I have a distinct childhood memory, of a scene from a film I saw, where a man is looking at a blue flower, which I remember as a blue rose. Steve Latham The image has stayed with me, throughout my life: a picture disconnected from anything else, anything […]
Author: ThePrisma
Nueva ola progresista ha sido detenida en el Ecuador
Los avances de la izquierda en América Latina se han detenido y el exbanquero será el próximo presidente de Ecuador. Su triunfo ocurrió pese al rechazo a su programa de varios sectores sociales que hoy lamentan su triunfo. Sinay Céspedes Moreno Con poco más del 52% el candidato […]
Britain’s immigration system is blatantly racist
Between Brexit, the immigration policies of an ultra-conservative and nationalist government, the pandemic, fascist groups and hate crimes, immigrants and refugees are being pushed to the fringes of British society.
Fight the power
What Kill the bill protestors object to may not be a curb on their freedoms so much as a limit to their privilege. Darrin Burgess* The Kill the bill protests this month against a proposal that would grant police extra powers to curb mass demonstrations reveals a peculiar […]
How far democracy can go
The advance of progressive social and political forces in Latin America and the Caribbean seems to be assured. The governments of Argentina, Mexico, Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua and Cuba will soon be joined by governments of a similar leaning in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia – and Brazil, after the return of Lula […]