Venezuela, Guatemala, Colombia and Peru have some of the people most affected by the industries that extract natural resources in Latin America. On the continent there are 43 million natives made up of over 500 different peoples, supposedly 7.6% of the total population of the region. . Benjamin Serra . […]
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Voices opposing ‘mano dura’ policies in Latin America are silenced
The long-term consequences of mano dura, or iron fist, law enforcement policies have become a growing consideration for Latin American governments in the wake of El Salvador’s all-out attack on gangs. Gavin Voss While President Nayib Bukele’s reputation has grown off the back of over 60,000 arrests and […]
Learning ancient Greek
The presence of classics in working-class culture, challenging its more usual role in the education of the ruling class, is inspiringly documented in “A people’s history of Classics” (2020), by Edith Hall and Henry Stead. Sean Sheehan It had been evoked earlier, in the opening scene of Brian […]
Nationalisms yesterday and today
Those currently achieving political prominence in the Old Continent have little or nothing to do with national recognition of poor people on the peripheries, victims of the growth of capitalism. The flags of internationalism await more favourable times. Juan Diego García Here, in the periphery of the global […]
Violence and cruelty, a means to preserve self-esteem
People who say that their over-riding priority is their self-esteem, are the opposite. They are insecure, sometimes to the extent that they will use any methods, even illegal ones, to enhance what they believe is necessary to wipe out their poor self-image. Nigel Pocock Do people really love […]
















