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Zibechi: The end of the landscape (during the battle)
By Raúl Zibechi When the war began, a timely communique from the EZLN analyzing the first days of the conflict concluded this way: “The war must stop now. If it is maintained and, predictably, scaled, then there may be no…
Read MoreZibechi: Police in the states, are for dispossession
By: Raúl Zibechi Michel Foucault considered the police as the permanent coup d’état, a phrase that became famous, although few people fully assume it. The philosopher lived and reflected in France in 1978, when the welfare state was still functioning…
Read MoreZibechi: The impotence of the states
By: Raúl Zibechi We are accustomed to the fact that defenders of state-centric policy publicize the actions of states, emphasizing their achievements and omitting state criminality, which is usually attributed to drug trafficking groups and armed gangs that multiply thanks…
Read MoreThe peoples and the end of the dollar’s hegemony
By: Raúl Zibechi Even US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen admitted that the dollar’s hegemony is in danger, as sanctions on countries such as China, Russia and Iran can undermine the role of the greenback and, therefore, of whoever holds the…
Read MoreExtractivism rhymes with militarism
By: Raúl Zibechi Some very recent events on our continent represent a twist in the militarization of common goods, either legally or de facto, by the hand of governments and their armed forces or irregular armed actors who roam freely…
Read MorePowers and limits of demonstrations
By: Raúl Zibechi In 2003, millions of people won the streets of many cities around the world to protest against the invasion of Iraq by the United States, fabricated with the false argument of the existence of weapons of mass destruction. That…
Read MoreThe storms from above
By: Raúl Zibechi They are multiple and simultaneous. They are environmental, military, political, paramilitary, economic and femicidal storms. It’s drug trafficking as an arm of the states and the powerful. It’s a policy of accumulation of capital and of power,…
Read MoreMovements from below 2022-2023. Learning to navigate the storm
By: Raúl Zibechi The year that has just ended was dominated by war after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It was a year led by the States, particularly the most powerful (United States, China, Russia, European Union…), which seek to…
Read MoreThe Decomposition of Democracy
By: Raúl Zibechi There is consensus as to the convenience of democracy and rejection of dictatorship. But this consensus obscures opposing ideas about what we understand by democracy and where we place the emphasis: from those who prioritize the electoral…
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