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Brazil: defeating the Bolsonaro plan

Brazil is going through a crucial time, but the coup already took place in 2016 with the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff. It is not a surprise: barring Lula from running […]

Brazil: A Monster is Born

Bolsonaro has promised Donald Trump to authorize the installation of a US military base in Alcántara, on the strategic promontory of the Brazilian Northeast, which is the closest point between the […]

Syria and the S-300s: Re-Centering the People in the Global Struggles for Power

“The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of the Western world [….] No First World country has ever managed to eliminate so entirely […]

Brazil: Again the Alternative is Between “Socialism or Barbarism”

The most feared, but foreseeable at the same time, has already happened. Jair Bolsonaro almost won the presidency of Brazil in the first round and thanks to the consequent vote […]

Even in revolutionary countries, mass media is still in the hands of the right

How could a country win her fight against Western imperialism, how could it become truly independent, if its people are fully conditioned, through the mass media and education, by the […]

As polls near, people’s movements mobilize to beat fascism and Bolsonaro

Millions of Brazilians will vote on October 7 in the first presidential elections since the 2016 coup which deposed Dilma Rousseff.   On October 4, the day before the last […]

US meddling: is Venezuela next?

Reports that U.S. officials and Venezuelan commanders had conversations about regime change in Venezuela point to the latest instance in a series of covert attempts at destabilising that country.   […]

Nicaragua: Amnesty has got it wrong

As a member of Amnesty International I am outraged by the complete misinformation of your Urgent Action regarding Nicaragua.Having spent time in the country since the 1980s I have a […]

Palestinian-French lawyer Salah Hamouri freed by Israel

Salah Hamouri, a Palestinian-French human rights defender and lawyer, has been freed from an Israeli prison after more than a year of detention without charge or trial.   On Saturday […]

The rights of the Mapuche people : criminalization of leaders and corporate projects

In the area of human rights, for more than twenty years Chile has been experiencing an increase in mobilizations of indigenous peoples for the respect of their rights to land, […]

1918: How the Allies Surfed to Victory on a Wave of Oil

Virtually everybody knows that the First World War came to an end when Germany capitulated on November 11, 1918. But very few people are aware that, earlier in that same […]

Facebook’s New Propaganda Partners

Media giant Facebook recently announced (Reuters, 9/19/18) it would combat “fake news” by partnering with two propaganda organizations founded and funded by the US government: the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the International […]

US Disregard for International Law is a Menace to Latin America

This is a situation where Venezuela cannot wait or hope for any immediate help except from its own people, and it has to lean on the side of caution, writes […]

“Living above our means” – Macri, the IMF, and other victims of austerity

After a hectic weekend with speculation aplenty, Argentina woke up on September 3rd waiting for the announcements of president Mauricio Macri. After accomplishing the feat of being late in delivering […]

Trump’s decision to close the PLO Embassy says more about the future of the US than the future of Palestine

Trump’s decision to revoke the presence of the PLO Embassy in Washington says a lot more about the future of the US order than about the future of Palestine.   […]

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Understanding the Muslim World