The son of a poor family, 26-year-old Brahian joined two lists of victims of violence during the National Strike that has been going on in Colombia since 28 May: the list of those who have disappeared (now almost 500) and the list of those who have been killed, which is close to 60. He was not marching, shouting or fighting. Like him, thousands of young people have been victims of abuse by the police or other actors.
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Ernie Tate, a tribute to activism and the revolution
Marxist, trade union activist and revolutionary, he was one of the main organisers of the Vietnam Solidarity Campaign and a founding member of the International Marxist Group in Britain. It is time to pay tribute to his memory and his work. Elle McHale The passing of Ernie Tate, […]
We must definitely move from conflict to peace
The social unrest in Colombia is the result of failures of neoliberal policies that have accumulated over the years, claims Juan Carlos Tanus, president of the Association of Colombians living in Venezuela. Wiliam Urquijo Pascual “In the last 40 years we haven’t had a resounding rejection of a […]
Nemo, the anti-embargo network
Everything has been tried in the fight against the blockade, except for a mass movement using new technologies and including the everyday US-American, the US voter whose decisions and loyalty matter to senators and congressmen. Isaura Diez Millán So claims Cuban American activist Manuel Tejeda, editor-in-chief of the […]
Cuba, now under Trump’s shadow?
Under the argument that Cuba is not a priority, the Trumpist approach of harming the island and its inhabitants as much as possible, and putting all obstacles in the way of improving bilateral ties persists. Orlando Oramas Leon The fact there are over 240 coercive measures imposed […]
















