Remembering Occupy Wall Street 10 Years Later: The Movement Moment that Revived the U.S. Left
Ten years ago this fall a protest movement took root in Lower Manhattan that transformed how we think about inequality and reinvigorated the Left.
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Defending the Legacy of Chile’s 2019 Uprising
The social movement left is having an outsized impact on Chile’s Constitutional Convention — combined with pressure from the streets, another Chile is possible.
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Capitalism | Imperialism | Online Blog | USA | World Economy
Wendell Berry on Capitalism, Advertising, Greed, and the Good Life
“We live in a time when technologies and ideas are adopted in response not to need but to advertising, salesmanship, and fashion. The first duty of writers who wish to be of any use even to themselves is to resist the language and the ideas of sales talk, no matter from whose mouth it issues.”
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Food and the Struggle for Africa’s Sovereignty
The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the stark reality of Africa’s extreme dependence on imports to feed our populations.
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Iran’s SCO Membership Is a Big Deal
Two big regional developments took place last week — the announcement of the AUKUS, security alliance of three “maritime democracies” on September 15; and Iran’s accession to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation as full member on September 17.
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Canadian Imperialism in Africa
Scratch the surface of African history and you’ll find Canadian involvement in colonial rule. This country’s role in the impoverishment of Ghana and Africa in general deserves far greater attention.
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Robbing the Soil – Part 1: Commons and Classes Before Capitalism
The rise of industrial capitalism was accompanied by a complex transformation of rural society wherein most people were separated from the land, and land was concentrated in the hands of a tiny minority. It happened in different ways and at different times in different parts of the world, and is still going on today.
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End Vaccine Apartheid; Also – Cuba Vaccinates Children
Vaccine costs have pushed many developing countries to the end of the Covid-19 vaccination queue. Worse, less vaccinated poor nations cannot afford fiscal efforts to provide relief or stimulate recovery. Plus: Cuba: The First Country in the World to Vaccinate Children Under 12.
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Elisa Loncon, President of the Constitutional Convention: “Chile Will Never Go Back to the Way it Was”
For the last two months, the Mapuche Elisa Loncon has presided over the constituent assembly in charge of writing the new Chilean constitution that will replace the Pinochet era constitution. In this interview, Loncon talks about the threats and challenges faced by the Constitutional Convention.
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Rights for Rivers: Fighting for the Legal Rights of Nature
Arguing for the legal standing of nature was greeted as ridiculous in the 1970s. But now the idea is catching on.
