Cuba reaffirms Socialism while it reckons with its Private Sector
By Manolo De Los Santos Author Bio: Manolo De Los Santos is the co-executive director of the People’s Forum and is a researcher at Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. He co-edited, most recently, Viviremos: Venezuela vs. Hybrid War (LeftWord Books/1804 Books, 2020) and Comrade of the Revolution:…
José Seoane: The Eco collapse we were warned about has begun
By José Seoane Author Bio: This article was produced by Globetrotter. José Seoane is a professor and researcher at the Faculty of Social Sciences (FCSoc) at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), where he is a member of the Latin American and…
Siri Lindley: Most Americans oppose killing horses for food—Here’s how to end this brutal practice
Tens of thousands of American horses are slaughtered every year due to a loophole in federal policy. By Siri Lindley Author Bio: Siri Lindley is a co-founder of Horses In Our Hands, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending the slaughter of America’s…
A Donbas Diary: Looking back at the early stages of the conflict in Ukraine
By Fergie Chambers Source: Globetrotter It is evening in Bucharest, the capital of Romania, one of NATO’s easternmost members. I am waiting at the edge of Izvor Park in the city center to meet with a young friend who has fled…
A criminal attack on democracy: Why Brazil’s fascists should not get amnesty
By Gabriel Rocha Gaspar Source: Globetrotter From all the excited cries echoing from the red tide that took over Brasília during Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s (known as Lula) inauguration as the Brazilian President on January 1, 2023, the most…
Why the Climate Justice March in South Korea could be a game changer for the Environment
By Alice S. Kim Source: Globetrotter On September 24, 2022, more than 30,000 people occupied the main roads of downtown Seoul, South Korea, for the nation’s largest climate justice march. The sheer turnout of people from all walks of life and the…
The Brazilian hard right are already a political cliché
By Vijay Prashad Source: Globetrotter On January 8, 2023, large crowds of people—dressed in colors of the Brazilian flag—descended on the country’s capital, Brasília. They invaded the federal building and Supreme Court and vandalized public property. This attack by the…
Why does our skin wrinkle in water?
Mark Changizi’s study offers a scientific and anthropological explanation for a phenomenon many take for granted. By Omala Snyder Author Bio: Omala Snyder studies English literature, creative writing, and international relations at Dartmouth College, where she works at the student…
The U.S. egged on the coup in Peru
By Vijay Prashad and José Carlos Llerena Robles Author Bio: This article was produced by Globetrotter. Vijay Prashad is an Indian historian, editor, and journalist. He is a writing fellow and chief correspondent at Globetrotter. He is an editor of LeftWord…
Aric Sleeper: ‘Public Trust’—A key legal tool to preserve our natural resources
Law professor Mary Wood breaks down how people can protect their right to clean air, water, and land as well as fortify their climate change resiliency. By Aric Sleeper Author Bio: Aric Sleeper is an independent journalist whose work, which…
