Source: Truthout The year 2012 may have been the United Nation’s International Year of Cooperatives, but 2013 may turn out to be the more historic year for worker-ownership if the Cubans have anything to say […]
Jorge Velazquez struggled to watch the news this week. The news headlines in Guatemala, which has one of highest murder rates in the world, are often enough to upset anyone. But when Jorge recently saw […]
Source: Grassroots International Regional leaders of Grassroots Internationals’ partner UNORCA (the National Union of Autonomous Regional Peasant Organizations) began a hunger strike today to call for a stop to the destruction of Mexican agriculture. The network […]
Source: Spectrezine Ignoring fierce opposition from labour unions and their allies on both sides of the Atlantic, the European Parliament voted yes to a free trade agreement with Colombia this past December 11. The FTA’s […]
Source: Semilleros de Pensamientos Today’s political scene in Guatemala is full of tension and disagreement. At the same time, a new form of counterinsurgency is developing that at some point we were calling the remilitarization […]
Source: Corpwatch Hedge fund billionaire George Soros made a fortune betting against the British pound in 1992 and was accused of doing the same against the Thai baht and the Malaysian ringitt in 1997. Today […]
Translator’s Note: On January 6, residents of several indigenous towns in the war-torn state of Guerrero took up arms to defend themselves against organized crime. What follows is the official communique from the Regional Coordinating […]
Kichwa villagers from Sani Isla vow to resist oil prospecting by state-backed company Petroamazonas at all costs Source: The Guardian In what looks set to be one of the most one-sided struggles in the history […]
Source: Intercontinental Cry For over two years the Triqui people of San Juan Copala, an autonomous municipality, have been a dispossessed people. Forced to leave their homes by a wave of paramilitary violence between February […]
A summary of Gustavo’s very important contribution to the recent 3rd International Seminar of Reflection and Analysis: “Planet Earth: Antisystemic Movements.” “How do we avoid desperation? Losing hope is the same as dying. Recovering hope […]
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