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Month: April 2017

The Violence of Extractivism: Mega-Dam Projects Now a Site of Heightened Conflict in Post-War Colombia

Jeff Abbott April 10, 2017 Jeff Abbott

Colombia’s 52-year-long war came to an end in September 2016, when the Colombian government and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia signed the historic peace accords. But Colombia’s left has now confronted new threats, including targeted assassinations by paramilitaries, and criminalization for defense of land and the environment.

Mexican Immigration, Labor, and Fathering Beyond Borders: An Interview with Marta Sánchez

Ramor Ryan April 10, 2017 Ramor Ryan

Toward Freedom speaks to Marta Sánchez, US-born mexicana who has just written a new book looking at Mexican migration from a different light, focusing on fathers supporting families back home.

Territory Free Of Mining' reads a detail of a mural in Nueva Trinidad, in northern El Salvador. (Photo: Sandra Cuffe)

El Salvador’s New Law Banning Mining is a Testament to Decades of Struggle

Sandra Cuffe April 5, 2017 Sandra Cuffe

El Salvador is now the first country in the world with an all-out ban on the mining of gold, silver, and other metals. The country’s legislative assembly passed a bill to that effect last week, on March 29.

Flooding in Bangladesh.

From Denial to Disaster: Bangladesh and the Reality of Climate Change

Daniel Read April 3, 2017 Daniel Read

As sea levels rise, the already low-lying landmass of Bangladesh is doubly threatened. Much of the country is less than five or so meters above sea level, constituting one of the most vulnerable areas on the planet when it comes to potentially devastating environmental change.

Killer Robots in Wartime: Could They Be More Deadly Than Humans?

Rene Wadlow April 3, 2017 Rene Wadlow

The ever-greater use by the United States of drone air strikes in Yemen, Somalia, Syria-Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and elsewhere has focused global attention on the use of killer robots and the possibility of autonomous artificial intelligence weapons.

The Falsity of False Consciousness

Immanuel Wallerstein April 3, 2017 Immanuel Wallerstein

People do not always behave the way we think they ought to behave. We often perceive others as behaving in ways we think is contrary to their self-interest. This seems crazy or foolish. We then accuse these persons of “false consciousness.”

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