Uruguay firmó un acuerdo de promoción y protección de inversiones con Arabia Saudita
El canciller Mario Lubetkin firmó este jueves un Acuerdo de Promoción y Protección de Inversiones con Arabia Saudita en Riad, la capital árabe, que busca garantizar condiciones de seguridad jurídica para los empresarios sauditas que deseen invertir en Uruguay.
Ecuador sin miedo y sin minas: paren la persecución al Frente Nacional Antiminero
Desde el Frente Nacional Antiminero (FNA) alertamos a la comunidad internacional sobre la grave persecución política, judicial y financiera que enfrentan dirigentes/as sociales y defensores/as de derechos en Ecuador.
Mientras se realiza la COP30, Brasil aprueba 30 plaguicidas altamente peligrosos
El pasado martes (11), un día después del arranque de la COP30, el Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería brasileño (MAPA, por sus siglas en portugués) difundió una nueva autorización para el registro y uso de 30 plaguicidas en el país sudamericano.
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...
La brújula estratégica de Washington apunta al Sur
Fernando Ayala El presidente Donald Trump, desde sus inicios en este segundo mandato, dejó claro que deseaba reordenar el decaído Orden Internacional, fortalecer el poder duro de Estados Unidos y cambiar las prioridades para proteger el interés nacional que siente...
Tech Sinica: El impulso implacanle de China hacia la innovación
Pepe Escobar No existe ningún “milagro” chino: todo se basa en la planificación y el trabajo duro. Y ahora, a la siguiente etapa: innovación sin límites. El impulso innovador de China alcanzará su punto álgido en 2025. Vayamos al grano y centrémonos en cuatro ámbitos...
¿Quién está al frente de los demócratas estadounidenses?
Antònia Crespí Ferrer Las recientes victorias electorales y la ruptura con la disciplina del partido en el desbloqueo del cierre de Gobierno acentúan las divisiones en la formación. El buen resultado electoral del pasado 4 de noviembre fue un oasis para los...
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 Truth about Nuclear Weapons
I am grateful for the invitation from The China Academy and its Thinkers’ Forum in Shanghai to shed light on the dark logic behind nuclear weapons—their possession, their use, their philosophy. (I know of no Western media that would extend such an invitation to me)....
BBC on the Rack
So Trump suddenly threatens to sue the BBC for $1 billion for a misleading splice-up of video clips broadcast over a year ago. A BBC news editor — Raffi Berg — is suing journalist Owen Jones for exposing his biased judgement in reporting Gaza war news. And two top...
A State Betrayed
The 27th Amendment rewrites Pakistan’s rules and hands its courts and army to the powerful few. According to Santiago Canton, the ICJ Secretary General, the 27th amendment introduces changes that raise serious concern. He warns that these shifts could weaken the...
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.
Igualdad aprueba el procedimiento para acreditar sin denuncia situaciones de violencia sexual
La Conferencia Sectorial ha alcanzado un acuerdo para la acreditación de las situaciones de violencias sexuales que recoge la posibilidad posibilidad de otorgar acreditaciones mediante informes de servicios sanitarios o sociales, además de mediante denuncia.Temas...
De Atenas a Madrid: transiciones democráticas en el sur de Europa y el poder de la acción
Si la Politécnica de Atenas nos enseña algo es que la acción reorganiza lo posible. Pequeños actos pueden inclinar la balanza de una sociedad que se debate entre el miedo y el coraje. Medio siglo después, esto sigue pareciendo lo más importante.Temas principal:...
Selección de Palestina, cuando el fútbol es mucho más que deporte
Dos partidos de la selección palestina, contra Euskadi y Catalunya, se han convertido en una nueva muestra del apoyo popular a la causa palestina y del rechazo al genocidio que viene llevando a cabo el gobierno de Israel.Temas principal: FútbolLeer artículo completo
Commenti su New York, Mamdani e la città come campo di possibilità di Anonimo
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Green Left Show #73: Philippines Gen Z protests — ‘This is not an ordinary situation’
Green Left Show #73: Philippines Gen Z protests — ‘This is not an ordinary situation’ Alex Bainbridge Mon, 10/11/2025 - 16:38 Sonny MelencioAlex Bainbridge November 10, 2025, Issue 1442, Analysis See also Green Left Show #66: Imperialism, democracy and socialism in...
Jewish Council of Australia condemns neo-Nazi stunt at NSW Parliament
Jewish Council of Australia condemns neo-Nazi stunt at NSW Parliament Pip Hinman Mon, 10/11/2025 - 10:14
Tomago smelter and why real climate action requires new politics
Tomago smelter and why real climate action requires new politics Pip Hinman Tue, 11/11/2025 - 10:36
Le notizie di scienza della settimana
Cosa può accelerare la guarigione delle ferite, l’rna più antico di sempre, la diffusione globale della soia: l’attualità scientifica, in breve. Leggi
Venticinque ragazze rapite in una scuola secondaria nel nordovest della Nigeria
Nella notte tra il 16 e il 17 novembre venticinque ragazze sono state rapite da uomini armati nel dormitorio di una scuola secondaria nello stato di Kebbi, nel nordovest della Nigeria. Leggi
Gli elettori ecuadoriani bocciano il ritorno delle basi militari straniere
Gli elettori ecuadoriani hanno respinto il ritorno delle basi militari straniere e l’elaborazione di una nuova costituzione in un referendum che costituisce una battuta d’arresto per il presidente Daniel Noboa. Leggi
Eva Bartlett : « Israël est né de la violence »
Une plongée inédite dans les zones grises des conflits internationaux. Dans cet entretien, Eva Bartlett, journaliste canadienne indépendante, lève le voile sur la face cachée des guerres en Palestine, Syrie, […] The post Eva Bartlett : « Israël est né de la violence »...
« L’après Gaza » : Une tribune refusée par Le Monde
Alors qu'un Colloque sur la Palestine était censuré au Collège de France, sous pressions gouvernementales, le sociologue Sari Hanafi s'est vu refuser sa tribune par Le Monde. La raison : […] The post « L’après Gaza » : Une tribune refusée par Le Monde appeared first...
Après de sérieuses menaces d’attaque militaire contre le Venezuela, Trump fait marche ar
Donald Trump semblait prêt à en découdre avec le gouvernement du Venezuela. Mais voilà que le Wall Street Journal nous apprend que le président US exprimerait des réserves à une […] The post Après de sérieuses menaces d’attaque militaire contre le Venezuela, Trump...
Chi Ossé: Why I Became a Socialist
After years of fighting austerity, real estate, and machine politics from inside city hall, I joined the Democratic Socialists of America because only a mass movement can make those fights winnable.New York City Council member Chi Ossé: “The ultrawealthy are raising...
Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein, and Israel
We know that Donald Trump was extremely close with an incredibly prolific child sex abuser, Jeffrey Epstein. But recent revelations raise another question: Was Trump’s association with Epstein used by Israel to amass political leverage and influence US policy?There’s...
Teamsters for a Democratic Union at 50
At its recent 50th annual convention, members of Teamsters for a Democratic Union assessed what their organization has achieved in recent years and debated their approach to Donald Trump.Longtime Teamsters for a Democratic Union organizer Ken Paff: “When we started...
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...
WTO, G20, and the future of economic multilateralism
As a forum for economic cooperation between countries, the G20 lacks a legal basis.
What is really happening in Venezuela? U.S. attacks and economic situation explained
An analysis of Donald Trump’s attacks on Venezuela, the economic impact of U.S. sanctions, and the similarities and differences with the successful Western regime-change war on Syria.
50-year mortgages: Trump’s ‘bad deal’ gets respectful hearing from Press
Trump tried to walk back the importance of the 50-year mortgage plan he’d already promoted online, and that Pulte called a “complete game changer”—telling Fox he just thought it might “help a little bit.”
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.
Belem COP30: Implement What?
Only one-third of countries had submitted the obligatory more ambitious revised NDCs for 2035 by September and just over half by the time COP30 began.
Lula advierte en la COP30 sobre cómo conflictos geopolíticos obstaculizan la acción climática
Presidente brasileño expresa que decisiones contra cambio climático no se pueden posponer en marco de COP30 Las decisiones sobre temas fundamentales en la lucha contra el cambio climático como la transición, la adaptación y el financiamiento no se pueden posponer...
Venezuela | Nicolás Maduro : «Siempre hemos apostado por el diálogo y la paz» – Por IGNACIO RAMONET
Nicolás Maduro : «Siempre hemos apostado por el diálogo y la paz» – Por IGNACIO RAMONET Estoy en Venezuela para presentar, en la Feria del libro de Caracas, mi nueva obra : «La conversación infinita» (ed. Acirema), una compilación de entrevistas con diez genios[1]....
Tras las movilizaciones del 15N, Sheinbaum aclara: “A quienes quieren provocar alguna violencia, el pueblo de México dice no”
Sheinbaum: el pueblo dice no a quienes quieren provocar; estamos construyendo paz Por Shelma Navarrete La presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum se posicionó tras la marcha del 15N o de la Generación Z que se realizó este sábado en la Ciudad de México, en la cual 120 personas...
O dia em que o Equador disse “não” ao medo
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! O presidente do Equador, Daniel Noboa, sofreu uma dura...
Ultradireita: o novo alvo é Claudia Sheinbaum
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! Atacar com poder de fogo incomum edifícios que...
COP30: Hora de discutir as cidades amazônicas
Foto: Raphael Alves 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! Olhemos Belém do Pará, a cidade das...
Tri-Nation Inter-University Football Tournament in Dhaka to Spread the Message of Peace and Non-violence in South Asia
Tri-Nation Inter-University Football Tournament Concludes in Dhaka with the Goal of Fostering Peace and Non-Violence in South Asia by AKM Shamsuddoha Patwary (Dhaka Bureau) The Tri-Nation Inter-University Football Tournament held in Dhaka has ended, successfully...
Declaration of the Peoples’ summit towards COP30
We, the Peoples’ Summit, gathered in Belém do Pará, in the Brazilian Amazon, from 12 to 16 November 2025, declare to the peoples of the world what we have accumulated in struggles, debates, studies, exchanges of experiences, cultural activities and testimonies, over...
Chinese Premier Li Qiang’s attendance at SCO meeting in Russia: China’s Growing Responsible Major-Country Role in Eurasian Development?
As Chinese Premier Li Qiang is going to attend the 24th Meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Moscow on November 17–18, expectations are rising across Eurasia for renewed vitality in regional cooperation,...
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...
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.
Mother Mary Comes to Me – review
In her first memoir, Arundhati Roy grapples with the complex forces, both global and close to home, which formed her – including her remarkable and often-abusive mother, writes Nandita Lal The post Mother Mary Comes to Me – review 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...
Donald Trump Is Losing Control of MAGA
Jeet Heer His surrender on the Epstein files—and his attack on Marjorie Taylor Greene—proves it. The post Donald Trump Is Losing Control of MAGA appeared first on The Nation.
What Catholic Door-Knocking Taught Me About Saving the Democratic Brand
Yasmin Radjy How Swing Left is learning to listen, not lecture—and rebuild trust door to door. The post What Catholic Door-Knocking Taught Me About Saving the Democratic Brand appeared first on The Nation.
Indigenous Activists to COP30: “We Will Fight to the Death”
Mark Hertsgaard Indigenous people lead COP30 protests against agribusinesses that “want to take everything.” The post Indigenous Activists to COP30: “We Will Fight to the Death” 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...
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”...
La guerra: l’elefante nella stanza della Cop30
Tutti sanno che guerra e lotta per il clima sono incompatibili. Le guerre succhiano risorse, sono un fattore di rilancio dei fossili, impiegano tecnologie utilizzabili anche contro l’ambiente e la natura, producono milioni di migranti, militarizzano la società e la...
Giustizia. L’Egitto è vicino
I princìpi proclamati nella Costituzione egiziana in tema di giustizia sono assai simili ai nostri. Eppure in Egitto Giulio Regeni è stato arrestato in segreto, torturato e ucciso e i suoi assassini sono al riparo da ogni indagine. Ciò è possibile perché le norme...
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...