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Empire’s Island in a Sea of Struggle Evil Hour in Colombia, Forrest Hylton, Verso London and New York, 2006
Contemporary Colombia clearly ranks as one of the most difficult settings in which to wage resistance for social justice. At the same time, the abundance of injustice demands such resistance. Evil Hour in Colombia, the new book by Forrest Hylton, demonstrates a deep and penetrating understanding of the sociocultural, economic, and political post-Independence history of Colombia. It is a powerful indictment of the imperial practices of the US state. -> read article... |
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| Cuba Discussion
The Cuban Revolution at the CrossroadsSince 1989 a very large part of the world press - and not only the newspapers that are linked to the “anti-Castroist” emigration in Miami - have regularly announced the end of the Castroist regime. Fidel Castro’s hospitalization in the summer of 2006 has once again been the occasion of what must be described as disinformation. -> read article... |
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| Environment
Three Meanings of EcosocialismIs ecosocialism really necessary? Isn’t it implied in the very concept of socialism? Why should anybody be an ecosocialist as opposed a plain, straightforward, socialist? -> read article... |
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