guerra Mundial] podremos someterlos a nuestro modo de pensar, entre otras cosas porque estarán financieramente en nuestras manos”. William Wilson, presidente de EE.UU., en carta al coronel House. Toda la historia de EE.UU. cabe en...
Moving music: an interview with Hamsaz Ensemble
A 15-strong group fuses traditional Iranian instruments with contemporary stories of diaspora, community and hope. For member Freesia, folk music can build connection and understanding across difference The post Moving music: an interview with Hamsaz Ensemble appeared...
Sahel: The broken promise of false anti-imperialism
The junta regimes of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger present themselves as revolutionary and anti-imperialist. Their hollow rhetoric masks authoritarianism and new forms of foreign influence, argues Joshua Shangobiyi The post Sahel: The broken promise of false...
Key words: Dual Power
Wayne Price unpacks a concept that lies at the heart of much of Marxist and anarchist thinking on how to overthrow capitalism The post Key words: Dual Power appeared first on Red Pepper.
El significado de Milei
«Soy el rey y os destruiré: todas las castas alimentan mi apetito», gritó Javier Milei en su mitin de victoria tras las elecciones legislativas argentinas del 26 de octubre de 2025.1 La victoria de su partido no era algo seguro. Tras casi dos años en el cargo, el...
Una conversación con Kathryn Bigelow, directora de "A House of Dynamite", y el guionista Noah Oppenheim
En un momento de la nueva película de Kathryn Bigelow, A House of Dynamite, la capitana Olivia Walker (interpretada por Rebecca Ferguson) supervisa la sala de crisis de la Casa Blanca mientras un misil nuclear se dirige hacia el corazón de Estados Unidos. En medio de...
Your Party está desperdiciando una oportunidad histórica
Si Jeremy Corbyn y Zarah Sultana fracasan, la izquierda no los perdonará.
Glenn Diesen: One Year On… Why the Ukraine War Spells Doom For U.S. Hegemony and the NATO Alliance
Russia is not backing down, but it can’t be said for the U.S. and its allies who are increasingly looking at a weakened geopolitical position. After one year of war in Ukraine, Russia has not collapsed in the dramatic way that the United States and its European NATO...
Why Putin Went to War — One Year Later
On Feb. 24, 2022 Vladimir Putin explained his country’s intentions in Ukraine in a televised speech. How has what he said then measured up to today? Joe Lauria reports. It is instructive to compare Russia’s war aims expressed on Feb. 24, 2022 to the state of the...
NATO Powers Intensify Offensive Against Russia After Munich Security Conference
By Johannes STERN One year after the reactionary invasion of Ukraine by the Putin regime, the imperialist powers are organizing a massive escalation of the war, which increasingly raises the threat of a nuclear world war. On Monday, US President Joe Biden paid a...
Sports Media Has Forgotten About CTE Even After Player Deaths
Dave Zirin The NFL season has been rife with tragedy—not that the league or its media partners have noticed. The post Sports Media Has Forgotten About CTE Even After Player Deaths appeared first on The Nation.
Who’s Afraid of the Epstein Files?
Chris Lehmann The release of Jeffrey Epstein’s documents is likely to implicate a whole network of members of the American ruling class. The post Who’s Afraid of the Epstein Files? appeared first on The Nation.
China Is Now the World’s Climate Champion
Paul Hockenos The news out of COP30 does not engender much hope, but China’s embrace of renewable energy shows that climate protection makes smart economic sense. The post China Is Now the World’s Climate Champion appeared first on The Nation.
Laos: After 10 years, civil society worldwide is still asking: “Where is Sombath?”
Since Sombath, a pioneer in community-based development and youth empowerment, was abducted from a busy street in Vientiane on 15 December 2012, numerous United Nations (UN) member states and human rights monitoring mechanisms have repeatedly expressed their concern...
Mumbuca – a people’s fintech in Brazil
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Civil Society Organisatins Urge the G20 in India to Stop Discussion on Cross-Border Data Free Flow with Trust
We, civil society organizations, urge the G20 Developing Countries to discontinue the discussion on Data Free Flow with Trust (DFFT) to promote the free flow of Data at the G20 meeting, especially under the Presidency of India. The G20 is not an appropriate forum to...
Per una diversa idea di sicurezza
L’insicurezza esiste ma le politiche sicuritarie della destra, fatte proprie anche dalla sinistra, non fanno che alimentarla. L’alternativa è il capovolgimento della cultura imperante, che guarda ai cittadini come individui isolati e impauriti, e l’adozione di...
Ve la do io la progressività fiscale!
L’ultima finanziaria acuisce il modello di fiscalità regressiva in atto da tempo, perseguito dai governi di ogni colore. Il fisco "capovolto" pesa sempre meno sui ricchi e sempre più sui poveri, che perdono due volte: pagano, in proporzione, di più e hanno sempre meno...
Cristo e il metodo per capirlo, copyright © ing. Dostoevskij
Cristo è al centro del ragionamento dell’ingegner Dostoevskij come, da secoli, nella tradizione russa. L’approccio è, per la nostra cultura, paradossale: nega la libertà perché la riconosce vera, ma inapplicabile: così vuole “correggere l’opera di Cristo”...
Conservative Governance Has Undermined U.S. Life Expectancy
Although, in recent decades, American conservatives have embraced what they call the “Right to Life,” they have certainly done a poor job of sustaining life in the United States. That’s the conclusion that can be drawn from a just-published scientific study, “U.S....
Bye-Bye World: While Nuclear Weapons and Wars Exist, Annihilation Beckons
It’s been a long time since the atomic bombings of August 1945, when people around the planet first realized that world civilization stood on the brink of doom. This apocalyptic ending to the Second World War revealed to all that, with the advent of nuclear weapons,...
There Is an Alternative to War
The war in Ukraine provides us with yet another opportunity to consider what might be done about the wars that continue to ravage the world. The current Russian war of aggression is particularly horrific, featuring a massive military invasion of a smaller, weaker...