On 12 August 1975, 51 years ago today, the fascist regime, already in its death throes but as bloodthirsty as ever, cold-bloodedly murdered one of the most lucid consciences of the Galician working class. Franco would die months later, but Moncho Reboiras would not live to see it. He neither begged for mercy nor went into hiding: he confronted the dictatorship with the tool of trade union organisation. His true subversion, beyond the armed legend, was the weaving of the … Read more

The Argentine economic crisis of 2001, the result of two decades of savage neoliberalism, left the country in ruins. The industrial fabric was dismantled and public companies were privatized. The financial “corralito” froze bank accounts, capital flight exceeded 40 billion dollars, and factories closed their doors in a succession of mass layoffs that impoverished the population. In this context of crisis and political corruption, a wave of solidarity also emerged, in which workers from different factories and companies decided to … Read more

On August 8, 1974, 51 years ago today, the President of the United States of America, Richard Nixon, announced in a televised address from the Oval Office his resignation from office, preempting the impeachment process. He was the first president in that country’s history to take that step, and the reason was the scandal known as Watergate—the famous case of political espionage that brought to the fore the workings of what was supposed to be a democracy and shook the … Read more

While numerous countries and regions sit today in Hiroshima’s Peace Park to attend the commemorative ceremony of the 81st anniversary of the atomic bomb blast, nuclear-armed states continue to modernize their arsenals. The record attendance, exceeding last year’s 120 delegations, stands in stark contrast to the paralysis of international disarmament. The “hibakusha”, survivors whose ranks dwindle each year, attend a ceremony where pacifist symbolism clashes with the reality of an international system that invests billions in the lucrative business of … Read more