Traducido del inglés para Rebelión por Carlos Sanchis
Etiqueta: J. Petras
It was Christmas day and while the fathers slept off a big meal and an excess of beer and rum, the children were racing around the neighborhood: The lucky ones showing off their toys, others crowding around a youngster with his own new bicycle. «Pedro! Come in and get dressed or you will miss the […]
Entrevista con James Petras
Comentarios de James Petras. Lunes 19 de diciembre de 2005 «Obviamente hay una gran masa de personas pobres que no saben bien la historia, los zig zag y medidas mediatizadoras de Evo. No saben que no apoyó los levantamientos, que apoyó a Mesa y después desvió las manifestaciones, el camino electoral, etc. Entonces yo creo […]
Entrevista con James Petras
Efraín Chury Iribarne: ¿Qué ha pasado con la izquierda latinoamericana en general que ha llegado al gobierno después de los regímenes militares y las dictaduras fascistas de los años 70? Petras: Bueno, podríamos decir que en general han derechizado e incluso lo que es más evidente, han adaptado la política neoliberal hacia la economía. Es […]
A new turning point
The Venezuelan congressional elections of December 4, 2005 mark a turning point in domestic politics and US-Venezuelan relations. President Chavez’s party, the Movement of the Fifth Republic, won approximately 68% of the congressional seats and with other pro-government parties , elected all the representatives. The turnout for the congressional elections without a presidential campaign was […]
Un nuevo momento crucial
Traducido del inglés para Rebelión por Carlos Sanchis y revisado por Manuel Talens
Traducido para Rebelión por Sinfo Fernández
Introduction The question of war and peace evokes many conflicting responses. For the ideologues and civilian militarists in Washington ‘peace’ can be secured with the consolidation of a world empire, which in turn implies … perpetual wars throughout the world. For the ideologues and political spokespeople of the multinational corporations, the operation of the free […]
Traducido para Rebelión por Sinfo Fernández
The national debate, which the indictment of Irving Lewis Libby for perjury and obstruction of justice has aroused in the mass media, has failed to address the most basic questions concerning the deep structural context, which influenced his felonious behavior. The most superficial explanation was that Libby, by exposing Valerie Plame (a CIA agent), acted […]