Bolivia in its Labyrinth

Bolivia’s economic and political crisis is a symptom of the moral decay of the Movement Towards Socialism party, putting into question its once revolutionary promises and horizons.

Murder of Liberation Theology Priest Sends Chill Through Chiapas

Violence is on the rise in Zapatista territory. As an Indigenous “peacemaker” becomes the latest victim, communities call for justice, not militarization.

The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World (Review)

Chomsky and Robinson’s new critical survey of American foreign policy seeks to dispel the myth that the United States is devoted to promoting democracy and human rights.

Propuestas de regulaciones amenazan el futuro de la partería en México

Un proyecto pone en riesgo el trabajo y los medios de vida de las parteras tradicionales. Una red de parteras autónomas exige un enfoque intercultural e interseccional para la atención de la salud reproductiva.

Destroying Dreams by Dismantling the Public University

Free access to higher education has long held the promise of upward mobility in Argentina. Under Javier Milei’s severe budget cuts, that promise may be coming to an end.

The Struggle for Energy Sovereignty in Puerto Rico’s Gubernatorial Elections

In Puerto Rico, debates over energy sovereignty and the political struggle for self-determination take center stage in the upcoming gubernatorial election.

Awakening the Sleeping Giant: Inside Argentina’s Student Movement

Behind Argentina’s tide of university occupations, student groups spar over the movement’s trajectory.

Evo Morales at the Center of a Firestorm

Bolivia enters a multi-sided and violent crisis as the former president, facing sexual abuse charges and gunfire, presses to appear on the ballot again.

On Cuba: Reflections on 70 Years of Revolution and Struggle (Review)

The recent book by Noam Chomsky and Vishay Prashad provides a critical analysis of the U.S. empire’s treatment of Cuba, from the Cuban Revolution to the present.

Global Guyana’s Call for Reckoning (Review)

Oneka LaBennett’s recent book excavates layers of myth-making and storytelling in Guyana to examine the gendered dimensions of environmental extractivism and global capitalism.

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The MST’s Difficult Construction of a New World

Raúl Zibechi

August 24, 2007

Breaking down the fences of the large estates was not as difficult as fighting the technological packages of the transnationals,” Huli recounts as he sits in his kitchen and pours hot water into the mate we share while his son romps around the house. He says the campesinos of Brazil's Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST, for the Portuguese initials) dreamed for years of reclaiming their land, believing that it would solve all their problems: food for their children, a dignified life of hard work on the farm, education, health, and housing. However, the reality would prove much more difficult, for surprises they had never imagined lay ahead.

U.S. Intervention in Paraguay Continues

Ryann Bresnahan and Andres Mantilla

August 24, 2007

General Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguay’s long-time dictator, died on August 16 at the age of 93 after almost two decades of exile in Brazil. His thirty-year reign was so repressive that even the selectively principled Reagan administration decided to distance itself from his authoritarian rule.

Bolivian Hip Hop as an Instrument of Struggle

Ben Dangl

August 24, 2007

At 13,000 feet, the hip hop movement in El Alto, Bolivia is probably the highest in the world. The music blends ancient Andean folk styles and new hip hop beats with lyrics about revolution and social change.

Women Play Key Role in Oaxaca Struggle

Lynn Stephens

August 24, 2007

On August 5th, 2006, a large group of men and women from the town of Telixlahuaca assembled in front of the state-owned radio and television station Corporación Oaxaqueña de Radio y Television (CORTV) on the western edge of Oaxaca City, to read a petition and declare themselves to be in solidarity with the Asamblea Popular del Pueblo de Oaxaca (APPO).

Jagdeo’s Win in Guyana: An Uninspiring Victory

Brittany Bond

August 24, 2007

On September 2, President Bharrat Jagdeo of Guyana’s People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP), was sworn in to a second five-year term in office. Given the level of violence that marked Jagdeo’s last five years as president, August 28’s relatively incident-free election was a major success for a country in drastic need of a societal transformation, let alone political change.

What Future for Haiti? An Interview with Patrick Elie

Reed Lindsay

August 24, 2007

In February 2004, U.S. Marines whisked away then-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide from Haiti amid an armed rebellion led by disgruntled former soldiers and paramilitary actors. Despite the presence of a United Nations peacekeeping force, violence and poverty increased under the U.S.-backed interim government led by Interim Prime Minister Gérard Latortue, which courted the elite and its international backers while alienating Haiti’s overwhelming poor majority. The crisis hit a low point last December and January, with daily shootings in the poor neighborhood of Cité Soleil and an outbreak of kidnappings.

Oaxaca Teachers’ Strike Sparks Democracy Movement

Gerardo Renique

August 24, 2007

Thousands of teachers and citizens marched silently through the streets of the city of Oaxaca, Mexico on August 13, mourning the recent death of a protester during a peaceful demonstration and demanding the release of six people who were recently detained or disappeared by state authorities. Schoolteacher Elia Silva, wife of disappeared teacher and former union leader Erangelio Mendoza, told the crowd that the illegal detention of her husband and others “will not intimidate the struggle.”

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