Guatemalans Celebrate Return of “Democratic Spring” as Potential Violence Threatens Transition
Bernardo Arévalo won Guatemala’s runoff in a landslide but faces a troubled transition amid reported assassination plots and ongoing judicial maneuvers.
Ecuador Heads to Presidential Runoff with Opposing Visions on the Ballot; Ecuador Votes to Keep Oil in Ground
Ecuadorian voters will now choose between two very distinct paths forward: a revival of social programs or more neoliberal economic policy. Also: “Ecuador: National Referendum Ending Oil Exploitation in the Amazon Is Victorious.”
Black Resistance and Afro-Venezuelan Feminism
Merlyn Pirela is a Venezuelan Afrofeminist activist and organizer. In Part I of this two-part interview, Pirela explores the historical forms of oppression and domination, and the Afro-Venezuelan struggle for emancipation. Part II addresses both the advances and the pending tasks of the movement in the context of the Bolivarian Process.
Declaration of Belém Do Pará: A Roadmap to Save the Amazonia
On Tuesday, August 8, the Amazonia Summit and the IV Presidential Meeting of the member countries of the Amazonia Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) began in Brazil. As the first contribution of the Summit, the Declaration of Belém Do Pará was issued.
Fidel
Fidel not only survived the fury of the Batista dictatorship, guerrilla war, and 600 assassination attempts, but led a revolutionary process which after 60 years, continues to resist and triumph.
The Strategic Revolutionary Thought and Legacy of Hugo Chávez Ten Years After His Death
Hugo Chávez emerged in the history of Venezuela when the thesis that ideological disputes throughout the world had ended was most entrenched. Far from being over, however, history had an important task for the Venezuelan people, who rose up against neoliberalism in 1989 and who continue to build a project of twenty first-century socialism today.
Walking Alongside an Andean Radical in Times of Revolt in Peru
The life of the renowned campesino activist Hugo Blanco helps us see through the limitations of state reform and better hear the often-silenced voices of resisting communities.
A Century Ago, Zitkála-Šá Exposed an Orgy of Atrocities Against Native Americans
In 1923, a Dakota-born writer-activist traveled through Oklahoma as a research agent of the Indian Rights Association to investigate abuses against the Choctaw, Creek, and other tribes. What she found and documented was an appalling rampage of fraud, larceny, racial intimidation, and murder.
Politics of the Commons: The Open-Ended History of Communes
A look back at the history of communes and how they are supposed to be more than “appendages” of state institutions.
‘Where Danger Lies…’: The Communal Alternative in Venezuela
The project of communal socialism that was emerging in Venezuela during Chavez’s time is precisely the kind of system change that could save the climate and the Earth System more generally. A look at some of the ecological aspects of Venezuela’s project of communal socialism today.