The greatest danger you confront is pessimism
Interview with British marxist geographer David Harvey in which he addresses Brazil's current problems. "You went through far worse things," he says,...
A Savage Marx
Jean Tible argues that a living Marxism must be open to contamination in order to break the spell of bewitched capitalism. We must...
Mexico: AMLO’s first hundred days
Since taking office on 1 December 2018, president
Andres Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has been a man in a hurry. Aged 65, he is
said to...
Maristella Svampa: the extractivist paradigm
Argentine sociologist Maristella Svampa, a researcher for CONICET, speaks to the Facultad Libre in Buenos Aires, 19 January 2016. Her lecture addresses the problem...
Chile: why didn’t this happen before?
LAB received this report from a long-term friend and supporter in Chile.
Santiago, 1 November
Dear friends at LAB, our country received so much help from...
Chile: why was the new constitution rejected?
Why did such a large majority of Chileans (62%) reject the new draft constitution in the plebiscite on 4 September? Emily Gregg analyses the salient reasons and asks, if not like this, then how is change to be effected?
Released Lula in for greatest fight of his life
This article by Pepe Escobar first appeared in the Asia Times of 11 November. You can read the original here.
Pepe Escobar is a Brazilian...
Eliane Brum: collected journalism
A 2013 interview with journalist Eliane Brum at the Sempre Um Papo literary festival in Belo Horizonte, where she talks about her new book,...
Lula: I’m on the side of truth
This interview, by special correspondent Bruno Meyerfeld, appeared in Le Monde on 12 September 2019. The original, in French, can be read here. It...
Climate Change and Bolivia
Interview with René Orellana on the impact of Climate Change on Bolivia. The Democracy Center, March 2012.