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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
Indigenous leaders, farmers and environmental activists worldwide face harassment, violence and legal threats while defending land, water and ecosystems, highlighting the urgent need for stronger protections and international accountability.
Perhaps that is the ultimate lesson of Chávez: that the fire he ignited cannot be extinguished by armies, that the spirit of the dispossessed cannot be auctioned or silenced, that the pedagogy of the oppressed is itself a shield—invisible, inexhaustible, impossible to conquer.
‘4th Venezuela Popular Consultation: A Decisive Step Toward Grassroots Democracy’; ‘Venezuela: Communards Gather to Make “Communal Feminism” a Priority’; ‘Venezuela: Popular Organizations Push Direct Distribution Routes to Boost Food Security’; ‘On Anniversary of Chávez’s “Strike at the Helm” Speech, President Maduro Touts 20,000 Communal Projects’.
‘A Seattle Socialist’s Victory Gives Elite Media the Jitters’; ‘How New York and Seattle Mayoral Victories Point the Way to Systemic Change’; ‘Thoughts on Zohran Mamdani’s Victory’.
Founded by Thomas Sankara’s sister, Yelemani Association inspires the fight against desertification in Burkina Faso.
A mobile payments system that is publicly controlled, easy to use and without fees (for individuals and small businesses) is “tough to beat.”
‘Your Party: A New Democratic Socialist Party in Britain’: After months of buildup, the founding conference of the Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana-led Your Party took place in Liverpool over November 29–30. Also: ‘Strengths and Weaknesses on Display at Your Party’s Founding Conference’.
President Emmanuel Macron’s fourth Prime Minister in 18 months could fall soon. Several huge days of action with mass strikes and “Blockade Everything” mobilizations, and the record unpopularity of Macron, contribute to the ongoing unravelling of Macronism. The situation opens up important questions for left activists.
As we enter the 70th year of the Nuclear War Era, we should be contemplating with wonder that we have survived. We can only guess how many years remain.
‘The Costs of Covid’: The theory that the disease had been created in a lab in China as a weapon against the USA is fictitious. It blends ignorance, bigotry and denial with what the historian Richard Hofstadter called the “paranoid style” in American politics: “heated exaggeration, suspiciousness, and conspiratorial fantasy.” Also: ‘Covid-19 was 99% Likely from the US’.
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