Russian socialist and anti-war activist Boris Kagarlitsky was released from custody on December 12, after spending nearly five months in jail awaiting trial, reports Federico Fuentes.
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In Brazil, Sao Paulo’s State Legislative Assembly voted to privatise its water and sanitation company on December 6, after the parliamentary session was briefly suspended while security forces cleared anti-privatisation protesters from the gallery using batons and pepper spray. 鶹ý's Federico Fuentes was on the scene.
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Panama’s Supreme Court has ruled that the contract for an open-pit copper and gold mine in an ecological corridor is unconstitutional, following weeks of mass protests demanding its closure. To find out more, 鶹ý’s Federico Fuentes and Revista Movimento’s Antonio Neto spoke to socialist activist and unionist José Cambra.
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Hong Kong labour rights and political activist Au Loong-Yu talks to 鶹ý’s Federico Fuentes about China’s position in the world today and its implications for peace and solidarity activism.
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Marxist economist and author Claudio Katz speaks to 鶹ý’s Federico Fuentes about the changing dynamics within global imperialism.
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Marxist sociologist and author William I Robinson speaks to 鶹ý’s Federico Fuentes about how contradictions between a globally integrated economy and a nation-state-based system help explain, among other things, rising US-China tensions.
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Choo Chon Kai, from the Socialist Party of Malaysia, talks to 鶹ý’s Federico Fuentes about rising United States-China tensions and the struggle for peace in Southeast Asia.
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Youngsu Won is a socialist and coordinator of the International Forum in South Korea. Speaking to 鶹ý’s Federico Fuentes, he discusses how rising tensions between the United States and China impact South Korean politics.
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Marxist sociologist William I Robinson speaks with 鶹ý’s Federico Fuentes about transnational class exploitation and the global police state. This is the first in a two-part series.
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Marxist economist and author Claudio Katz speaks to 鶹ý’s Federico Fuentes about the realities of imperialism today, in the first of a two-part interview.
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In the second part of our interview, Argentine Marxist economist Esteban Mercatante talks to 鶹ý’s Federico Fuentes about the rise of China and Russia and why neither can be said to have joined the club of imperialist nations.
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Argentine Marxist economist Esteban Mercatante talks to 鶹ý’s Federico Fuentes about the ongoing relevance of imperialism for understanding the world we live in.