The leader of the Civil Rights Movement dedicated his life to activism, following the philosophy of civil disobedience to change the “white structure power” and the “unjust laws” which were rooted in a racist society. His legacy is an inspiration to contemporary movements of liberation such as Black Lives Matter. […]
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Recall plebiscite scares the ruling party
The opposition of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s government denigrates the consultation, but it has only fanned a fire that could consume them. Participatory democracy is the power of the people, who alone have the power to appoint, but also to remove, their rulers. Luis Manuel Arce Isaac As […]
The USA on Cuba: a blockade with no results
The US government has been involved in the domestic politics of 41 Latin American countries, including Cuba. This blockade, which was imposed 60 years ago on the Caribbean nation, affects almost every aspect of Cuban life. Due to the embargo, the country faces obstacles to get essential supplies, […]
Steve Latham or the meaning of mortality
In the early hours of 31 March, The Prisma’s longest running columnist passed away. A death on which he reflected intimately and publicly, as on the illness that took him away. So much value, so much love, so much shared commitment. The Prisma has died a little with Steve’s loss. […]
It’s not about roaming charges
Two books -“Crashed” (2018) and “The Passage to Europe” (2013)- by Adam Tooze and Luuk van Middelaar have been justly celebrated for their respective studies of the global economic crash of 2008 and the complexion of EU integration. Sean Sheehan Perry Anderson is fulsome in his praise of […]