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Kenya: Land-grabbing impunity

Henry Owino February 16, 2015 Henry Owino

In early January, protests ensued over a school’s playground in Nairobi being ‘grabbed’, illegally fenced off and seized.

The case of Langata Road Primary School is a classic land-grabbing one, a clear indication of government impunity, and indeed, it’s said to be the project of Deputy President William Ruto.

With the school located in a zone controlled by the government’s opposition forces, the information spread like a burning bush-fire, attracting public attention. A demonstration to oppose the move was set up. read more

Burying Vietnam, Launching Perpetual War

Christian Appy February 9, 2015 Christian Appy

Source: TomDispatch.com

The 1960s — that extraordinary decade — is celebrating its 50th birthday one year at a time. Happy birthday, 1965! How, though, do you commemorate the Vietnam War, the era’s signature catastrophe? After all, our government prosecuted its brutal and indiscriminate war under false pretexts, long after most citizens objected, and failed to achieve any of its stated objectives. More than 58,000 Americans were killed along with more than four million Vietnamese, Laotians, and Cambodians. read more

Security for Who? Resistance to Militarization Intensifies in Okinawa, Japan

Sasha Davis February 5, 2015 Sasha Davis

There is a showdown coming in Okinawa that will test the limits of US and Japanese state power.

Democracy in the Digital Era

Birgitta Jónsdóttir February 4, 2015 Birgitta Jónsdóttir

Our current democratic models are crumbling and outdated. We need to make something more real and meaningful.

The Power of the Spectacle: Evo Morales’ Inauguration in Tiwanaku, Bolivia

Benjamin Dangl January 29, 2015 Benjamin Dangl

A caravan of buses, security vehicles, indigenous leaders and backpackers with Che T-shirts wove their way down a muddy road through farmers’ fields last Wednesday to the pre-colonial city of Tiwanaku, where Bolivian President Evo Morales was ceremonially inaugurated into his third term in office.

The Cuban Opening and the Struggles for a New Social Order

Horace Campbell January 28, 2015 Horace Campbell

When the Cuban revolutionaries took power on January 1, 1959, the political leaders of the United States were initially ambivalent towards the Castro leadership but after the leadership nationalized foreign capital and set about major land reforms for the majority of the population there was total opposition to the Cuban Revolution.