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#chinesevirus: The Long Racism that Lurks Behind COVID-19

#chinesevirus: The Long Racism that Lurks Behind COVID-19

According to a recent study that analysed tweets from 9 March to 23 March 2020, corresponding to the week before and the week after President Donald J. Trump’s tweet with the phrase, “Chinese Virus,” there was a significant increase in anti-Asian hashtags associated with #chinesevirus when comparing the week

Open letter to two young indigenous Ecuadorians

Open letter to two young indigenous Ecuadorians

My dear young friends, I appreciate the time you have spent conversing with me over these past few weeks, discussing the election process now underway in your country. As I told you then, I was truly perplexed by the international controversy among the various party families on the left regarding

Myanmar’s Diverse Revolution Digging in For the Long Haul

Myanmar’s Diverse Revolution Digging in For the Long Haul

Six weeks after Myanmar’s generals staged a coup d’état, all-out civil war is looming over the country while resistance is not abating. Far from it, Myanmar’s Spring Revolution is rapidly transforming into an ever more defiant and unified movement. This is despite – or rather because – of the

Chile’s constitutional battle: between neoliberal fascism and buen vivir

Chile’s constitutional battle: between neoliberal fascism and buen vivir

October 2019 marked a watershed in Chile´s recent history, as millions took the streets in almost four weeks, defying a military curfew and increasing police brutality. Synchronized with processes of social upheaval taking place in other latitudes from Hong Kong and Ecuador to the very core of the North

Reversing the pain: a new dawn for Bolivia

Reversing the pain: a new dawn for Bolivia

What happened in Bolivia during the last elections has been a fascinating social and political process worth sharing with you, wherever you are. The Movement for Socialism (MAS) and the international left triumphantly interpret their victory as the electoral ratification of their project. This reading constitutes an almost neurotic act

The Robotized Vigilante

The Robotized Vigilante

The drone’s coming of age During the nineties, the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone, did not interest military strategists nor espionage agency directors. Drones were used marginally in different forms since World War I until the Vietnam war, mostly for spying and as decoys. It was considered a

Coup 53: A Re-Enactment of the British and American Role in the Overthrow of Mohammad Mossadegh

Coup 53: A Re-Enactment of the British and American Role in the Overthrow of Mohammad Mossadegh

“Coup 53”, a documentary by Taghi Amirani (Amirani Media, 2019), is an extensive visual account of the removal from power of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh in the 19 August 1953 Coup, a historical event that continues to reverberate as a theme within Iranian society. The Anglo-American-directed operation which unseated