Venezuela´s authoritarian turn and the repression of its Left

An interview with Edgardo Lander By Anderson Bean and Edgardo Lander Since Venezuela´s disputed 2024 elections, Nicolas Maduro´s government has escalated its authoritarian turn. More than 2,000 people were detained in days following the vote and targeted persecution has widened to include journalist, trade unionists, academics, and human rights defenders. Human rights activist Marta Lía Grajales was disappeared for two days after denouncing the brutal … Continue reading Venezuela´s authoritarian turn and the repression of its Left

Protestas masivas y los dos mundos de la política Indonesia

Edward Aspinall La ola de manifestaciones que sacudió las ciudades y pueblos de Indonesia la semana pasada muestra más que unas pocas similitudes con la que tumbó el régimen de Suharto en 1998. Algunas de las similitudes saltan a la vista. En ambos casos, la represión violenta de las fuerzas de seguridad dio pie a la escalada del movimiento. En 1998, los disparos contra estudiantes … Continue reading Protestas masivas y los dos mundos de la política Indonesia

Le TFFF, une fausse solution pour les forêts tropicales

Leia o post completo aqui [Language English, Español, Português, Français, Bahasa] Par Mary Louise Malig et Pablo Solón En novembre 2025, le gouvernement brésilien accueillera la 30ème Conférence des Parties à la Convention-cadre des Nations unies sur les changements climatiques (COP 30) à Belém do Pará. À cette occasion, il prévoit de lancer le mécanisme de financement pour les forêts tropicales (TFFF, pour son acronyme en anglais). Cette initiative … Continue reading Le TFFF, une fausse solution pour les forêts tropicales

TFFF: Uma falsa solução para as florestas tropicais

Leia o post completo aqui [Language English, Español, Português, Français, Bahasa] Por Mary Louise Malig e Pablo Solón O governo brasileiro pretende lançar o Fundo de Financiamento para Florestas Tropicais (TFFF – Tropical Forest Finance Facility em inglês) em novembro de 2025, durante a 30ª Conferência das Partes da Convenção-Marco das Nações Unidas sobre Mudanças Climáticas (COP 30), em Belém do Pará. Essa iniciativa, que reúne os países com … Continue reading TFFF: Uma falsa solução para as florestas tropicais

TFFF: Solusi Palsu untuk Hutan Tropis

Baca postingan selengkapnya di sini [Language English, Español, Português, Français, Bahasa] Oleh Mary Louise Malig dan Pablo Solón Pemerintah Brasil akan menjadi tuan rumah Konferensi Para Pihak ke-30 Konvensi Iklim PBB (COP 30) yang akan diselenggarakan di Belém do Pará pada November 2025, di mana mereka berencana untuk meluncurkan Tropical Forest Finance Facility (TFFF) atau Fasilitas Pembiayaan Hutan Tropis. Inisiatif ini, yang mempertemukan negara-negara dengan hutan hujan terbesar di … Continue reading TFFF: Solusi Palsu untuk Hutan Tropis

TFFF: A False Solution for Tropical Forests

Read the full post here [Language English, Español, Português, Français, Bahasa] By Mary Louise Malig and Pablo Solón The Brazilian government is hosting the upcoming 30th Conference of Parties to the UN Climate Convention (COP 30) in Belém do Pará in November 2025, where it plans to launch the Tropical Forest Finance Facility (TFFF). This initiative bringing together the countries with the most rainforests was facilitated on the sidelines … Continue reading TFFF: A False Solution for Tropical Forests

TFFF: Una falsa solución para los bosques tropicales

Lea la publicación completa aquí [Language English, Español, Português, Français, Bahasa] Por Mary Louise Malig y Pablo Solón El gobierno de Brasil busca lanzar en noviembre de 2025 durante la 30.ª Conferencia de las Partes de la Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático (COP 30) en Belém do Pará, el Fondo de Financiamiento para los Bosques Tropicales (TFFF – Tropical Forest Finance Facility en inglés). Esta … Continue reading TFFF: Una falsa solución para los bosques tropicales

Del XI FOSPA a la COP 30

Un acuerdo para hacer frente al “territorio desconocido” Por Pablo Solón El informe de la Organización Meteorológica Mundial (OMM) sobre El Estado del Clima 2023 señala que el año pasado “fue el año más cálido en el registro observacional de 174 años”. Dicho texto sostiene que apenas faltaron unas pocas centésimas para superar el incremento de la temperatura del planeta en un 1,5°C. Los datos … Continue reading Del XI FOSPA a la COP 30

Un comentario rápido sobre el Informe de la Organización Meteorológica Mundial

por Luiz Marques En marzo de 2024, la Organización Meteorológica Mundial publicó su informe anual, The State of the Global Climate 2023 (en adelante, OMM 2023) confirmando oficialmente su informe provisional de octubre de 2023 [1] y lo que ya habían anticipado las agencias climáticas nacionales y europeas, así como la literatura científica reciente. Citemos y comentemos cinco de los puntos más importantes de este informe:[2] … Continue reading Un comentario rápido sobre el Informe de la Organización Meteorológica Mundial

O relatório da Organização Meteorológica Mundial. Um rápido comentário

Por Luiz Marques Em março de 2024, a Organização Meteorológica Mundial lançou seu relatório anual, The State of the Global Climate 2023 (doravante OMM 2023) confirmando oficialmente seu relatório provisório de outubro de 2023[1] e o que já fora antecipado pelas agências nacionais e europeia do clima, bem como pela literatura científica recente. Citemos e comentemos cinco dos pontos mais importantes desse relatório:[2] O primeiro ponto refere-se, obviamente, … Continue reading O relatório da Organização Meteorológica Mundial. Um rápido comentário

Afterthoughts

Chapter Five of Amazing Artificial Intelligence* Read the publication in full here There is no question that the advancement of technology, including something still yet to be fully understood, such as Artificial Intelligence, automated systems and all its elements, has the potential for both good but also for incredible harm. Yes, advancements in this field have made great strides in information technologies, communications, and other areas. … Continue reading Afterthoughts

The AI “arms race”

Chapter Three of Amazing Artificial Intelligence* Read the publication in full here This chapter then delves into the problems and dangers around the haste and hubris of prioritizing winning this so called race and generating this unrealistic hype around AI chatbots, consequences can be dealt with later, if they can. Again, this publication is delving into these two examples of text to image generation and the … Continue reading The AI “arms race”

Amazing Artificial Intelligence*

*But at the cost of ethics, theft, racist algorithms, invasion of privacy, and violation of rights?  by Mary Louise Malig Read the publication in full here Contents: IntroductionI. What is Artificial Intelligence?II. The controversy of AI art theftIII. The AI “arms race”IV. The urgency for policies to protect peopleV. Afterthoughts Introduction Science fiction books, movies and pop culture have made the term or concept “artificial … Continue reading Amazing Artificial Intelligence*

The urgency for policies to protect people

Chapter Four of Amazing Artificial Intelligence* Read the publication in full here The potential for both good and harm by automated systems, new technologies and Artificial Intelligence has been well documented and examples for both sides abound. In this publication alone, a very small slice of those examples had been touched upon, both the good and the harm. There are already lawsuits being filed and civil … Continue reading The urgency for policies to protect people

The controversy of AI art theft

Chapter Two of Amazing Artificial Intelligence* Read the publication in full here This chapter will go into the controversy around the AI tools being used to generate images from text, the issue of where those images were taken from, data laundering and the absolute lack of consent from billions of artists. Before delving into this second chapter, it is important to note that this publication is … Continue reading The controversy of AI art theft

What is Artificial Intelligence

Chapter One of Amazing Artificial Intelligence* Read the publication in full here As stated in the introduction, Artificial Intelligence or AI for short is generally defined as the general ability of computers to emulate human thought and perform tasks in real-world environments – such as perceiving, analyzing, understanding and collating for synthesizing. Or as the Oxford dictionary defines it more technically, Artificial Intelligence is the theory … Continue reading What is Artificial Intelligence

Decoding the digital economy

by Mary Louise Malig Read the publication in full here Content:IntroductionScope of the Digital EconomyThe Platform EconomyThe Value of DataThe Technology of the Digital WorldPreliminary conclusions and Afterthoughts Introduction Have you ever taken a ride in an Uber or Lyft? Do you have a room or apartment that you have registered as a place to rent out on AirBnB? Have you ever bought and downloaded … Continue reading Decoding the digital economy

El veredicto del Tribunal de los Pueblos: Los pueblos y la naturaleza vs la CMNUCC

[English] El 7 de noviembre, en el marco de la Cumbre de los Pueblos durante la COP26 de Glasgow, el Tribunal de los Pueblos y la Naturaleza declaró a la CMNUCC culpable de no abordar las causas fundamentales del cambio climático. Tribunal: Ambassador Lumumba Di-Aping (former Chief Climate Negotiator for the G77 and China) Katerina Anastasiou (transform! europe) Samantha Hargreaves (WoMin African Alliance) Larry Lohmann … Continue reading El veredicto del Tribunal de los Pueblos: Los pueblos y la naturaleza vs la CMNUCC

The Verdict of The People’s Tribunal: People and Nature vs the UNFCCC

[Español] On 7 November, in the framework of the Peoples’ Summit during the Glasgow COP26, the Jury of the People’s and Nature found the UNFCCC guilty of failing of address the root causes of climate change. Tribunal: Ambassador Lumumba Di-Aping (former Chief Climate Negotiator for the G77 and China) Katerina Anastasiou (transform! europe) Samantha Hargreaves (WoMin African Alliance) Larry Lohmann (The Corner House) Vijay Prashad … Continue reading The Verdict of The People’s Tribunal: People and Nature vs the UNFCCC

Dominant trends in the capitalist world system in the context of the pandemic

Edgardo Lander

1. With the pandemic, debates that had already been taking place from a wide political spectrum of questioning neoliberal globalization are accelerating. The fragility of the productive chains long established with the aim of maximizing short-term corporate profits has fallen to bare in their extraordinary vulnerability. What happens in one link in the chain can have global consequences. Dependence on imports for materials is as critical as basic health equipment and food. This situation has placed in political debate the need for higher levels of self-sufficiency or sovereignty in many different countries of the world. The pandemic has stripped the world like never before. While richer countries are grabbing vaccines for their population and refuse to relax the rules on protection of intellectual property controlled by pharmaceutical corporations developed thanks to massive public funding, many countries in the South will not have widespread access to vaccines until 2022, according to estimates by the People’s Vaccine Alliance[1].

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