From a position of engagement with, and sympathy for, social movements such as the landless movement in Brazil, indigenous peoples in Ecuador or the explosive mixture of urban, rural, trade union and campesino movements in Bolivia, Dancing with Dynamite explores the complex ways in which different social movements have worked with, against or apart from states and governments.
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Source: Venezuelanalysis.com A U.S. diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks and published yesterday reveals the U.S.’s fear over the consolidation of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) and Venezuela’s entry to the organisation. The cable […]
ARGENTINA Argentine prosecutor learns the fine art of bending over backwards to apologize to the US: http://bit.ly/hT3z9f #cablegate BRAZILPrivate sector perspectives on Lula’s presidency circa 2006. Summary: Audible sighs of relief: http://bit.ly/fJmKkd #cablegate COLOMBIA US […]
(IPS/Al Jazeera) – Hugo Chavez’s offer to mediate in the Libyan crisis marks the Venezuelan president’s latest attention-grabbing foray onto the world stage, yet analysts warn that he risks “ending up on the wrong side […]
The politics articulated through the movements of the 2000-2005 revolutionary epoch in Bolivia are best conceived through what I call the “combined oppositional consciousness” of their leading layers of activists and organisers. This consciousness drew on the two most important popular cultures of resistance and opposition in the last few centuries in the Bolivian context – an eclectic politics of revolutionary Marxism and indigenous liberation.
(IPS) – Miles de campesinas se movilizaron en Brasil a favor de lo que consideran una reivindicación de todas las mujeres agricultoras: la utilización la defensa de un modelo agrícola saludable para sus familias, y […]
This March, Upside Down World editor Ben Dangl will be on a book tour with his new book, Dancing with Dynamite: Social Movements and States in Latin America. “Ben Dangl breaks the sound barrier, exploding […]
Source: Andean Information Network A combination of widespread drought, followed by intense flooding in some regions; accusations of commodities speculation; alleged smuggling operations sending large amounts of contraband Bolivian goods to neighboring nations; worldwide food […]
Source: Nacla Report on the Americas Christmas in Bolivia was short-lived last year, as tens of thousands thronged to the streets to protest the gasolinazo, a massive increase in gasoline prices provoked by the MAS […]
“These projects will force my people from their land and end our way of life.” – Ruth Buendia Mestoquiari, Ashaninka leader Three Amazon Indians protested in London today against dams which threaten to destroy the […]
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