Venezuela: Hugo Chavez and His Historical Policy Achievements
From 1999 to 2013, his administrations began a set of transformations that remain as a benchmark for the Latin American social struggle.
Remembering Ken Saro-Wiwa: The Power of Resistance
Article in memory of Nigerian writer and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, president of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), who was murdered 27 years ago by the military dictatorship in Nigeria in complicity with Shell oil company.
Raisi in Beijing: Iran-China Strategic Plans Go Full Throttle
Raisi’s visit to Beijing, the first for an Iranian president in 20 years, represents Tehran’s wholesale ‘Pivot to the East’ and China’s recognition of Iran’s centrality to its BRI plans.
72 Mass Shootings in 46 Days in the United States: What are the Causes?
Violence on this scale has to be treated as a social and not an individual phenomenon. The society has itself become toxic and hazardous.
Cuba Keeps Sending ‘Doctors, not Bombs’ All Across the World; Also: Cuba, Between Dreams and Realities
Amongst the successes of the Cuban Revolution is Cuba’s unequaled solidarity with the world. Fidel’s “doctors, not bombs” speech implicitly contrasted his country with the US, which is by far the world’s largest arms supplier while helping less and less with humanitarian aid.
Protests Continue in Peru; Also: Interview with a Leader of the Protests
Government of Dina Boluarte presents a bill to hold general elections in October 2023, a central demand of protesters. Also: Interview with Lourdes Huanca Atencio, President of the Federation of Peasant, Artisan, Indigenous, Native and Salaried Women of Peru.
We Want No Caesars
In 1937, Jawaharlal Nehru was elected president of the Congress for the third time. Cognisant and cautious of the dangers of his own pride and position, he wrote this essay, in which he stressed the importance of questioning the motives of leaders, and checking the power they hold.
Cuban Teachers and Students Make the Revolution
Schools in Cuba are places where doors are open for all Cuban young people to learn and for students to prepare for one or another kind of work that would contribute to Cuba’s development as an independent nation. Cuban education has been ground zero for ending inequalities.
Veer Narayan Singh – Freedom Fighter – was Also a Food Rights Activist
Veer Narayan Singh (1795-1857) is remembered today as a great freedom fighter of Chattisgarh and India who sacrificed his life fighting colonial rulers. However there is more to his valiant life that we need to remember, in particular his combination of great courage and concern for his people.
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Two Hundred Years of Mendel’s Genetic Revolution and the Fight Against Scientific Racism
While Mendel’s work is central to modern genetics, it also set off the dark side with which genetics has been inextricably linked: eugenics and racism. Eugenics has been used to argue the superiority of the elite, dominant races, and in India, a “scientific” justification for the caste system as well.