Toward an ecological revolution
by David Johnson A review of Will the Flower Slip Through the Asphalt: Writers Respond to Capitalist Climate Change. Vijay Prashad, editor. LeftWord Books, 2017. Originally published in CounterPunch here on […]
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Ana Tijoux: ‘We can’t think of a feminism, an anti-patriarchy, without anti-capitalism’
by Ana María Tijoux Woman, daughter, mother, comrade, singer, feminist and much more. March 8, 2017 Originally published in Spanish here Translated to English by Committee on U.S.-Latin American Relations […]
The Caribbean in the Vortex of Capitalist Globalization
“The Caribbean in the Vortex of Capitalist Globalization” A Talk by Dr. Jeb Sprague-Silgado Thursday March 9, 4:30 pm Founders Room, Anabel Taylor Hall Cornell University First in a series […]
CUSLAR helped propel me into a global career in journalism
by Bill Gasperini For me CUSLAR was almost more important than Rural Sociology at Cornell. I chose that major after doing volunteer social work in Brazil on an exchange program […]
Mexico’s Special Economic Zones: Regional development or more neoliberal reform?
by Ángel Álvarez Martínez and Marx Aguirre Ochoa Translated from the original Spanish by Tim Shenk, CUSLAR What is a Special Economic Zone, or SEZ? It’s considered a geographical area that […]
Fidel Castro Ruz, 1926-2016
Fidel Castro, father of the Cuban Revolution and one of the great figures of the twentieth century, has died at 90. His brother, Raul Castro, president of Cuba, made the […]
Learning hope in difficult times: On Paulo Freire’s reflections on struggle
This reflection on Paulo Freire’s call for an education in hope was first published in 2013 in the CUSLAR Newsletter. Freire wrote from exile after a fascist military takeover of his […]
