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“We would not be here without the mobilisations”, first speech of President Boric

From the balcony of the Palacio de La Moneda and before a square completely overflowing with people, Gabriel Boric, the youngest President in the history of Chile, gave his first speech in which he called for unity and reunion, reaffirmed…

Opinion vote

8 March 2022. The Spectator My vote is not secret. Humberto de la Calle led the two political realities with the greatest positive impact in the last 100 years in Colombia: The Constituent Assembly of 1991 and the Peace Agreement…

President Boric: let hope become reality

Thirty years have passed and, although the dictatorship ended, the political class, of all stripes, made no substantive efforts to democratise politics or to modify the economic model of injustices and abuses installed by Pinochet and the Chicago Boys. This…

Does Gabriel Boric Have the Answer?

Who is Gabriel Boric?  He is the recently elected 35-year-old President of Chile. What is the question to which Gabriel Boric might have the answer? It is:  “How can the tide be turned so that social democracy, which is now  at…

‘We Are Not Slaves!’: Haitian Garment Workers Strike For A Fair Wage

Buoyed by international union solidarity and hearkening to the revolutionary legacy of Jean-Jacque Dessalines, Haitian strikers facing state violence and lowball concessions remain undeterred. By Frances Madeson –  This story originally appeared in therealnews.com on March 4, 2022. It is…

When Did the Ukraine War Begin?

Viewing the Ukraine war as starting with the current Russian invasion leads to very different conclusions than if you consider that the starting point of this war was the 2014 US-orchestrated coup in Ukraine. The coup, which had elements of…

Russia-Ukraine Crisis: United Nations and the African Votes

Russia’s military invasion into the territory pf the former Soviet republic of Ukraine was the main theme on the agenda for deliberation held on March 3 at the United Nations General Assembly. By Kester Kenn Klomegah Russia launched a large-scale…

Boric’s victory from a humanist point of view

Almost two months have passed since Gabriel Boric’s victory in the second round, an electoral victory that caused an impact not only in Chile but also internationally. Such impact came from different perspectives, from the geopolitical perspective announcing the failure…

There is no “war” in Ukraine: the naïve view of pacifism

First and foremost, let it be clear that I do not defend or support the use of force, and even less so the use of armed force, conventional or non-conventional. What follows is not about the world to which I…

Chile’s fascist ultra-right: an X-ray of the hate horde

Miguel Urrutia, a lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences, points out that the new fascist organisations are a response to the emergence of positions that have been a constant in our country since the end of the 19th century,…

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