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In the past week, it seems as if the U.S. attitude towards Israel and Palestine has changed more than in the previous 50 years. Everybody seems to be acknowledging it, from progressive media to pillars of the establishment like The New York Times and The Washington Post.
An analysis of the impact of the growing movement against Bolsonaro in Brazil.
The lesson of every struggle against oppression has been that relying upon an elite few to obtain powerful positions has never won fundamental change for the vast majority of people; they have only been won when ordinary people have united to challenge the elite and the divisive system.
An interview with Christine Pic-Gillard, author of a new biographical and historical study of the Liberator, that goes beyond the myths about Bolívar to examine the reasons why he remains so influential.
Celebrating the contributions of Sunderlal Bahuguna of Uttarakhand, HS Doreswamy of Karnataka and KM Natarajan of Tamil Nadu.
Excerpts from ‘Song of a Rebel and Other Selected Poems’ by Bina Sarkar Ellias.
The struggle, which began in rejection of a neoliberal tax reform bill, has transformed into a social uprising in Colombia demanding structural changes and an end to policies that deepen inequality and deprive the majority of the population of basic rights. Mothers are in the frontlines of the struggle.
On May 15-16, the people of Chile voted to elect members to a new Constituent Assembly that would draft a new Constitution to replace the Pinochet era neoliberal Constitution. Progressive forces won more than two-thirds of the seats, in a stunning win. Plus: Chile: Two Women Symbolise Historical Progressive Victory.
Mass demonstrations in Colombia continue for the third straight week. After defeating the unpopular tax reform that sparked the movement, protesters push new demands. Plus, an article on why the government imposed the tax package and its impact on the people that led to the uprising.
For the first time in many years, the Palestinian people are united, from Jerusalem Al Quds, to Gaza and the West Bank, to the Palestinian communities, towns and villages inside historic Palestine – today’s Israel. Plus – an Article on the Palestinian Nakba of 1947-9.
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