by Bill Weinberg, AlterNet With the crisis in Tibet, the left in the US finds itself once again at risk of losing precious moral credibility with the American people by apologizing for atrocities. If “Free Tibet” has become an unthinking… Read moreTHE ANTI-IMPERIALIST CASE FOR TIBETAN FREEDOM
Continue ReadingTHE ANTI-IMPERIALIST CASE FOR TIBETAN FREEDOMby Thaddeus al Nakba, Upside Down World Guatemala has received much attention over recent violence and the impunity enjoyed by its perpetrators. Some organizations state that almost 15 people are murdered daily in Guatemala, mostly in the capital. These numbers… Read moreGUATEMALA: GENOCIDE PLAINTIFFS TESTIFY
Continue ReadingGUATEMALA: GENOCIDE PLAINTIFFS TESTIFYStruggle for a “Social-Public” Sector by Susan Spronk, Upside Down World In the month of February, an unusual plight fell upon the city of La Paz. Torrential rains that hit the region ruptured the water main that services the wealthiest… Read moreBOLIVIA AFTER THE WATER WARS
Continue ReadingBOLIVIA AFTER THE WATER WARSSlavery and Saneamiento in Bolivia by Alexander van Schaick, Upside Down World In recent weeks, cattle ranchers and landowners in Bolivia’s Cordillera province, located in the south of the department of Santa Cruz, resorted to blockades and violence in order… Read moreTHE LANDOWNERS’ REBELLION
Continue ReadingTHE LANDOWNERS’ REBELLIONSanta Cruz Votes for Autonomy by Ben Dangl, Upside Down World A vote for autonomy in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, was passed by approximately 82% of voters on Sunday, May 4. The vote endorses a move by Santa Cruz to, among… Read morePOLARIZING BOLIVIA
Continue ReadingPOLARIZING BOLIVIAOn May 28, a court in Salamá, Baja Verapaz, Guatemala, sentenced five former members of the Civil Patrols, a paramilitary network established by the army during the counter-insurgency war, each to 780 years in prison for the killing of 26… Read moreGuatemala: convictions in Río Negro massacre
A group of some 50 indigenous mayors, town councillors and community leaders, gathered in Sucre, Bolivia, for an appearance by President Evo Morales May 25, were subjected to public humiliation by a right-wing mob—forcing cancellation of the public ceremony called… Read moreBolivia: right-wing mob humiliates indigenous leaders in Sucre
At a May 13-16 People’s Summit in Lima, Peru’s indigenous organizations launched a a new alliance to defend their collective rights—and win power in the 2011 presidential elections. “We want a political instrument that is different from conventional parties. We… Read morePeru: indigenous organizations aim for the presidency
