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Semillas en Monte Carmelo

Aterrizar en Monte Carmelo significó involucrarse con la familia de Delia González y su sentido de compromiso en torno al rescate de las semillas nativas. Desde su hija Eucaris, quien se desempeña como docente en la Escuela Bolivariana de Monte Carmelo, pasando por su...

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,...

Articulação antifascista mundial se reafirma

Segunda reunião do Comitê Internacional projeta a Conferência Antifascista de 2026 como espaço estratégico de unidade, solidariedade e enfrentamento ao fascismo e ao imperialismo. A segunda reunião do Comitê Internacional da Conferência Antifascista e pela Soberania...

Repúdio à aggressão dos EUA à Venezuela

O Comitê Local Organizador da “Ia Conferência Internacional Antifascista Pela Soberania dos Povos” manifesta o seu mais veemente repúdio à agressão dos Estados Unidos contra o povo venezuelano, fechando o espaço aéreo da Venezuela e realizando o bloqueio naval do...

«Defender lo indefendible», el libro que Milei no pudo escribir

«Defender lo indefendible», el libro que Milei no pudo escribir

  Hay una distancia entre el Milei que habla y el Milei que gobierna. Probablemente, en su cabeza, anhela un mundo en el que el mercado sea quien gobierne. En los hechos, su gobierno es populista de ultraderecha que favorece solo transitoriamente a los que más tienen,...

Brasil: La economía política de la estupidez

Brasil: La economía política de la estupidez

Sérgio Botton Barcellos  Combatir la estupidez exige algo más que información: exige una reorganización política del tiempo social, porque un individuo agotado e hiperconectado no piensa: sólo reacciona, comparte y obedece. Uno Sí, vivimos en Brasil, donde hace apenas...

Brasil: La economía política de la estupidez

Brasil: La economía política de la estupidez

Sérgio Botton Barcellos  Combatir la estupidez exige algo más que información: exige una reorganización política del tiempo social, porque un individuo agotado e hiperconectado no piensa: sólo reacciona, comparte y obedece. Uno Sí, vivimos en Brasil, donde hace apenas...

Banking on Racism? The Blue Jean “War” is Just Beginning

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

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...

Public Debilitation

Public Debilitation

Rebuilding government decision-making power requires not just removing veto points, but also addressing the outsized corporate power that gives the wealthy the best access to policymakers.

Partyism Without the Party

Partyism Without the Party

Zohran Mamdani’s victory was rooted in organizations that took up the base-building and mobilization functions that once fell to parties.

Understanding Western Praxis

Understanding Western Praxis

A recent book offers valuable lessons on Western crimes and their global impacts. We are living in a period of intense global transformation. The transition to a multipolar world has brought historical and contemporary tensions to the surface, revealing patterns of...

A Moment of Hope in Gaza

A Moment of Hope in Gaza

Gazan doctors graduate in front of an Al-Shifa Medical Complex building destroyed by Israeli bombing. Photo credit: Al Jazeera On Thursday, December 25, 2025, during Israel’s ongoing genocide against Palestinians, 168 students graduated from medical school, in Gaza....

Jacques Baud and the EU/NATO Censorship Architecture

If Baud, then we are all potential targets now! Jacques Baud’s case is mind-boggling. A Swiss citizen, a former NATO-, OSCE- and UN-related colleague and author who relies mainly on Western sources, has been sanctioned by the European Union. There is no evidence that...

Exterminar cucarachas

Exterminar cucarachas

El dilema mayor no es la reacción de “los rotos” frente al odio impulsado por los medios hegemónicos, sino la impunidad del propio discurso de odio.

Perché le donne non parlano di soldi

Perché le donne non parlano di soldi

A causa degli stereotipi di genere le donne non sono educate a gestire il denaro e a parlarne. Per questo spesso sono sfruttate sul lavoro e colpite dalla violenza economica degli uomini che hanno vicino. Leggi

Il peso del marchio Unesco sull’Italia

Il peso del marchio Unesco sull’Italia

Dalle montagne alle città d’arte, i riconoscimenti dell’agenzia delle Nazioni Unite hanno contribuito a far crescere il turismo in Italia. Ma hanno coinciso con una perdita di identità dei luoghi che avrebbero dovuto proteggere. Leggi

Tanti piani di pace, ma nessun accordo

Tanti piani di pace, ma nessun accordo

Le guerre in Ucraina e in Palestina avranno un effetto determinante sul mondo dei prossimi anni. Ma in entrambi i casi non c’è ancora nessuna seria prospettiva di una soluzione duratura e giusta. Leggi

Islam contre judaïsme… Comment Jésus est-il perçu ?

Alors que certains dénoncent l’intolérance musulmane, l’article présente un tableau plus complexe : Jésus et Marie honorés en islam, contestés dans le judaïsme, et des chrétiens palestiniens pris dans les […] The post Islam contre judaïsme… Comment Jésus est-il perçu...

Keeping Power Utilities in Corporate Hands Doesn’t Make Sense

Keeping Power Utilities in Corporate Hands Doesn’t Make Sense

A new study shows that socialist plans to take over the privately owned power utility in New York’s Hudson Valley would lower rates for users and improve its long-term health. Public ownership of power companies is better for everyone but the rich.Average New Yorkers...

The Health Care Crisis Is Gobbling Up the Economy

The Health Care Crisis Is Gobbling Up the Economy

Health care spending now represents about 18% of the US economy, meaning that roughly one out of every five dollars spent goes toward health care costs — more than what Americans spend on groceries or housing. The spending is driving massive medical debt.An ever...

Now That He Has No Power, Mitt Romney Says “Tax the Rich”

Now That He Has No Power, Mitt Romney Says “Tax the Rich”

Mitt Romney recently published a New York Times op-ed arguing for higher taxes on the rich. When he was in a position to actually sculpt the GOP platform and the tax policy of the US, Romney was an ardent supporter of cutting taxes for the wealthy.When Mitt Romney had...

Consider donating to La Quadrature du Net

Consider donating to La Quadrature du Net

Today, when the return is mentioned, no one has the courage to shrug it off. At la Quadrature du Net, we have been speaking about “authoritarianism” for a long time. But what we long took for a series of skirmishes now increasingly resembles a coherent and concerted...

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...

A selvageria de Israel atinge a Cisjordânia

A selvageria de Israel atinge a Cisjordânia

2023: Um bando de milicianos judeus fortemente armado investe contra população de Hawara, na Palestina ocupada por Israel. Em outubro de 2025, violência chegou ao patamar máximo Boletim Outras Palavras Receba por email, diariamente, todas as publicações do site...

Uma caminhada ao apagar de luzes do ano

Uma caminhada ao apagar de luzes do ano

Foto: Edson Lopes Jr./SECOM-SP 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! Eu gosto de São Paulo....

Uberização: O projeto ardiloso do Centrão

Uberização: O projeto ardiloso do Centrão

Foto: Júlia Dolce/Agência Pública 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!  Tramita na Câmara...

Myanmar Stages First Phase of Polling with Thin Turnout

Myanmar Stages First Phase of Polling with Thin Turnout

The military-ruled Myanmar (earlier known as Burma and Brahmadesh) staged the first phase of the general election on 28 December 2025 amid a civil war-like situation across the Southeast Asian nation with visibly low voter turnout. It covered 102 out of 330 townships...

A greve nunca existiu • Pedro Levi Bismarck

A greve nunca existiu • Pedro Levi Bismarck

Num país que passa metade do ano a falar da Autoeuropa, da sua importância estratégica para a economia nacional, para o PIB e para o diabo a quatro,  ontem, dia de Greve Geral, dia em que Autoeuropa parou completamente a sua produção, com níveis de greve entre os 60%...

Gaza, depois de Auschwitz • Pedro Levi Bismarck

Gaza, depois de Auschwitz • Pedro Levi Bismarck

1. Foi publicada em português, no final do ano passado, uma inédita recolha de poemas de Primo Levi, sob o título A uma hora incerta (Edições do Saguão, Dezembro 2024). O momento não podia ter sido mais oportuno, porque se conhecemos bem o Primo Levi que testemunhou a...

O triunfo da iliteracia • António Bracinha Vieira

O triunfo da iliteracia • António Bracinha Vieira

Nós, humanos, sempre falámos, mas nem sempre escrevemos. A escrita, acontecimento recente, perto de 5.000 anos, lâmina quase sem espessura na nossa história evolutiva, marca o limiar da passagem da Pré-história para a História: e admitiremos que a perda da escrita...

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...

The Red Radio Times: films to watch this Christmas

As we wrap up for the winter break, Cameron Baillie and Red Pepper editors pick out the best films for readers to enjoy over the holiday The post The Red Radio Times: films to watch this Christmas appeared first on Red Pepper.

Amazon and the cost of Christmas

While the festive season remains culturally sacred, Amazon’s Black Friday-January Sales juggernaut of consumerism is uniting campaigners. Robbie Gillett charts the corporation’s varied crimes – and the necessary response The post Amazon and the cost of Christmas...

Brian Eno on tenacious solidarity and a lullaby for Gaza

Artist and songwriter Brian Eno reports on Together for Palestine and the campaign propelling an Arabic Lullaby into the charts – and raising vital funds for Gaza The post Brian Eno on tenacious solidarity and a lullaby for Gaza appeared first on Red Pepper.

Why Putin Went to War — One Year Later

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...

Staining the Labels of History

Staining the Labels of History

Felipe Galindo The Kennedy Center Board of Trustees voted to rename the institution The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts. The post Staining the Labels of History appeared first on The Nation.

Dickens, Engels e il Natale del nostro scontento

Lo scorbutico e gelido uomo d’affari Ebenezer Scrooge, protagonista del proverbiale “Canto di Natale” dickensiano, ci appare oggi come un burbero sprovveduto a confronto con i tecno-tiranni del nostro tempo e con le schiere dei loro servili ammiratori. L’eccellente...

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....

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...