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Snapshot of a War Against People and Nature: A Chronicle from Mexico

In Perspective In 2006, the former right-wing Mexican president, Felipe Calderón, decided to formalise a war on drugs to boost the economy and, thus, legitimate the new government after he defeated the progressive candidate, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, in a controversial election. Since then, the country has been exposed to terror of every type

By Inés Durán Matute

Pierina Ferretti: “The Left doesn't know how to work with the conservatism of the working classes”

Interview Pierina Ferretti provides an analysis of recent events in Chile — from the mass uprisings that took to the streets of the country in 2019 and the construction of a new constitution, to the election of a far-right majority to the constitutional council that will have to rewrite the proposal to replace the Pinochet-era constitution

The First Months of Lula’s Government and Neo-Liberal Stuckness

Theory & Research On 8 January, Brazil and the world were shocked by images of the same Brasilia now filled with supporters of Jair Bolsonaro in a coup attempt. The attack was defeated and the Supreme Federal Court (STF) responded vigorously, but the sensation of a not-so-new era returned: projections of a transformative future gave way to the feeling of imprisonment in a past that permanently restores our historical dilemmas to the present.

Civil Society and Solidarity in Turkey After the Earthquakes

In Perspective In the second part of this essay, Ülker Sözen (Leipzig University) discusses Civil Society and Solidarity in Turkey 4 months After the Earthquakes, and interviews two activists from Feminist Solidarity for Disaster Relief

By Ülker Sözen

State and Society in Turkey after the Earthquakes: Initial Reflections

In Perspective Ülker Sözen lay out her initial observations and reflections about the state and society's responses in the aftermath of the massive disaster in Turkey

By Ülker Sözen