2019 Latin America in Review: Year of the Revolt of the Dispossessed
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2019 Latin America in Review: Year of the Revolt of the Dispossessed

Roger Harris   A year ago, John Bolton, Trump’s short-lived national security advisor, invoked the 1823 Monroe Doctrine making explicit what has long been painfully implicit: the dominions south of the Rio Grande are the empire’s “backyard.” Yet 2019 was a year best characterized as the revolt of the dispossessed for a better world against…

Misleading Narratives on Labour’s Defeat Have a Purpose
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Misleading Narratives on Labour’s Defeat Have a Purpose

Gawain Little   Last night, Labour suffered a stunning election defeat, losing seats in its traditional heartlands and handing a substantial majority to a hard-right Tory government.   Cue the multitude of voices clamouring for Jeremy Corbyn to resign, holding him solely responsible for the result, calling for a shift to the back to the…

Venezuela’s Civilian Militia Reaches 3.3 Million Members
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Venezuela’s Civilian Militia Reaches 3.3 Million Members

Paul Dobson   “Venezuela’s Bolivarian Militia has grown to 3.3 million men and women, surpassing the target for 2019. The body is due to be legally incorporated into the Armed Forces as a ‘combat unit’.”   This announcement was made during activities held over the weekend for the Day of Loyalty, which commemorates the last…

“We Refuse to be Burned”:  500 Years of Resistance, Colonization, and Coups in Bolivia
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“We Refuse to be Burned”: 500 Years of Resistance, Colonization, and Coups in Bolivia

Maya Ajchura Chipana   I am writing this because I don’t see many Bolivian voices represented in the media. Here is my story.   I saw Evo Morales speak once in La Paz. So many people came out. The boys climbed trees to trying to get a glimpse of him. After each speech, there was…

Evo Morales Overthrown, But Bolivian Socialism Will Be Victorious!
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Evo Morales Overthrown, But Bolivian Socialism Will Be Victorious!

Andre Vltchek   They pledged to do it, and they did—Bolivian feudal lords, mass media magnates and other treasonous “elites”—they overthrew the government, broke hope and interrupted an extremely successful socialist process in what was once one of the poorest countries in South America.   One day, they will be cursed by their own nation….

The Coup in Bolivia and Your Computer / TV Screen
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The Coup in Bolivia and Your Computer / TV Screen

Vijay Prashad When you look at your computer screen, or the screen on your smartphone or the screen of your television set, it is a liquid crystal display (LCD). An important component of the LCD screen is indium, a rare metallic element that is processed out of zinc concentrate.   The two largest sources of…

Nehru and Indian Socialism
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Nehru and Indian Socialism

Arjun Sengupta   Jawaharlal Nehru was not the only aristocrat who entered politics and joined the struggle for independence in India. There were also others who came from similar background of secure family roots, extravagance and style, and who courted imprisonment, flirted with hardship and enjoyed the luxury of sacrifice.   If Nehru was a…

Bolivia and Venezuela: Two Countries, But Same Hybrid War
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Bolivia and Venezuela: Two Countries, But Same Hybrid War

    Nino Pagliccia   A coup took place in Bolivia on November 10. The fact that the president of the country, Evo Morales, resigned does not contradict the fact that a coup has taken place. Morales was forced by the military to resign. The perpetrators of the Hybrid War were envisioning this same scenario…

Bolivians Bravely Fight Back Against Coup: “We Are Going to Resist Until the Last”
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Bolivians Bravely Fight Back Against Coup: “We Are Going to Resist Until the Last”

Zoe PC   It has been five days since the violent, racist coup d’état forced the resignation of President Evo Morales and Vice-president Álvaro García Linera. Since then, the people of Bolivia and the world have remained firm in their resistance against the coup and in defense of Morales and the process of change in…