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Miller: Glasgow and Globalization
Znet Article, May, 25 2005
David Miller
Miller's ZSpace page
Everyone, even the most die-hard defender of the established order recognizes that we face serious social and environmental problems. The news media regularly circulate the latest figures on the latest social problems. The country with the worst p...
Fuentes: New Uprising In Bolivia
Znet Article, May, 23 2005
Federico Fuentes
Fuentes's ZSpace page
In 1967, Che Guevara died at the hands of CIA-backed Bolivian soldiers while attempting to lead a guerrilla struggle in Bolivia. In the small town where his body was uncovered 30 years later, graffiti is scrawled declaring: “Che: Alive as ...
Webber: Bolivia Erupts
Znet Article, May, 18 2005
Jeffery r. Webber
Webber's ZSpace page
At around 8:00 am on Monday morning, massive crowds of mostly poor indigenous Bolivians gathered on the cusp of a mountainside that descends into the capital city of La Paz. They are residents of the massive shantytown of El Alto, located on the h...
Parkin: Pride Cometh Before The Fall
Znet Article, May, 13 2005
Scott Parkin
Parkin's ZSpace page
Pride" that is the word Halliburton uses in its advertising. But if anyone looks at the facts "false pride" might be more accurate - a pride that comes before the fall. Next Wednesday, May 18 th, the Halliburton corporation will have its 2005 an...
Spronk: International Solidarity for the Struggle for Water Justice in El Alto, Bolivia
Znet Article, May, 10 2005
Susan Spronk
Spronk's ZSpace page
Tired of high connection fees and demanding expansion of service, thousands of citizens of El Alto took to the street earlier this year to pressure the government to return water to public control. The water and sanitary sewerage system was privat...
Webber: Bolivia Back to the Streets? Natural Gas and Popular Struggle
Znet Article, May, 09 2005
Jeffery r. Webber
Webber's ZSpace page
After about a month and a half of relative dormancy, the beginning of last week saw the first interesting signs of renewed life from popular forces in Bolivia. On Monday, May 3, three congressmen and one senator of the party Movement Toward Social...
Ali: A Conversation With Tariq Ali (part 1)
Znet Article, May, 05 2005
Tariq Ali
Ali's ZSpace page
As anti-imperialists the world over celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Vietnamese victory over American force of arms, Charles Demers of Seven Oaks spoke with essayist, novelist, film-maker, author, playwright and anti-war activist Tariq Ali. U...
Engelhardt: Winners and Losers
Znet Article, May, 03 2005
Tom Engelhardt
Engelhardt's ZSpace page
Of the two superpowers that faced each other down in an almost half-century-long Cold War, one -- the United States -- emerged victorious, alone in the world, economically powerful, militarily dominant; the other, never the stronger of the two, li...
Martin: Washington Beating War Drums - Act Now, Defend The Venezuelan Revolution!
Znet Article, April, 29 2005
Jorge Martin
Martin's ZSpace page
On the eve of Condoleeza Rice's tour of Latin America, an extremely provocative article appeared yesterday in The New York Times. Under the title of "U.S. Considers Toughening Stance Toward Venezuela" and signed by Juan Forero, the article quotes ...
Martin: Venezuela ends military exchange programme with the United States
Znet Article, April, 26 2005
Jorge Martin
Martin's ZSpace page
During his weekly Alo Presidente broadcast Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez gave an explanation of the reasons for the suspension of the bilateral military exchange programme with the United States. According to Chavez, US military advisors "were ...
García linera: Marxism and Indigenism in Bolivia: A Dialectic of Dialogue and Conflict
Znet Article, April, 25 2005
Álvaro García linera
García linera's ZSpace page
On Sunday morning, April 10, 2005 I sat in the book-lined living room of Ãlvaro GarcÃa Linera’s modest La Paz apartment and talked to the former guerrilla and political prisoner – now a mathematician and sociologist – abo...
Fertl: Ecuador: People Drive Out President
Znet Article, April, 25 2005
Duroyan Fertl
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Ecuador: People Drive Out President
Podur: Will people power have a chance in Colombia?
Znet Article, April, 23 2005
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
Yesterday (April 22), as the attacks on their communities continue to intensify, the indigenous communities of Northern Cauca, specifically Toribio and now Jambalo, convoked an assembly in the main city of the region, Santander de Quilichao. Suppo...
Volsky: Papal Shortcomings
Znet Article, April, 16 2005
Igor Volsky
Volsky's ZSpace page
The passing of the pope John Paul II has led to an outpouring of world emotion. Iconic-like devotion portrayed the pope as a flawless global leader and has cost him his humanity. While the pope’s accomplishments are noteworthy, his shortco...
Chavez: Capitalism Is Savagery.
Znet Article, April, 10 2005
Hugo Chavez
Chavez's ZSpace page
The following are excerpts from a speech given by Hugo Chávez at Gigantinho Stadium during the 2005 World Social Forum. A DVD containing the entire speech is available at the Z Store. To find out more, click here. Inspiration. Ignacio Ramonet...
Holloway: Can We Change The World Without Taking Power?
Znet Article, April, 06 2005
John Holloway
Holloway's ZSpace page
1. I don't know the answer. Perhaps we can change the world without taking power. Perhaps we can not. The starting-point - for all of us, I think - is uncertainty, not knowing, a common search for a way forward. 2. We are searching for a way fo...
Munckton: Is Washington planning a bloodbath in Caracas?
Znet Article, April, 05 2005
Stuart Munckton
Munckton's ZSpace page
The Venezuelan government headed by President Hugo Chavez repeatedly accused the US government of planning a “new aggression†against Venezuela, including a plot to assassinate Chavez, despite pro-Chavez forces winning nine nationa...
Engelhardt: Drugs, Bases, and Jails
Znet Article, April, 05 2005
Tom Engelhardt
Engelhardt's ZSpace page
If Iraq has been the disaster zone of Bush foreign policy, Afghanistan is still generally thought of as its success story -- to the extent that anyone i...
Bravo-salazar: Venezuela at the Crossroads of the New Humanity Century
Znet Article, April, 03 2005
Vladimir Bravo-salazar
Bravo-salazar's ZSpace page
1) World oil and peak oil. The world as we know it, and have known it since the 15th century, is reaching a dichotomous moment. This has been brought on by Capitalism, the dominant economic and development model to this point. Humanity is at a j...
Fuentes: Bolivia: A Nation Holds Its Breath
Znet Article, March, 29 2005
Federico Fuentes
Fuentes's ZSpace page
As the dust settles from a wave of mobilisations that paralysed a nation, Bolivia finds itself with a president increasingly unable to govern. Once again, the indigenous peoples of Bolivia have shown that real power lies in the streets. On March...
