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Progressivism, back to changing lives

The times of a certain ultra-conservative hegemony represented major setbacks for Latin America and the Caribbean in terms of the fight against poverty, inequality and climate change.   Pierre Lebret   Repression and human rights violations were the common denominator of these governments’ “response” to social movements and actors who […]

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The road after the referendum

The rejection of the constitutional proposal in Chile was overwhelming, but this does not imply that Chileans (at least 80%) want Pinochet’s Constitution. The victims of this result are the Chilean people, who will see the possibility of better education, decent pensions, guaranteed access to health care and a social […]

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Radek: a novel

This historical novel begins just before the outbreak of World War I with Karl Radek waiting to hear if he has been expelled from the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SDP).   Sean Sheehan   The matter is controversial and Lenin does not support his expulsion. Radek suspects, all too […]

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From beyond the grave: Ken Saro-Wiwa

Ken Saro-Wiwa was born in October 1941, the eldest son of a prominent family in Ogoni, which is today in Rivers State, Nigeria. He was executed on November 10th 1995.   Dorset Eye    After leaving university he initially pursued an academic career. During the Biafran war (1967-1970) he was […]