Tag Archives: Poverty
Ebola and Poverty
Once again, Africa is in the news because of death, massacres, and horror: wars, mass displacements, famine, migration, shipwrecks, and illness. And, once again, the cause of such injustice and pain – the profit of multinational corporations – is kept … Continue reading
MEXICO: Indigenous People of Chiapas Oppose Megaprojects
Communique from September 1st, 2014 To the people of Mexico and the world, To the national and international press, To national and international civil society groups, To human rights organisations, To adherents of the Sixth Declaration, To social organisations, … Continue reading
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Tagged Anarchism, Authoritarianism, Autonomy, Bad Government, Bourgeois Democracy, Capitalism, Chiapas, Colonialism, Communism, Counterinsurgency, Death, Democracy, Dignity, Education, Exploitation, EZLN, Freedom, Globalisation, Government, Imperialism, Impunity, Independence, Injustice, Justice, Latin America, Libertarian Communism, libertarian socialism, Media, Mexico, Murder, Neoliberalism, Oppression, PAN, Peña Nieto, Politics, Poverty, PRD, PRI, Proletariat, Rebellion, Repression, Resistance, Revolution, Self-Defence, Self-Government, Socialism, Solidarity, State, Uprising, Violence, War, Zapatismo, Zapatistas
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MEXICO: Six Reasons Why Indigenous Communities Are Opposed to the San Cristóbal-Palenque Motorway
July 31st, 2014 In Chiapas, Mexico, there are plans to build a motorway between San Cristóbal de Las Casas and Palenque – two of the most important tourist sites in the state. The Department of Infrastructure and Communications in … Continue reading
Posted in Anarchism, Assassination, Autodefensas, Autonomy, Bourgeois Democracy, capitalism, capitalismo, Climate Change, Democracy, dignidad, dignity, Education, Enrique Peña Nieto, Environment, Exploitation, EZLN, Imperialism, Impunity, independence, Injustice, International Relations, justice, Latin America, Latinoamérica, Libertarian Communism, Neoliberalism, Oppression, Policías Comunitarias, politics, PRI, rebellion, revolution, Sexta Declaración de la Selva Lacandona, Sixth Declaration of the Lacandona Jungle, socialism, socialismo, The Media, transport, transporte, War, Zapatismo, Zapatistas
Tagged Anarchism, Assassination, Authoritarianism, Autodefensas, Autonomy, Bad Government, Bourgeois Democracy, Capitalism, Catholic Church, Change, Chiapas, Colonialism, Community Police Forces, Counterinsurgency, Counterrevolution, Democracy, Dignity, Exploitation, EZLN, Freedom, Globalisation, Government, Imperialism, Impunity, Independence, Injustice, Justice, Latin America, Mexico, Neoliberalism, Oppression, Organised Crime, PAN, Peña Nieto, Politics, Poverty, PRD, PRI, Proletariat, Protests, Rebellion, Repression, Resistance, Revolución, Revolution, Self-Defence, Self-Government, Solidarity, State, Violence, War, Zapatismo, Zapatistas
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SPAIN: Open the Wall … Close the Wall
“Avalanche”; “Invasion of Foreigners”; “80,000 Sub-Saharans Hoping to Jump the Fences of Ceuta and Melilla and Cross the Straits into Europe”; “Is It Too Much to Ask That They Don’t Come Illegally?” Above are some of the phrases used … Continue reading
Posted in Bourgeois Democracy, capitalism, dignity, Europe, Exploitation, Imperialism, Impunity, Injustice, International Relations, Neoliberalism, Oppression, politics, socialism, Spain, The Media, War
Tagged Bourgeois Democracy, Capitalism, Europe, Globalisation, Hypocrisy, Immigration, Injustice, Neoliberalism, Poverty, Spain
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The Mexican People Judge the State
The Mexican Chapter of the Permanent People’s Tribunal (PPT) (www.tppmexico.org) was born in 2011 ‘from below’ and, for that reason, has not appeared in the country’s main media outlets – focussed as they are on counter-information and misinformation. As a … Continue reading
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Tagged Bourgeois Democracy, Capitalism, Deviation of Power, Diversion of Power, Diverting Power, Domination, Exploitation, Free Trade, Imperialism, Mexico, NAFTA, Neoliberalism, Poverty, PTT, Repression, Resistance, TPP
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JRF Essays on Poverty
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Prospect magazine have published nineteen essays on Poverty. The JRF is a funder of research for social change in the UK which aims to reduce poverty and strengthen communities. Below are some quotes … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitalism, Deprivation, Exploitation, Injustice, Oppresson, Poverty, Social Inequality
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MEXICO: The New Year Advance of the Autodefensas in Michoacán
08/01/14 – In the main square of the Parácuaro municipality of Michoacán, citizens showed their support for the community autodefensas (Self-Defence Forces), which had arrived the previous Saturday to fight off the Caballeros Templarios (‘Knights Templar’ Cartel) that controlled the … Continue reading
SPAIN: Exodus (The Civil War)
I have just finished reading ‘Éxodo’, the testimonial of a woman who escaped Spain as Franco’s forces were approaching victory in the Spanish Civil War. A painful and emotional story of horrors, fear, exploitation, and poverty, it also shows the … Continue reading
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Tagged Exodus, Falangism, Fascism, France, Franco, Oppression, Poverty, Republic, Second World War, Socialism, Spain, Spanish Civil War
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Why I Am A Socialist
I am a socialist because I believe it is evident that capitalism, and its emphasis on the ‘race to the bottom’, brings out the worst in human beings. Pushing wages to the ground so that most workers of the world … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative, Capitalism, Capitalist, Change, Economics, Economy, Politics, Poverty, Revolution, Socialism, Socialist, Wealth
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Resistance Is Fertile 