DECLARATION OF PARTIDO SOCIALISMO E LIBERDADE (PSOL) This Sunday (November 10th) will enter in the South American history as one of its darkest days. After weeks of institutional destabilization, Bolivian business groups, landlords and the Army have just succeeded in deposing President Evo Morales and his Vice President García Linera. It is a reactionary coup […]
On the formation of Jair Bolsonaro's new party.
Gilbert Achcar was interviewed for the Marxist Left Review by Darren Roso.
MES/PSOL National Secretariat on Lula's release.
There is a towering paradox at the heart of Brazilian politics: the country’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, was elected on an anti-corruption platform – music to the ears of a population that has been victimised for decades by systemic corruption. But the “anti-corruption” president and his family are now subsumed by multiple corruption scandals suggesting […]
ALL SUPPORT TO THE CHILEAN PEOPLE: NOT ONLY 30 PESOS! BELOW THE CURFEW! AGAINST THE ABUSES OF PIÑERA! Chile is considered an example for the Bolsonaro government and the Brazilian business community. Some political sectors of our country envy the Chilean economic model, which they call “Latin American Switzerland”. But the popular uprising that has […]
“Cuchara de palo frente a tus balazos y al toque de queda… Cacerolazo” (Ana Tijoux[1]) [1] Ana Tijoux é uma cantora franco-chilena conhecida por tratar de temas como pós-colonialismo, feminismo, ambientalismo e justiça social em suas letras. Fez essa música especialmente para os protestos recentes de 2019. Ver: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVaTuVNN7Zs I arrived in Santiago on October […]
The Hong Kong government, in the face of the massive opposition movement since early June, finally made the promise to withdraw the China Extradition bill altogether in early September. However, the people have refused to put a halt to the movement. They continue pressing their five demands, formulated in July. The first four are related […]
In the context of a reactionary political-economic agenda pursued by the Bolsonaro government, the environmental debate has been the target of strategic attack by the latter. Given the interests of agrarian, mining, and industrial capital (which requires energy, raw materials, etc.), the Amazon region is the place for the empirical experiments of the agenda. Invasion […]
At the beginning of last week an increase in fares was announced for the Santiago subway, a fundamental means of transport in this city, which unleashed a wave of protests led by the students who called for days of “subway evasion”. Subway evasions were harshly suppressed by police inside the metro stations themselves, with tear […]
When the pots pounded endlessly on Sunday, October 20, after 48 hours of intense protest, it was common for protesters to ironically recall President Piñera’s words about Chile being an oasis in South America. “His oasis turned to ashes.” They said, pointing to the barricade fire. Until last week his center-right government boasted of a […]
A new page to support and build new alternatives in Latin America and the world, defending the power of the workers and people against the 1% of the rich and privileged, and a society without exploitation.
