Statues, Statues, They All Fall Down
European monuments to historic slavers and colonizers are the latest victims of rising protests for justice.
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European monuments to historic slavers and colonizers are the latest victims of rising protests for justice.
For members of ‘nou pap Dòmi’, a collective within Haiti’s petroChallengers movement, the anti-corruption struggle is a space to imagine the kind of society they seek to create.
In Mexico, as transnational companies have seized control of the country’s agriculture, the loss of food sovereignty has induced catastrophic changes to the nation’s diet and many small-scale farmers lost their livelihoods. It should serve as a warning to India, as that is what the three farm laws will lead to.
The national strike, which began in rejection of a tax reform bill, has transformed into a national struggle against the far-right government of President Ivan Duque and his neoliberal and oppressive policies.
The unique life of Bharat Bhushan Ambedkar has become a new source of inspiration for devotees. From it has emerged a new deity and the lamp that will be burning in its temple in this land of temples will be seen from all sides of the nation and from distant corners of the world.
The Congress took place in the spirit of deepening the commitment to unity among the peoples of the Global South, which was the dream of former president Hugo Chávez.
Despite continuing to be the object of strong US interference and coup attempts, Nicaragua is resisting with all the contradictions the situation implies, continuing to scare the oligarchy out of its wits: a discussion with journalist Fabrizio Casari.
An online poll in the USA found that capitalism is particularly unpopular among 18 to 24-year-olds, with negative views outweighing positive views by a margin of 54% to 42%; Buffalo and Cleveland have become battlegrounds between progressive activists and establishment forces.
Interview with Juan Lenzo, communications coordinator with the Communard Union, a grassroots organization that has been working throughout Venezuela for the last two years in a heroic effort to re-politicize and reactivate Venezuelan communes and related projects.
Farmer leaders say that while the agitation brought an awareness over the agrarian crisis, the path ahead remains crucial given upcoming elections in states like Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Uttarakhand; Farmers lauch padyatra in UP, more to follow.
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