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[ After the ouster of progressive president of Peru Pedro Castillo by a right-wing congress, Peruvians -- especially indigenous peasants -- have taken to the streets in protest. While the MSNBC article below expresses sympathy for the protesters, it does this in the context of using their struggle to rally support for liberal partisan politics... Continue Reading →
[ Recently, many social-democratic politicians have been elected across Latin America. As the article below discusses, some are calling this the return of a “Pink Tide” in the region, signaling a popular rejection of US influence and dissatisfaction with the neoliberal status quo. The new leaders are a mixed bag. Some are more progressive, with... Continue Reading →
[There is no reason to believe that a Joe Biden presidency will improve US foreign policy. As it should be obvious to anyone paying attention, the US Democratic Party is just as imperialist and dangerous to the world as the Republican Party. History has proven time and again that both major US political parties serve... Continue Reading →
[The sins of empire still abound, though they have changed their flavor in the neoliberal landscape. England continues its thieving legacy today by denying the state of Venezuela gold held in English vaults. Not only is this criminal in its own right, but this refusal comes amidst the covid-19 pandemic, and the funds demanded would... Continue Reading →
[Despite winning the election with 60% of the vote, Bolivian President Evo Morales is being accused of fraud by the right-wing opposition who have called for ongoing protests against the sitting government. Although Morales has invited foreign governments to perform an audit of the vote, the opposition refuses to call off the protests which have... Continue Reading →
[Huge protests have broken out in Chile, sparked by the recent increase in public transportation fares as students and other people can no longer afford to pay the high price for public transportation on their current wages. The Chilean President, Sebastian Piñera, has responded by declaring a State of Emergency and deploying military troops to... Continue Reading →
[Indigenous groups in Ecuador are currently staging large-scale protests against harsh austerity measures that are being implemented by the ruling Moreno government as part of a $4.2 billion IMF loan deal. These austerity measures include massive hikes in fuel prices, causing the cost of food and transportation to rise sharply. Protesters have faced harsh repression... Continue Reading →
[Lenin reminds us in this 1913 article of the sinister, bourgeois, and reactionary nature of neo-Malthusianism which is a defeatist and anti-worker outlook that is antithetical to historical progress. In more recent years, adopting this extremely misanthropic stance with regard to the environment and climate change seems to be an increasing (and alarming) trend in... Continue Reading →
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