Demonstrations on successive weekends in London last month shone a spotlight on major political rifts — in the major parties and in the political left.
Sound, Fury and the Midterms
20 November 2018, byThe much-discussed results of the U.S. midterm elections represent, in this writer’s view, a “rebalancing” rather than something “transformative.” It is of course significant that the far-right Republican stranglehold on both houses of Congress as well as the presidency will be broken by the new Democratic majority in the House of Representatives. But after the sound and fury, it’s also important to understand some sharp limitations.
Election results handwritten on a chalkboard
What’s the real cause of the California wildfires?
19 November 2018, byA combination of real estate capitalism and climate change unleashed the murderous fires in California.
Brazil in the shadow of the far right
18 November 2018, byToday Brazil is living through one of the saddest moments of its history. The history of the Brazilian people is essentially a history of resistance, since the European colonial invasion it has been very difficult to survive in our land. But we fight and resist.
No one is illegal - Solidarity with the Migrant Caravans
18 November 2018, byThousands of migrants from Central America have made politically and socially visible the structural violence and systematic violation of their human rights that they experience on a daily basis, without governments attending to the causes or the basic necessities of survival, through their organisation into caravans. These are some of the reasons that forced them to flee their countries, with only what they carry on their backs and suffering the hardships of a long journey towards an uncertain destination. They flee from capitalist criminal, institutional, state and patriarchal violence. They advance in defiance of the threats of the police and military who guard the different borders, as if at war with the wretched of the earth.
A Podemos Budget?
17 November 2018, by ,Podemos’s backing for Spain’s Socialist cabinet risks making it a prop to the institutions it once rebelled against. Yet it has also imposed its own stamp on the government’s agenda.
Rally for a collective political power for people from below
15 November 2018, byThe President has removed Ranil Wickramasinghe and appointed former President Mahinda Rajapakse as the new Prime Minister. Executive Presidents abusing their powers in violation of democratic norms is not new to our political history and this unacceptable act follows in that line. It has also created a crisis in the elite political sphere which can be resolved by either party commanding the confidence of the Parliament.
Migrant Caravans Challenge the Continent’s Governments
13 November 2018, byCentral American migrants, both desperate and courageous, have thrust themselves into the center of Mexican and U.S. politics with their demand for refuge and asylum. As the head of the NGO Pueblos Sin Fronteras told a reporter, “This isn’t just a caravan, it’s an exodus created by hunger and death.”
Why the shack dwellers’ movement poses a threat to the ANC
12 November 2018, byS’bu Zikode leads a shack dwellers’ movement and says city officials crack down on those who highlight a housing crisis.