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Dispersing Power: New Book on Bolivian Social Movements

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Dispersing Power: Social Movements as Anti-State Forces by Raúl Zibechi offers an exciting account of why social movements in Bolivia are so resilient and powerful, making the publication of this book timely; it focuses on the most vibrant social movements that preceded the election of one of the most dynamic and intriguing presidents among the region’s new left.

Last Updated on Monday, 19 July 2010 16:08
 

Baghdad: Paradise Lost

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When a house on Princesses Street was bombed on 4 April, the legacy of Jabra Ibrahim Jabra – poet, novelist, critic, translator extraordinary, artist and passionate music lover – was also destroyed.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 04 August 2010 13:05
 

Haiti: People Need a Stable Life

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Haitian Refugee Tents

Carine Exantus is a 22-year-old university student majoring in social communications. She lost her home, aunt, and cousin in the earthquake of January 12.

Last Updated on Friday, 13 August 2010 02:13
 

What the Zapatistas Can Teach us About the Climate Crisis

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With their 1994 battle cry, “Ya basta!” ("Enough already!") Mexico’s Zapatista uprising became the spearhead of two convergent movements: Mexico’s movement for indigenous rights and the international movement against corporate globalization.

Last Updated on Friday, 06 August 2010 19:56
 

The Angola 3: Black Panther Political Prisoners in the US

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ImageThirty seven years ago, deep in rural Louisiana, three young black men were silenced for trying to expose continued segregation, systematic corruption, and horrific abuse in the biggest prison in the US, an 18,000-acre former slave plantation called Angola. Peaceful, non-violent protest in the form of hunger and work strikes organized by inmates, caught the attention of Louisiana's first black elected legislators and local media in the early 1970s. 

 


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