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4 May 2009, by
Highlights of the Seventh Asia-Europe People’s Forum (AEPF-7)
The Asia-Europe People’s Forum 7 with the theme “For Social and Ecological Justice” took place in Beijing between the 13th and 15th October 2008. Since the venue was China, there were intrinsic (...) -
19 April 2009, by
The Crisis of Finance Capitalism: Challenges For The Left
The brave new world of neoliberalism lies in ruins. Its wealth turned out to be based on robbery, sham and deceit. The Left is in a new situation. Without its self-transformation and development (...) -
18 April 2009, by
The elephant not in the room: Castro and the Summit of the Americas
Cuba, and in particular its former President, Fidel Castro, is already a player at the fifth Summit of the Americas which takes place Friday and Saturday, April 17 and 18, in Port of Spain, (...) -
10 April 2009, by
Y Tu, Daniel? The Sandinista Revolution Betrayed
Upon his inauguration as Nicaraguan president in January 2007, Daniel Ortega asserted that his government would represent “the second stage of the Sandinista Revolution.” His election was full of (...) -
2 April 2009, by
Seattle’s Lessons for London
Protests dominate the news as world leaders gather in London for the Group of Twenty meeting. War, the economy, corporate globalization and grass-roots opposition to financial bailouts are at the (...) -
1 April 2009, by
An Exception to Lula’s Rule
Now and then there emerges somewhere in the world a social movement that is really exceptional for its integrity, astuteness and mass appeal. For me one of those rare movements is Brazil’s (...) -
31 March 2009, by
The new tragedy of Santa Catarina
At the end of 2008, images of the great tragedy of Santa Catarina¹ impregnated with pain and perplexity eyes and hearts of all Brazilians. Floods happen, but the impact was much greater because of (...) -
17 March 2009, by
Victory for the Left in El Salvador
El Salvador is the most tragic and oppressed country in the Americas, yet today it wakes up to a new dawn of hope and anticipation, with the election victory of Mauricio Funes, the candidate of a (...) -
17 March 2009, by
`More of the same’? Or a break with `traditions’? The MAS: a paradoxical case of democratisation
The Santos Ramirez affaire marked, undoubtedly, a shift in the social perception of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS). [In February, Santos Ramirez, a former head of the state energy company (...) -
2 March 2009, by
This country has a woman’s face
Venezuela is a beautiful land with 26 million habitants, around 49.6% of which are women, half the population. Looking at the situation of these women we see the highest rate of teen pregnancy in (...)
