As ameaças das novas tecnologias de modificação genética para a agricultura
Seminário promovido pelo Grupo de Trabalho (GT) Biodiversidade da Articulação Nacional de Agroecologia (ANA) em parceria com a Campanha Permanente contra os Agrotóxicos e pela Vida e o Grupo Carta de Belém. Evento acontece virtualmente nos próximos dias 3 e 4 de...
Río Paraná: “No es una bajante, no es una sequía. Es la deforestación”
El agua es un ciclo hidrológico, que en América del Sur ha sido dañado irreversiblemente. La vitalidad y permanencia de ese ciclo tiene directa relación con los cursos de agua. El Río Paraná, que experimenta su menor nivel en 77 años, integra ese sistema, afectado por...
La ONU y el capitalismo verde atacan la soberanía alimentaria
Conoce las críticas de las mujeres a la Cumbre sobre Sistemas Alimentarios y el avance del poder corporativo sobre la alimentación y la naturaleza.
Why China should fear the EU’s carbon border tax
Read the piece published by Nikkei Asia.
A Safety Net for the Green Economy
Read the piece published by Foreign Affairs.
Are robots taking our jobs?
In the future, what forces will cause the economy to grow and stagnate? What impact will AI and automation have on the economy? Is capitalism a sustainable economic model? Today on The Sound of Economics, we’re asking the big questions. In order to find answers, our...
Michel Husson: um ativista que faz economia e um economista que se dedica à política
A morte de Michel Husson deixa um vazio no coração de muitos camaradas ao redor do mundo. Michel Husson (1949-2021), que tinha uma sólida formação como economista, acompanhava de perto a evolução do sistema capitalista a fim de contribuir para sua derrubada e para a...
Einstein e Landau: Génios cientistas, mas também… anticapitalistas anti-estalinistas!
Praticamente toda a gente conhece o nome de Einstein , mas o nome de Lev Landau [Lev Davidovitch Landau (em russo: Лев Давидович Ландау, [lʲɛv dɐˈvidəvʲitɕ lɐnˈda.u] Écouter), nasceu a 22 de janeiro de 1908 em Bakou (Império russo) e morreu no 1º abril de 1968 em...
Relançar um poderoso movimento social e político internacional
Publicamos esta entrevista de Eric Toussaint por Alexis Cukier, realizada em maio de 2020 para a mídia alternativa grega K-Lab. Nesta entrevista, Eric Toussaint delineia os contornos de um novo movimento social e político internacional a ser construído. Eric...
Les nouveaux territoires de l’agrobusiness
Laurent Delcourt était l'invité de l'émission Agora de l'Université Populaire de Marseille (UPOP) pour parler des systèmes alimentaires et des nouveaux territoires de l'agrobusiness. Une émission diffusée sur les ondes de Radio Galère le 29 juin. Revoir l'émission : -...
Haïti : une Conférence nationale, piste pour sortir de la crise
Décodage par Frédéric Thomas (CETRI), dans cet article de Véronique Kiesel dans Le Soir. Après l'assassinat du président haïtien, des élections sont prévues en septembre. La société civile n'en veut pas car elles seraient illégitimes. Elle réclame une transition menée...
Haïti : l’assassinat du président « est le marqueur de la privatisation de toutes les institutions publiques »
Le président d'Haïti, Jovenel Moïse, a été assassiné dans la nuit du 6 au 7 juillet. Cet acte jette une lumière crue sur le pouvoir haïtien et sur la complicité internationale dont celui-ci n'a cessé de jouir, analyse le chercheur Frédéric Thomas (CETRI). Dans la nuit...
Pedro Castillo, el desafío de construir una democracia participativa
Mariana Álvarez Orellana| Pedro Castillo, hijo de un peón agrícola de la región Cajamarca, beneficiario de la Reforma Agraria de 1969 con el gobierno de Juan Velasco Alvarado, es el nuevo presidente del Perú. La parcela de tierra obtenida cambió radicalmente la vida...
Efectos sociales de la pandemia: la clase media argentina se achica
Juan Guahán Una introducción a la magnitud de lo que está pasando con esta Covid lo da el hecho que cerca de dos millones de argentinos dejaron de pertenecer a la clase media, lo que afirma un Informe del Banco Mundial que se ha hecho público. Según el mismo, en...
Bolsonaro cada vez más impopular… pero falta mucho para octubre de 2022
Juraima Almeida| Mientras la popularidad del mandatario ultraderechista Jair Bolsonado sigue desplomándose y la tensión política no hace más que elevar la temperatura, la crisis económica y social alarga su alcance y numerosas manifestaciones multitudinarias contra el...
Pegasus Rides Again: the NSO Group, Spyware and Human Rights
They keep insisting they don’t do it. But companies such as the Israeli NSO Group are global vendors for regimes, whatever stripe or colour, for surveillance tools to spy on those they deem of interest. The 2013 revelations by Edward Snowden that exposed the...
Is Sen. Ed Markey a War Hawk in Progressive Clothing? His Latest China Gambit Points to Yes
On June 8th 2021, Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey voted for The U.S. Innovation and Competition Act of 2021 (S. 1260), which calls for increased “combat ready troops” and missile shipments to the Asia-Pacific region and undermines Climate Envoy John Kerry’s climate...
Inflation as People Experience It and as Economists Measure It
Suppose that the average amount that people paid for their rent or mortgage fell by 10 percent, but our index for shelter costs in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) jumped by the same amount. That may sound nutty, but given the way we measure inflation, that sort of...
Arguments on the Left: Elections and Coalitions
Four short essays by Jeet Heer, Samuel Moyn, Jane McAlevey, and Mitchell Cohen.
Know Your Enemy: The Afterlife of January 6
Was the January 6 breaching of the Capitol a genuine coup attempt by an extra-parliamentary faction of the Trump movement? Or was it a disorganized and pathetic act of desperation?
Digital Corbynism
In the UK, the left no longer has a party, but it may still have the tools necessary for retaking it—totals that can be improved, remodeled, and reorganized.
Charter School Promoters Defend Antisocial Culture of Maximum Profit
About 3.3 million students are currently enrolled in roughly 7,400 privately-operated charter schools across 45 states, Washington DC, Puerto Rico, and Guam. Five states remain opposed to these outsourced schools that appeared in the U.S. 30 years ago. Today,...
The Despisers of the Earth
“Knowledge of death helps us also to find a good road,” Jack D. Forbes tells us, “because perhaps it can bring us to deep considerations of our place in nature.” I recall this reflection Forbes makes, among other revelations, in his 1978 book Columbus and Other...
Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: A Unifying Peoples’ Project
With a population of 118 million (expected to top 200 million by the end of 2049) Ethiopia is the second most populous country in Africa. 70% (c.80 million) are under thirty, the median age being just 20. The majority of people live in rural areas where infrastructure...
Leve y confuso
Causa Traficante. Episodio 11. Los abogados defensores piden la absolución de Bidone y de D’Alessio, desdoblado en empresario respetado y en personaje locuaz, fantasioso y poco creíble. La entrada Leve y confuso se publicó primero en El Cohete a la Luna.
Álbum de familia republicana
Registro fotográfico realizado por los propios manifestantes del acto opositor agroganadero del pasado 9 de Julio. Una muestra de la naturalización del odio como expresión política. La entrada Álbum de familia republicana se publicó primero en El Cohete a la...
La legión del mal
El programa de hackeo israelí Pegasus infectó 50.000 celulares con su software malicioso. ¿Qué uso le dio el gobierno de Macri desde 2017? La entrada La legión del mal se publicó primero en El Cohete a la Luna.
Hiperconectividad y cyborgfeminismo
Desde el ámbito digital, lo íntimo se mercantiliza para ser usado luego en nuestra contra, o para predecir nuestras preferencias y hacernos consumir dentro de su sistema, fortaleciéndolo.Temas: Radical Magazine, Global, Tecnopolítica, Internet, GéneroLeer artículo...
Disneyland
A los habitantes de este feliz parque temático que es la vida nos gusta a menudo pensarnos libres y soñadores, pasando por alto el bombardeo continuo de la propaganda, el fuego amigo, ante el cual sólo cabe preguntarse, como dijo alguien: con amigos así, ¿quién...
Génova 2001, città aperta
Hoy hace 20 años acababa la sangrienta contracumbre del G8 en Génova con la puesta en libertad y expulsión de Italia de cientos de personas detenidasTemas: Actualidad, Movimiento antiglobalización, Represión, Policía, Opinión, ItaliaLeer artículo completo
York — the truth and terror of Western Australia’s racist history
Barry Healy reviews a new play, delving into the intricate, complex and terrifying history of white settlement in Western Australia.
Anti-lockdown rallies: far-right capitalises on inadequate pandemic support
The significant numbers at the July 24 anti-lockdown protests are a symptom of the failure of federal and state governments to put the health and safety of communities before corporate profits, argues Rachel Evans.
Asylum seekers need you to keep fighting for them
Niko Leka quotes from Farhad Bandesh, who was imprisoned on Manus Island and later in the Mantra Hotel, who said the torture of innocent people amounts to the 'absolute neglect of humanity'.
Il colpo di mano che rende ancora più fragile la democrazia tunisina
In piena crisi sanitaria ed economica il presidente Saied ha rimosso il premier e sospeso il parlamento, tra proteste sempre più accese contro il governo, la gestione della pandemia e il partito islamico di maggioranza Ennahda. Leggi
Penne
Prima di scrivere un testo a penna, assicurati di saper ancora scrivere. Leggi
Raphael Saadiq e le radici nere del rock ‘n’ roll
L’album Stone Rollin’ è il capolavoro di uno dei più grandi produttori del soul degli anni novanta. Leggi
Le prêtre brésilien Frei Betto prend position sur Cuba: « Cuba résiste! »
Théologien de la libération, Frei Betto est un frère dominicain du Brésil qui connait particulièrement bien Cuba. Fin connaisseur de la vie quotidienne sur l’île, des enjeux de la révolution, […]
Cuba la grande tricherie de nos bons samaritains
Ceux qui se disent émus devant la souffrance du Peuple cubain et qui prennent la parole pour condamner le gouvernement de toute cette souffrance sont ceux-là même qui l’ont fomentée durant […]
Troubles récents à Cuba : un exemple type de fake news et de guerre médiatique
Dimanche 11 juillet, pour la première fois depuis plus de 20 ans, les Cubains sont descendus dans la rue pour exprimer leur mécontentement. Ce qui de prime abord semblait être […]
Bosses Shouldn’t Be Able to Close Factories Whenever They Feel Like It
US labor law is so stacked against workers it allows companies to pack up and leave just to avoid dealing with a unionized workforce. We shouldn’t give employers this nuclear option — it completely undercuts working-class power. International Ladies Garment Workers...
How the Australian Labor Party Tried to Nationalize the Banks
After World War II, Australian Labor PM Ben Chifley proposed to nationalize the country’s banks. But Chifley’s party didn’t anticipate a ferocious countermobilization by Australian capital that defeated their plans and tilted politics rightward for a generation....
How Cuba’s Communists Survived the Fall of the Soviet Union
The fall of the USSR in 1991 left Cuba mired in economic crisis and increasingly vulnerable to hostility from Washington. For the revolution to survive, it had to draw on its own domestic legitimacy — including its independence from the Soviet model. Portrait of a...
In memoriam Philippe Aigrain (1949-2021)
It is with great sadness that we learned of the death of Philippe Aigrain on Sunday 10th of July, in the mountains, near his home in the French Pyrénées. Philippe was a computer scientist and a great humanist, a tireless activist, a researcher and an intellectual who...
Open letter calling for a global ban on biometric recognition technologies that enable mass and discriminatory surveillance
La Quadrature du Net is a signatory of an international open letter, signed by more than 170 worldwide associations and written by EDRi, Access Now, Amnesty International, Human Right Watch, Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF), et l’Instituto Brasileiro de Defesa do...
La Quadrature joins EDRi as a member
After many years of participating in the EDRi network as an observer, working with the collective of European member organisations and the EDRi team in Brussels to protect rights and freedoms in the digital space and beyond, La Quadrature du Net has now joined EDRi as...
People’s lawyer P. A. Sebastian and the Socialist Project
Sebastian, in his writings in The Fight to Win Rights, is direct, and honest, unafraid to state unpalatable facts. Blunt and matter-of-fact, his words seem to be deliberately chosen to appeal to the conscience of people, his mode of expression reflecting his...
Climate Change: Why we can’t trust mainstream media
A Q&A on capitalism, media, and climate.
Nicaragua’s Sandinistas battle ‘diabolical’ U.S. empire and poverty on 42nd anniversary of revolution
The Grayzone reports from Nicaragua on the 42nd anniversary of the Sandinista revolution. Nicaraguans discuss their improved quality of life, President Ortega condemns the dictatorial U.S. “empire that wants to dominate all countries,” and Vice President Murillo...
India at Tokyo Olympics, Day 3 News Round-up: India Lose Again in Women’s Hockey; Manika Batra Exits
News round-up of the performance by Indian athletes on Day 3 (July 26, Monday) of Tokyo Olympics.
Tiangong Space Station: Scientific Experiments Ranging from Dark Matter to Cancer Research Planned
The proposed research topics range from studying dark matter and gravitational waves to cancer research and studying pathogenic bacteria.
1960s’ Civil Rights Activist Robert Moses, who Led Black Voter Registration Drive, Dies at 86
Moses, a Rhodes scholar, started his “second chapter in civil rights work” by founding in 1982 The Algebra Project, thanks to a MacArthur Fellowship.
Bolivia | Ya son 13 las personas detenidas por el Golpe de Estado y las masacres
Los casos Golpe de Estado y de las ‘masacres’ de Sacaba y Senkata tienen 13 detenidos Con el encarcelamiento del exjefe de Estado Mayor de las FFAA Pablo Guerra, suman 13 los detenidos (tres exautoridades civiles, nueve militares y un policía), por las investigaciones...
Perú | Congreso de la República eligió a la nueva presidenta del Parlamento
Congreso: Lista presidida por Acción Popular fue elegida para conformar Mesa Directiva El Congreso de la República elegido para el periodo 2021-2026 eligió a la lista que conformará la Mesa Directiva de la institución, luego de la votación en la que participaron los...
Colombia | Duque pide a EEUU que declare a Venezuela como “país promotor del terrorismo”
Duque exige que se declare a Venezuela como país promotor del terrorismo El presidente de la República, Iván Duque, pidió este lunes a Estados Unidos que declare a Venezuela país promotor del terrorismo porque, según dijo, allí se protege a las guerrillas del Eln y a...
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Direita Assanhada | por Quinn Slobodian Neoliberais e ultradireita: o tronco único Por trás das diferenças aparentes, as correntes se encontram. Partiram da reação oligárquica ao comunismo e social-democracia. E Hayek, pai comum, guinou ao supremacismo branco e...
Orçamento: para governo, pandemia terminou em 2020
Nos seis primeiros meses deste ano, quando a pandemia atingia seu maior pico no Brasil, o governo executou apenas o equivalente a 22% do orçamento destinado ao combate à covid-19 no mesmo período em 2020. Entre janeiro e junho do ano passado, a despesa do governo...
Neoliberais e ultradireita: o tronco único
Imagem: James Ensor Por Quinn Slobodian, na Jacobin América Latina| Tradução: Eleutério Prado Um relato obstinado sobre os últimos anos afirma que o surgimento da ultradireita é uma reação social contra algo chamado neoliberalismo. O neoliberalismo é frequentemente...
China: U.S. creation of ‘imagined enemy’ core reason for stalemate
The China-U.S. relationship is in a stalemate, fundamentally because some Americans portray China as an “imagined enemy,” China’s Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng said during talks with visiting U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman in China’s Tianjin...
‘Climate Change Is Here,’ Says Oregon Governor, ‘And We Have to Take Action’
As wildfires devour her state, the Democrat declares that the climate emergency is “like a hammer hitting us in the head.” By Jessica Corbett With the massive Bootleg Fire less than half contained and having burned nearly 409,000 acres in Oregon, Democratic Gov.…...
The Rif Republic: a self-proclaimed and internationally unrecognized state
The Rif Republic (Tagduda n Arrif) in Berber, is a state bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Algeria to the east, the plains separating it from Morocco to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Composed… Rabah Arkam
Carta aberta ao ministro da Ciência: tire as mãos das minhas aulas • João Teixeira Lopes
Quando julgávamos que tínhamos ultrapassado o auge da investida neoliberal face à Universidade, numa altura em que até o status quo das políticas científicas europeias acentua a importância de ajustarmos os modelos de avaliação (evitando a mera contabilização...
A universidade sob a condição digital • António Guerreiro
Por um extenso artigo no Expresso da semana passada, onde eram ouvidos vários reitores de universidades, acompanhado por uma entrevista ao ministro da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior, ficámos a saber que “há uma transformação profunda a ser preparada no ensino...
“I cannot tell you why you must fight, I can only tell you how I solve contradictions” • Karl-Heinz Dellwo interview with Jose Rosales
Jose Rosales (JR): We’d like to begin with something you mentioned in another interview regarding the status of 68 in Germany since it is a moving anecdote regarding the relationship between the founding and subsequent generations of the RAF: “A letter from Gudrun...
Sanciones de EEUU a Venezuela afectan a pacientes con cáncer
Las sanciones impuestas por Washington al Estado venezolano ponen en peligro la vida de cientos de pacientes con cáncer, advirtieron seis expertos en derechos humanos del sistema de Naciones Unidas, en una declaración divulgada este miércoles 21. “La vida de los...
OEA, lastre para Latinoamérica
Cargada de simbolismo por efectuarse en el marco de la conmemoración del natalicio de Simón Bolívar, la alocución del mandatario retomó la bandera de la unidad latinoamericana con un llamado a sustituir a la disfuncional Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA) por un...
Primero Justicia no respaldará a Guaidó y su Gobierno Interino
A través de fuentes de todo crédito, vinculadas a la oposición venezolana-colombiana empeñada en derrotar al Presidente Nicolás Maduro, hemos conocido que se continúan acrecentando las disputas entre el partido Primero Justicia venezolano, con el casi extinto gobierno...
The Socialist Olympics of 1936
Promotional image for the 1936 People’s Olympiad Hitler’s 1936 Olympics were, in many ways, the first truly modern Games and set the tone for subsequent iterations: infrastructure as national pride, the inception of the torch relay and the first to be televised (by...
Review – You’re History: The Twelve Strangest Women in Music
Can ridiculous music be sublime? As music and film critic Lesley Chow argues here, traditional music criticism tends to be taxonomic, ‘placing and summarising work rather than being overwhelmed and struggling to make sense of sounds’. In You’re History, Chow...
Lying through their legacy-speak
Photo credit: Arne Müseler / arne-mueseler.com / CC-BY-SA-3.0 When the Tokyo 2020 Olympic bid team was wooing voting members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), it tendered lofty promises designed to entice. On the first page of the bid’s introduction, the...
Calentamiento global: planificación, no fijación de precios
Las instituciones internacionales y la teoría economica dominante proponen ahora poner precio e impuestos al carbono como las principales soluciones para acabar con el calentamiento global y el destructivo cambio climático. Durante algún tiempo, el FMI ha estado...
Qué dicen los científicos del clima acerca de este verano catastrófico
Según todas las informaciones, ya está aquí la crisis climática.
Italia: Conte y Grillo alcanzan una frágil tregua que mantenga unidos a los Cinco Estrellas
Las próximas decisiones del M5E, empezando por el grado de oposición a la reforma del sistema de justicia del ministro Cartabia, dejarán claro quién ha ganado realmente la batalla interna.
The ‘Harm Reduction’ President Keeps Killing People
By Caitlin JOHNSTONE Boy this US-led world order sure is working out great. This was definitely worth killing millions of people in imperialist wars for. * * * The “harm reduction” president just bombed Afghanistan and Somalia and added further sanctions to Cuba. * *...
VIDEO: Whither Afghanistan? Getting Out Is Harder Than Getting In
Getting out of Afghanistan will be a lot trickier than going in. Watch the video and read more in the article by Philip Giraldi.
Just Another Routine Humiliation for the ‘Impossible State’ of Bosnia and Herzegovina
It is difficult to conceive that all the elements of a perfect storm in the three central Balkans statelets have been planted fortuitously, without the guidance of a single strategic concept or operational centre. The outgoing “high commissioner” of Bosnia and...
Remembering Bob Moses, 1935–2021
Margaret Burnham His leadership ushered in alternative conceptions of gender, race, and political power that would, eventually, shake the world. The post Remembering Bob Moses, 1935–2021 appeared first on The Nation.
Why Are Public Defenders Backing a Major Assault on Gun Control?
Elie Mystal In the name of Black gun owners, a coalition of progressive attorneys has thrown its weight behind an explosive attempt to eviscerate gun regulations. The post Why Are Public Defenders Backing a Major Assault on Gun Control? appeared first on The Nation.
Coastal Landfills Are No Match for Rising Seas
Dave Lindorff As sea levels rise, the landfills along the US coasts have become a ticking environmental time bomb. So why does the federal government have no plan to avoid this looming catastrophe? The post Coastal Landfills Are No Match for Rising Seas appeared first...
How Seaspiracy misses the big picture
Argelia será independiente y los generales terminarán en la basura
Another step toward opaque undemocratic trade
While the trade agreement would then be ratified exclusively by the EU Council and European parliament (EU only), member states parliaments will only be asked when it comes to the ratification of the other two parts. The trade part in particular has been criticised...
La riforma della giustizia penale e il nodo della prescrizione
Il PNRR indica la riduzione dei tempi del processo come chiave di volta per ridare effettività e credibilità alla giustizia penale. Obiettivo condivisibile, ma sostanzialmente eluso nel testo di riforma elaborato dal Governo. Con gravi ricadute anche in tema di...
Digitalizzazione e innovazione: cosa dice il Piano di ripresa e resilienza?
Oltre a prefigurare una “società completamente digitale”, il PNRR si propone di trasferire in cloud tutti i servizi della Pubblica amministrazione, appaltandoli di fatto a grandi aziende private d’oltreoceano. Una scelta preoccupante, che esclude la creazione di...
Invalsi e altre sciocchezze
Nel mezzo della crisi politica, economica e sociale che sta logorando l’Italia, la scuola pubblica è sempre più in difficoltà e non c’è ombra degli investimenti tanto annunciati. I risultati delle prove Invalsi 2021 sono nettamente peggiori dei precedenti e si acuisce...
Independence and Constitution in Spain
There’s a serious political problem in the Spanish Kingdom that seems difficult to resolve and leads to a vicious circle. Probably because of the influence of Francoist ideology, having independence as an objective is contrary to the Spanish Constitution, (art.2...
Conflict or Cooperation in U.S.-China Relations?
The United States and China, the world’s mightiest military and economic powers, are currently heading toward a Cold War or even a hot one, with disastrous consequences. But an alternative path is available and could be taken. Beginning in 2018, U.S. government...
Nationalism on the Decline
Although, beginning in about 2015, nationalist political parties made enormous advances in countries around the world, more recently they have been on the wane. The nationalist surge was led by a new generation of rightwing populist demagogues who, feeding on public...