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Historical Introduction Between January and April 2003, one of the largest transnational mobilizations in contemporary history took place. In response to the impending US- and UK-led invasion of Iraq, approximately 36 million people took part in anti-war protests across hundreds of cities in more than 60 countries, according to estimates cited in academic studies and later compilations. While widely referenced, these figures remain subject to historical debate and include mobilizations carried out over several months. February 15, 2003 marked the … Read more

The epicenter of the fight against inequality In 2011, Zuccotti Park in New York became an emblematic square. The Occupy Wall Street movement emerged with a clear slogan: “We are the 99%”, denouncing the 1% control over the economy, politics, and life. Beyond the encampments, it built a model of resistance that continues to inspire anti-capitalist collectives such as ECOAR))). Roots of horizontal rebellion Occupy’s strength lay in its assembly-based structure. Without leaders or hierarchies, participants organized in working groups … Read more

Global technology companies sustain structures of oppression in Palestine through million-dollar contracts with Israel. Meta (USA), Google (USA), Microsoft (USA), Amazon (USA), and NSO Group (Israel) stand out for financing, facilitating infrastructure, data, analysis software, or cloud services to enable the location, selection, and tracking of individuals. This makes these corporations key direct actors in state violence, as they facilitate systematic human rights violations. Meta promotes asymmetry in content moderation: between 2021 and 2023, it removed 90% of pro-Palestinian posts … Read more

In recent years, the rejection by the Latin American population, especially indigenous people, of what “Hispanic Day” represents has grown steadily. This has manifested itself in many ways: demolition of statues, removal of street names, transformations of the October 12 celebration, etc. All this is motivated by the awareness of the horrors committed by such sinister characters as Christopher Columbus, Pizarro or Hernán Cortés, who committed crimes that today would be judged as against humanity1, as well as by indigenous … Read more

Everywhere in Europe racism creeps with increasing ease due to the voices of the xenophobic formations and the ultra-conservative stands. But also through a system of borders and policies that reveal an increasing institucionalization of said xenophobia. When in 2012 the European Commission launched a spot with xenophobic content that capitalized on the fear of others1 it received a lot of criticism. But was that spot an isolated event or a demonstration that the pillars of the European project are … Read more

The draft of the Decree on Containers and Container Waste1 that the Spanish government is preparing could include a Deposit, Refund and Return System (DRS), which represents a great victory for one of the historic struggles for the ecologist movements in Spain. The DRS is a waste management model based on leaving a few cents in a deposit when a product is purchased with packaging and that are recovered when the empty packaging is returned. A report by the public … Read more

On June the 1st the new electricity tariff in Spain came into force. The slogan to launch this new rate was “Saving will be easier for you” but the data does not correspond to that phrase. The semi-regulated rate PVPC has had a rise of 34.2% in the bill of the average user which will stand at 81.27 euros according to a study made by FACUA-Consumidores en Acción1. Even with reduced VAT the June invoice is 28.3% higher than the … Read more

On 6th of June the second round of the presidential elections in Peru took place where the candidate of Peru Libre Pedro Castillo triumphed. He will become the new president of the Andean country against the far-right Keiko Fujimori. Keiko Fujimori, seeing that the victory eluded her by a very tight margin, stressed the electoral process by asking for the cancellation of about 200,000 votes in regions where Pedro Castillo has a very high level of support. She asked the … Read more

On 31stof August the government of President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador obtained approval in Congress and published in the Official Gazette a controversial reform of the Law on the Judicial Career on 14thof September1. In the words of the president these rules intend “to purge the Judicial Branch and remove the corrupt.” However, the text of the law includes (among other points) the retirement of magistrates with more than 60 years of age or 30 years in office without … Read more

After twelve years of government Benjamin Netanyahu has ceased to be prime minister of Israel1. The parliament approved the formation of a new government with the conservative Naftali Bennett by 60 votes in favor and 59 against. This change marks the end of two years of political crisis with two elections for which Netanyahu could not obtain sufficient support to form a government and a third that led to a failed coalition government. A change of government that however does … Read more