Amazonía: la deforestación acumulada en 2022 es la segunda peor en 15 años, señala Imazon
Datos del Sistema de Alerta de Deforestación (SAD) del Instituto del Hombre y del Medio Ambiente de la Amazonía (Imazon) indican que la selva amazónica brasileña perdió 10 mil km² de bosque entre enero y octubre de 2022, el equivalente a seis veces la ciudad de São...
Salta: matriz colonial, agronegocio, desmontes y mucha tierra en pocas manos
Tabaco, azúcar, soja, vid, agrocombustible y ganadería, algunas de las producciones de Salta. Y también: desmontes, desalojo de campesinos y pueblos indígenas, muertes de niños wichí e injusta distribución del agua y la tierra. Las estancias de más de 10.000...
Infancias: las voces y la vida de la humanidad futura
Este lunes 05 de diciembre a las 19 hs (Argentina) te invitamos a la presentación del nuevo número de la revista Biodiversidad, sustento y culturas.
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 crise alimentar internacional e as propostas para sair dela
Contrariamente a uma ideia muito difundida em 2022, a crise alimentar mundial começou antes da invasão russa da Ucrânia e do aumento de preço dos cereais provocado pela especulação. À escala mundial, entre 2014 e 2021, o número de pessoas sujeitas a insegurança...
Moçambique: Crise energética alimentou corrida aos combustíveis fósseis em Moçambique
Em entrevista ao Esquerda.net, o ambientalista moçambicano Daniel Ribeiro, da Justiça Ambiental, explicou como vários países europeus, mas não só, estão a centrar a sua atenção em África para encontrar uma solução temporária para a crise europeia, em detrimento dos...
Legado da Thatcher, cortes fiscais, ajuda mal distribuída e mal financiada: a austeridade anunciada no Reino Unido
Nomeada em 6 de setembro de 2022, Liz Truss, a nova primeira-ministra do Reino Unido, tira sua legitimidade de apenas 172.000 membros do Partido Conservador [1]. Este «eleitorado», em sua maioria mais idoso e mais rico, votou por um programa de redução de impostos e...
« Le canari dans la mine de charbon » : chronique annoncée de la crise du Sri Lanka
La grave crise économique que traverse le Sri Lanka, la suspension du paiement de la dette souveraine et le soulèvement populaire de 2022 ont attiré l'attention du monde entier. Le Sri Lanka est décrit comme le « canari dans la mine de charbon », c'est-à-dire un signe...
Nicaragua : « Nous demandons la libération de Dora Maria Tellez et des deux cents prisonniers politiques »
Dans une tribune au « Monde », un collectif d'universitaires, de responsables et de militants politiques et syndicaux, parmi lesquels Bernard Duterme (CETRI), Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Susan Meiselas, Olivier Besancenot et Leïla Chaibi, dénoncent les conditions inhumaines...
Que peut-on attendre de la COP27 ? Entre espoirs impossibles et déceptions certaines
Attendre de la COP27 sur le climat qu'elle résolve ce que les 26 COP précédentes n'ont pu empêcher n'est que folie. Mais condamner les COP parce que les gouvernements des Etats qui la composent refusent de transformer de fond en comble leurs politiques économiques...
Los dilemas de la política exterior argentina en la elección del presidente del BID
Jorge Elbaum La política exterior argentina pregona una retórica latinoamericanista que en ocasiones es discordante con su práctica. Sus dos máximos responsables, Santiago Cafiero y Jorge Argüello, presumen de una tercera posición no siempre consecuente con las...
Privatización del agua en Uruguay: aunque la vayas a beber, empiézala a vender
Nicolás Centurión El gobierno uruguayo liderado por Luis Lacalle ha dado un paso más, abonando el camino adoptado desde el inicio de su gestión, de retraer al Estado para que los capitales privados puedan hacer negocios. En este caso, nada más y nada menos fue el...
La Argentina cangrejo
Juan Guahán Quienes vieron caminar a los cangrejos dan por cierto que lo hacen para atrás. Cuando observamos la situación argentina, en las últimas décadas, ella sugiere algo parecido. Pero hay una gran diferencia. Para los cangrejos eso forma parte de su naturaleza y...
Montreal Biodiversity COP15 December 2022
What is it about a bunch of high-ranking people getting together at a Conference of the Parties (COP) at some major metropolitan center with plenty of 4-star and 5-star hotels in order to figure out how to save the planet, but it never works! More The post Montreal...
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Truly Effective Philanthropy: Teaching
We should all recognize that Sam Bankman-Fried is much smarter than the rest of us. After all, outwardly he looks to be one of the biggest frauds of all time. By the age of 30 he amassed a fortune that dwarfs that of your average billionaire. He did it by running a...
As the World Fixates on Ukraine, Another War is Brewing in the Middle East
If the US or Israel were to attack the main Iranian nuclear facility producing weapons-grade nuclear fuel, Iran would most likely retaliate by using its drone and missile arsenal to close the Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Gulf, through which tankers daily carry...
Masters of None
The White House MasterClass series is a symptom of a mordant political culture in which power transforms a person into a celebrity.
Belabored: Pandemic Black Fridays are Twice as Tiring, with Cynthia Murray and Lisa Harris
Walmart and Kroger workers discuss the added stress of working during the holidays.
Transcript: Courier Class War, with Antonio Solis
An organizer from Los Deliveristas Unidos talks about delivering food through the pandemic and what the group is fighting for next.
Tuvalu, Climate Change and the Metaverse
When lost to climatic disaster and environmental turbulence, where does a whole nation go? History speaks about movements of people, whether induced by human agency or environment, finding sanctuary and refuge on other terrains, or perishing altogether. In the case...
Black and Blue: The Many Ways of Domestic Violence World
We are in a rape culture. We have a million examples in this neoliberal and neocon country of that. We have the fact of one out of 12 or 15 girls and women losing their viriginity through sexual assault. We have what — one out of five in this country experiencing...
Enough Science, Gimme Some Truth
I’m sick and tired of hearing things From uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded hypocritics All I want is the truth Just gimme some truth — John Lennon, “Gimme Some Truth” Science is a sacred cow. People tend to get real punchy when you blaspheme a sacred cow....
Oratorio
Hebe de Bonafini y la pesquisa sobre un poema recitado en el estadio de Ferro a 20 años del golpe de Estado.
Guerra y ganancias
El incidente en la frontera entre Ucrania y Polonia puso al mundo al borde de la Tercera Guerra Mundial y brindó una oportunidad única para consolidar los negocios del conflicto bélico.
El poder más odioso
La Justicia se muestra incapaz de abordar la corrupción interior que la carcome. El ejemplo español: la conspiración frustrada que pretendió acabar con la carrera política de Victoria Rosell.
El juego de las sillas, o como desmantelar el sistema de protección de menores en Madrid
La Casita, centro emblemático de cuidado de menores con graves enfermedades, cerró el pasado jueves. Es uno de los movimientos en el sistema de protección de menores llevado a cabo por la Consejería de Juventud, Familia y Política Social de Madrid, que supondrá...
Los desafíos de las agriculturas y ruralidades
Primera parte del análisis del panorama rural por parte de Albert Massot Martí, administrador-investigador retirado del Parlamento Europeo: desafíos de las agriculturas y ruralidades.Temas: Actualidad, Habla el medio rural, Medio rural, Despoblación, Crisis...
Los médicos de Catalunya también irán a la huelga
Los próximos 25 y 26 de enero todos los centros sanitarios de Catalunya vivirán un paro por una situación que califican como “insostenible”, entre la precariedad laboral y la sobrecarga asistencial.Temas: Actualidad, Sanidad pública, CatalunyaLeer artículo...
Challenger ticket wins 39% of NSW Nurses and Midwives Union vote
In the first contested election in the New South Wales Nurses and Midwives Union since 2003, John-Paul Marx, who ran on “A Smarter Union” ticket, received 38.7% of the vote. Niko Leka reports.
Victorian election shows dissatisfaction is polarised
As the cost-of-living and housing crises hit hard, Labor was re-elected in Victoria, despite a 5.8% negative swing which went both to the right and left. The socialist vote was encouraging, reports Jacob Andrewartha.
Looking for 2022’s best protest music? Here are 10 albums
Mat Ward looks back at November's political news and the best new music that related to it.
Francesca Sironi e Alberto Gottardo raccontano una scena di Fortuna granda
“I protagonisti sono quattro adolescenti del Delta del Po”, dicono i registi del documentario. I ragazzi si dividono tra scuola e lavoro e amano la loro terra. Leggi
Cosa dire ancora su Franco Battiato
Già santificato in vita, da quando è morto, il 18 maggio 2021, la macchina della memoria non s’è mai fermata. Il documentario Franco Battiato. La voce del padrone di Marco Spagnoli s’inserisce in una questione più ampia, cioè quella di come poter ricordare oggi, per...
Francesca Sironi e Angelo Gottardo raccontano una scena di Fortuna granda
“I protagonisti sono quattro adolescenti del Delta del Po”, dicono i registi del documentario. I ragazzi si dividono tra scuola e lavoro e amano la loro terra. Leggi
« Mondialisation » : déplacement du prolétariat
Saïd Bouamama introduit le chapitre 5 » L’immigration à l’ère de la mondialisation capitaliste » de son livre Manuel sur l’immigration. Ce chapitre est consacré aux évolutions des politiques migratoires dans […]
Le New York Times reconnaît que l’Ukraine est derrière l’assassinat de Daria Douguina
Comme l’expliquait un article publié au mois d’aout par InvestigAction, Daria Douguine, fille de l’intellectuel nationaliste russe Alexandre Douguine, assassinée par une voiture piégée le 20 aout, n’était pas forcément […]
Grèves des raffineries en France: « Ce n’est pas une fenêtre de tir qu’on a, c’est une baie vitrée »
Tout au long de l’été, et depuis ce que l’on a coutume d’appeler la rentrée sociale, des grèves nombreuses, rassembleuses et sans précédent, souvent victorieuses, ont lieu en France. La […]
J. Edgar Hoover Tried to Destroy the Left — and Liberals Enabled Him
J. Edgar Hoover is notorious for his decades-long campaign to stamp out the Left by surveilling and even killing radicals like Fred Hampton. What is less well known is that liberals played an important role in enabling Hoover’s antidemocratic crusade. J. Edgar Hoover...
Friedrich Engels on Why Capitalists Are Guilty of Social Murder
In 1845, Friedrich Engels wrote a scathing condemnation of English capitalism, The Condition of the Working Class in England. In it, he accused the bosses of carrying out “social murder” against workers and the poor. Friedrich Engels directing the construction of a...
Federal Workers Don’t Have a Functioning Labor Board Right Now
The Biden administration has not prioritized pushing through a confirmation of a member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, which oversees labor issues for federal workers. The result is that federal unions are far weaker than they should be. Demonstrators hold...
15248 people file a complaint against the Technopolice
In September 2019, La Quadrature du Net started an initiative called “Technopolice” to collect information about the progressive outbreak of automated surveillance in France. This action reached a new milestone this Saturday, September 24 as a collective complaint...
Why we should oppose Automated Video Surveillance.
Automated Video Surveillance (AVS) has dug its roots and wired its plugs in France, with support from the central government, other local authorities and the French data protection authority, the CNIL (refer to our article “What is AVS?”). Our opposition is building...
Collective complaint against the Technopolice
Three years ago, La Quadrature du Net started an initiative called « Technopolice » to gather information relating to all technologies deployed by the police in our cities. Today, we have come to a point where the combination of these technologies creates a state of...
Beating around the bush: polycrisis, overlapping emergencies, and capitalism
It is in vogue nowadays to describe the multifaceted and intertwined crises of capitalism without referring to capitalism itself. Obscure jargon of ‘overlapping emergencies’ and ‘polycrisis’ are brought up to describe the complexity of the situation, and they serve,...
Haiti in the Caribbean: A political economy perspective on the urgent crisis of imperialism
If Haiti is "the poorest country in the hemisphere" it is because imperialist policies continue to impoverish and destabilize that nation.
It’s time to hold news media accountable for transphobia
Five people are dead and more than a dozen others injured after a gunman opened fire at Club Q, a LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs in the early hours of November 20.
Can Cruise Ships be Environmentally Friendly?
Environmentalists accuse the industry of not doing enough to combat climate change, though shipping companies disagree. Can the cruise ship industry find a solution?
Football- From People’s Sport to Global Business
Football, a game that started off as a working-class sport, has over the years transformed into a big business, with companies making billions of dollars off it.
‘Publishing is not a Crime’: Major News Publications Asks US to Drop Charges Against Julian Assange
Major publications that collaborated with Assange on Cablegate stories have come together to oppose his prosecution.
Colombia | Reportan una nueva masacre y ya son 91 en 2022
Masacre #91 ocurrida en 202228/11/22Leticia, Amazonas Dos hombres que se movilizaban en una motocileta llegaron hasta un establecimiento público ubicado en Leticia, dispararon de forma indiscriminada contra quienes se encontraban en el lugar dejando cuatro personas...
Paro de transportistas en Chile | El Gobierno informa 46 focos de manifestaciones y 19 personas detenidas
Gobierno informa de 46 focos con camioneros y 19 detenidos: 11 por Ley de Seguridad del Estado Desde el Ministerio del Interior actualizaron la información respecto a las rutas de los distintos sectores del país, respecto de las movilizaciones de los transportistas....
Ecuador | Juez emite boleta de libertad para el exvicepresidente Jorge Glas
Juez concede a Jorge Glas la boleta de excarcelación El exvicepresidente Jorge Glas recuperará su libertad este lunes 28 de noviembre de 2022, luego de que el juez Emerson Curipallo, de la Unidad Penal de Santo Domingo, le concediera una medida cautelar. Al mismo...
25 de novembro de 2022
Desigualdades | por Ndongo Samba Sylla As veias da África, abertas da novo O “século XXI africano” era um mito. O boom das commodities passou e os lucros estão no exterior. Juros internacionais em alta elevam o peso da dívida e a inflação de alimentos. Há saídas....
As veias da África, abertas da novo
Por Ndongo Samba Sylla | Tradução: Antonio Martins A contínua pilhagem dos recursos naturais da África, drenadas pela fuga de capitais, está começando outra vez. Mais nações africanas enfrentam recessões prolongadas em meio à crescente pressão da dívida, como se...
Brumadinho: Há como punir os criminosos
Diante da magnitude de tragédias socioambientais causadas por corporações transnacionais e da emergência climática, é preciso que sejam instituídas eficazes legislações ao redor do mundo. É urgente, por exemplo, a necessidade de impedir o financiamento e a aquisição...
10 Suggestions for Lula, New President of Brazil
By Boaventura de Sousa Santos Dear President Lula, When I visited you (Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva) in prison on August 30, 2018, in the brief time that the visit lasted, I experienced a whirlwind of ideas and emotions that remain as vivid today as they were then. A...
How to End the War in Ukraine? Sit Down and Talk – It’s Time
It might be time to give diplomacy a chance in the Ukraine war. “When there’s an opportunity to negotiate, when peace can be achieved, seize the moment.” The author of that statement wasn’t a peace activist or a squishy liberal. It was Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of...
Identity struggle: Kabylia of yesterday and today, hostage of the Algerian authoritarian regime
From the so-called “Berberist” crisis of 1949 to the present day, the Kabyle question is at the heart of contemporary history. Independent Algeria, born in the heat of a war of liberation to which the contribution of Kabylia was fundamental, cannot be assimilated to...
Colónias Agrícolas: legibilidade e construção de uma identidade • Filipa Guerreiro
Como se lê um território, um lugar, uma arquitectura? A ideia de legibilidade, expressa pelo arquitecto e urbanista italiano Bernardo Secchi, pode ser útil para compreender os instrumentos da disciplina em jogo nos projectos das colónias agrícolas. Segundo Secchi,...
O rapto da Europa • Pedro Levi Bismarck
A recente sabotagem dos nordstreams russos que, como escreve Viriato Soromenho Marques, «cortou brutalmente o cordão umbilical energético da Alemanha com a Rússia» — obrigando assim a que qualquer reabastecimento hipotético futuro passe pelos gasodutos controlados...
A cidade do conflito • Daniel Borges
A vida nas grandes cidades é marcada pelas vastas diferenças da sua população. Cada vez mais, viver na cidade significa viver no meio de um enxame heterogéneo onde as diferenças culturais e sociais são sentidas em todos os níveis do quotidiano. A nova modernidade...
La doble moral de la política peruana: Congreso vs Ejecutivo
La doble moral del sistema capitalista se plasma en la espuria Constitución Política del Perú, establece que el fin supremo de la sociedad es la defensa de la persona humana; pero, este pilar de la sociedad es sólo un espejismo en la realidad. En una reciente...
«We’re fired!» (¡Estamos despedidos!)
El 27 de octubre, el hombre más rico del mundo según Bloomberg y Forbes, el sudafricano Elon Musk, concretó la compra de Twitter por 44.000 millones de dólares. Ese mismo día hizo importantes movimientos entre los empleados de la firma y despidió, al menos, a los...
La gran huelga de los obreros bananeros: un siglo de masacres
A casi un siglo, la situación del proletariado del campo no ha cambiado mucho, por lo que repasar las condiciones de aquella lucha puede ayudarnos a clarificar las actuales. Esta reflexión puede ser especialmente importante en el marco de la Convención Nacional...
After Holden, how many more kids will Britain send to war?
For Irish unity march, London 1979. Photo credit: Gillfoto David Holden didn’t intend to kill Aidan McAnespie, but he did fantasise about doing it. While fondling a general-purpose machine gun, aiming it at McAnespie and pulling the trigger, Holden fantasised about...
Can’t pay, don’t pay
Photo: EE Image Database (licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0) This article first appeared in Issue #237, ‘Power in Unions’, published September 2022. Subscribe today to read more articles and support independent media. The energy price hikes we’re all facing aren’t...
Resistance in Leicester’s garment district
The South Indian thali we had for lunch that day was exceptional. It had been one of the first sunny, bright blue sky days of the year and as we drove through Evington and Highfields even the ‘dark factories’ glistened. Along East Park Road, Vaisakhi decorations wove...
Malversación
En este lento apaciguamiento de la represión, tardío, empinado y por vías indirectas, ahora, después de la proyectada derogación de la sedición y de la adecuación de los desórdenes públicos, parece que le puede llegar el turno a la malversación. Se trataría de...
Nicaragua: El profesor Oscar-René Vargas debe ser liberado. Su integridad física debe ser asegurada, así como todos sus derechos
Oscar-René Vargas, ciudadano nicaragüense de 77 años, es un economista, historiador y analista de la actualidad centroamericana cuyas cualidades son reconocidas en los círculos académicos, particularmente por aquellos que han defendido sistemáticamente los derechos...
Reflexiones antimilitaristas sobre la feria de armamentos de la Fábrica de La Vega
La nueva carrera militar global supone dejar de invertir en otras partidas más necesarias y tiene para el planeta una elevada huella ecológica.
Ukraine Demands Yet More NATO Weapons and Generators
Although Ukraine’s power grid has been heavily hit, it is as nothing compared to what Syria is suffering this very day. NATO’s BBC outlet reports that their NATO masters have promised to supply the rump Ukrainian Reich with yet more weapons and a pile of generators to...
The Pentagon Budget Keeps Soaring Up, Up, and Away!
The Pentagon Budget Keeps Soaring Up, Up, and Away! W.J. ASTORE When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 and the Cold War ended, I heard a lot about peace dividends. It was time to become a normal country in normal (more peaceful) times, said Jeanne Kirkpatrick, an...
In the Netherlands, a Discriminatory Algorithm has Impoverished Thousands of Families
By Alexia EYCHENNE Aided by an algorithm, the Dutch tax office has plunged into distress tens of thousands of families – in particular, foreign-born mothers, in wrongfully demanding from them staggering sums. The state is proving incapable of setting things right....
Club Q
Steve Brodner Unpardonable turkey. The post Club Q appeared first on The Nation.
COP27 Climate Conference Results?
COP27 Climate Conference Results? The post COP27 Climate Conference Results? appeared first on The Nation.
Staughton Lynd’s Radicalism From Below
Marcus Rediker The historian and activist dedicated his life to showing how, and helping, working people not only imagine but build a better world. The post Staughton Lynd’s Radicalism From Below appeared first on The Nation.
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...
Fossil-fuel treaty quakes as civil society coalition scores victory after victory
Fossil-fuel treaty quakes as civil society coalition scores victory after victory
The financialization of conservation
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Psicopatologia del sistema neoliberista
È una lezione che viene anche dalla pandemia: le malattie mentali non sono semplici problemi biologici ma condizioni dipendenti da variabili sociali, economiche, politiche, culturali. Non può esistere salute mentale senza una salute pubblica, comunitaria e universale,...
Autonomia delle regioni e sistema dei diritti: un equilibrio a rischio
L’impianto costituzionale della Repubblica impone che il rapporto tra uniformità e differenziazione non sia sbilanciato a vantaggio di istanze di maggiore autonomia. La rottura di quell’equilibrio – evidente nella bozza di autonomia regionale differenziata presentata...
Legge di bilancio: come favorire ricchi ed evasori
Innalzamento del tetto del contante a 5.000 euro, aumento (da 30 a 60 euro) per i negozianti della soglia per l’obbligo di consentire il pagamento con bancomat, condono per le cartelle esattoriali fino a 1.000 euro emesse dal 2000 al 2015, incremento del tetto di...
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...