Iraq: Violent Crackdown against Protests Exposes Fallacy of Democracy
The crackdown against protesters by Iraqi security forces left more than 100 people dead and thousands more injured
Ecuador in the logic of War: Break the Siege, Shift the Power
"Seeing the president speaks turns my stomach, he’s a fascist, we now know he won’t stop the massacre.”
Finance: Mexico’s Forgotten Reform
Mexico’s most commonly used creditors charge rates so high we’re not talking about interest, but robbery, and it was the financial reform that left the door wide open to creditor thieves.
Ecuador: An Explosion of Possibilities, Pain and Outrage
Ecuador needs intense international pressure to stop the violence of a state that disrespects the most basic rights, disparaging those that protest as slackers, vandals and thieves.
Ecuador: A Rebellion for the Renewal of Struggle
An Indigenous uprising is, once again, at the heart of the struggle, opening a horizon of re-appropriation in the face of an attempt to expropriate from all the peoples of Ecuador.
Canada’s Cannabis Colonialism
A rush to cash in on legal cannabis is putting pressure on traditional cultivators in Latin America and the Caribbean, while Canadian companies seek to control every aspect of the weed business and push for policing of less-than-legal operations.