Remembering Juan López: The Deadly Fight for Environmental Justice in Honduras

The assassination of Honduran water defender Juan López offers a chilling reminder of the threats local leaders face in the most dangerous region in the world for environmental activists.

Dispatch from a Haitian Journalist in Springfield

In the wake of a firestorm of racist rumors, many members of a thriving Haitian community are considering relocating, pushed out by threats and hate.

Tracing the Anti-Haitianism Behind the Springfield Scapegoating

Old racist tropes demonizing Haitians as uncivilized practitioners of barbaric or mysterious rituals have been revived, once again casting immigrants from Haiti as dangerous outsiders unworthy of protection or empathy.

Brazil Is Burning and Agribusiness Must Be Held Liable

As blazes set new records, it is important to denormalize the framing of forest destruction as a simple natural cycle, detached from criminal activity, intentional deforestation, economic interests, and climate change.

Christian Zionism in Bukele's El Salvador

President Nayib Bukele’s framing of security as a spiritual battle between good and evil helps to explain his popularity and his support for Israel.

El nuevo Caucus de El Salvador parece dispuesta a cumplir los objetivos de Bukele en el Congreso

Mientras siguen acumulándose las violaciones de derechos humanos bajo el estado en El Salvador, un grupo bipartidista de legisladores estadounidenses intenta encubrir los abusos.

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.

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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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