The Garden and the Jungle: Coloniality, Knowledge and Development in Africa
On the language and practice of coloniality, which sustains inequalities at the global level and has done so for nearly 500 years of European empire-building.
The Iranian Protests are the Latest Phase in a Long Cycle of Popular Unrest
To understand today’s protests in Iran, we need to look at the history of the Islamic Republic since 1979. Iran has a tradition of popular mobilization with few parallels in the modern world, and that tradition underpins the current wave of discontent.
China Is Making More Big Moves in Latin America
If you take Mexico out of the equation, China has already overtaken the US as Latin America’s largest trading partner. Excluding Mexico, total trade flows — i.e., imports and exports — between China and Latin America reached $247 billion last year, far in excess of the US’ $173 billion.
Mexico’s Left Takes to the Street, Celebrates Achievements
On the fourth anniversary of his taking office on November 27, AMLO and his Moreno Party staged a march and then a rally in the Zócalo plaza in Mexico City. The crowd was such that the walk, with AMLO walking too, lasted five hours. Extracts from AMLO’s speech.
Luisa Cáceres: Commune-Building in Urban Venezuela
A visit to Luisa Cáceres, a Venezuelan commune, reveals a fascinating look into the creative ways communards forge ways of life in urban centers, and how these projects intersect with the much-needed transformations required for a grassroots and socially integrated ecology.
Fossil Drugs: Antibiotics as the Fossil Fuels of Medicine
We can understand antibiotics by analogy with fossil fuels. Both are natural resources extracted from the earth. Both developed slowly but have been rapidly exploited by humans. And both disrupt ecosystems, creating problems for the future.