I went to my barber today. Inevitably, we talked about Covid. She expressed her fear, that current restrictions may become permanent, and we could lose our personal liberties for ever. The Prisma’s Memoirs. October 2020. Steve Latham It was, she felt, an opportunity, which the state is taking […]
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The Paris Commune: the first workers’ revolution
Having endured inhuman conditions during the unforgiving winter of 1871, Parisians rose up and created an insurrectionary movement that established the world’s first working-class government. It was liquidated two months later, but its political system (self-managed socialism) is inspiring. The Prisma’s Memoirs. March 2021. Juanjo Andres Cuervo The […]
The colour of Marxism
The idea that race is not built into the logic of capitalism is rubbished in Raoul Peck’s documentary “Exterminate all the beasts” and Cedric Robinson was making the same point in 1983 when his book “Black Marxism: the making of the black radical tradition” first appeared. The Prisma’s Memoirs. June […]
“Roots 4”: Bureaucracy and other demons
Getting papers to work legally in Chile is a great difficulty for migrants. In this story, Queque reveals the problems that he faced and the endless waiting that puts his current work at risk.
“Roots 3”: Why Chile?
It is the country that receives the most immigrants in Latin America, but also the one with the most obsolete immigration laws. Arrival in the country is full of uncertainties, and the reason why people choose it as the location for a new life is a question that often goes […]
















