Mexico: Building democracy
Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the presidential candidate of a coalition of three left-of-centre parties in the general elections to be held in Mexico in July, is seeking out support from social movements.
Chile: Victims of eye trauma tell their stories
Ojos: Memoria de un estallido is a book put together as a memorial for victims of eye trauma suffered as a result of the...
Brazil: pressure for agrarian reform
A broad range of social movements are calling for a more ambitious programme of agrarian reform. LAB's Francis McDonagh reports from Sao Paulo.
Hope despite complexity: reflections on the Feminist Movement Building School
The Feminist Movement Building School was held in Mexico City from 28 August to 1 September 2023, organised by JASS Just Associates and the Feminist Centre for Racial Justice.
Brazil: punishment at last
Sixteen years after the event, the two commanders of the Eldorado dos Carajas massacre, in which 19 people were killed, are finally jailed.
Voz IX: ‘I watched as bonfires of books and papers were...
In August last year, with the 50th anniversary of the coup d’état in Chile fast approaching, Tom Gatehouse interviewed his father Mike Gatehouse about his experiences of being arrested by the military and taken to the National Stadium, and continuing to campaign for human rights.
Solidarity with Mapuche defenders
Two Indigenous activists from ancestral lands now known as Argentina visited the UK last week for a convergence of global social movements, hosted by War on Want.