Tag: Latin America

NOVANEWS By Marta Harnecker The Bullet Socialist Project   This paper was presented at the International conference “150 years Karl Marx’s Capital - Reflections for the 21st century” held in Athens, Greece on January 14-15, 2017. Organized by the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung – Athens Office in cooperation with Theseis, the conference discussed the actuality of Marx’s theoretical system of the critique of political economy 150 years on from the publication of CapitalVolume I. The video of this presentation is available on YouTube. This article first published by Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal. It reproduces much of what I have outlined in my book A World to Build. New Paths Toward Twenty‑First Century Socialism, Monthly Review Press, New York, 2015. 1. One hund...

NOVANEWS Honduras' National Popular Resistance Front. | Photo: Reuters On World Day of Social Justice, teleSUR spotlights a few of the many social justice movements resisting repression in Latin America. Leftist governments across Latin America have fought tooth and nail to create more socially just societies. RELATED: Human Rights Violations Persist After Peace in Colombia: Report Countries like Cuba, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Nicaragua and Uruguay have improved conditions for marginalized people after years of political and armed struggle. They’ve won rights for workers, peasants, women and members of the Black, Indigenous and LGBTQ communities. Despite murders and death threats, oppressed communities struggling for equality continue to stand up and fight back...