The ever-present gun violence in the United States has spared few places over the decades. It is estimated that there are some 120 of these lethal items per 100 citizens, according to the Swiss organisation Small Arms Survey. A sad record: No other nation has more civilian firearms than […]
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The duty of self-criticism among the new left
The left has managed – with progress and setbacks – to make a reality of the traditional slogan “expropriate the expropriators” which was part of the essence of the workers’ movement’s origins. The other slogan, removing political power from the bourgeoisie, was possible through historic revolutions such as the Russian […]
International Humanitarian Law violations in Palestine on trial
On the 27th July the International Opinion Tribunal (Trino) will meet to deliver an opinion on human rights violations in the Gaza Strip. Experts from six Latino-American countries will give their verdict on the critical situation in the Middle East. On the 27th July 2024 the International Opinion Tribunal […]
A story about immigrant women, made by women
On the street corners of Brooklyn, men and women from other countries wait for hours in the hope of finding a job. They’ll do anything. Up to and including putting up with the exploitative conditions that unscrupulous impresarios, knowing they don’t have ‘papers’, that they’re ‘illegal’, will subject them to. Division […]
Winning the government but without achieving power
The government works on the basis of executive, legislative and judicial authorities, which have certain powers, though they are quite limited. They are limited by their very nature as instruments of the system and, due to deterioration that diminishes social support, even though it maintains its legal form. […]