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The unfinished debt: reparation, responsibility and structural racism

For centuries, Afro-Caribbean people endured violence, dispossession and exploitation without ever receiving compensation. Today, the effects of slavery remain alive, and the debate over reparation sets fearful governments against communities demanding real justice. Psychologically, it is the ‘foot in the door’ for a bigger favour to follow, compensation.  Abolition Acts […]

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Beyond reformism: the Latin American challenge

Only a revolutionary project led by the subordinate classes can overcome Latin America’s structural dependency through autonomous industrialisation and technological mastery, as the local bourgeoisie perpetuates the neocolonial status quo..   Juan Diego García   Any political project that involves overcoming the underdevelopment, current dependencies and poverty of the social […]

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The journalists that the media render invisible

The murder of certain journalists in Colombia reveals a hierarchy of media attention: solidarity and coverage depend more on the professional’s status than on the violence suffered, leaving thousands of local colleagues overlooked. All deaths hurt, but those that carry the horror of violence are overwhelming. And the pain is […]