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6 November 2023

Malawian demographer Eliya Zulu: “Africa’s youthful population could drive the continent’s socio-economic transformation”

“The question is: can the world ignore Africa? The fact that other regions don’t have youthful populations means that Africa has an opportunity to actually help address labour shortages elsewhere and the rest of the world will have Africa’s young [...]Read the full article

Verónica Gago, essayist: “Inflation is driving what is happening and pulverising everything else”

16 October 2023

Politics & economy

Verónica Gago, essayist: “Inflation is driving what is happening and pulverising everything else”

The success of the far right in Argentina “cannot be separated from a critical political and economic situation [with galloping inflation] that makes you feel like your income is losing value from one minute to the next. It’s a daily battle [...]Read the full article

European Roma Rights Centre director, Ðorđe Jovanović: Open Society's decision to scale back operations in Europe “means that hundreds of small organisations will probably die”

5 October 2023

Human rights

European Roma Rights Centre director, Ðorđe Jovanović: Open Society’s decision to scale back operations in Europe “means that hundreds of small organisations will probably die”

“The whole idea of strategic litigation is not just important from the perspective of winning victories. It is also important from the perspective of our experience in Europe being written into official records of state [...]Read the full article

Indigenous trade unionists from around the world call for more inclusion and solidarity: “We are not just there to sing the songs and do the opening prayer”

9 August 2023

Human rights

Indigenous trade unionists from around the world call for more inclusion and solidarity: “We are not just there to sing the songs and do the opening prayer”

Indigenous peoples are often among the workers most discriminated against and in the most precarious jobs, but they have an ally in the trade union movement to help defend their rights and improve their social and working conditions. Māori, Sami [...]Read the full article

Aída Ponce del Castillo, researcher: “CEOs like Sam Altman of OpenAI can negotiate with a state as if they themselves were a state. What are the consequences for democratic governance?”

17 July 2023

Labour

Aída Ponce del Castillo, researcher: “CEOs like Sam Altman of OpenAI can negotiate with a state as if they themselves were a state. What are the consequences for democratic governance?”

“Neither self-regulation nor ethical guidelines work when it comes to labour. Only laws do.”Read the full article

Helena Silvestre: “Occupation enables us to take part in the birth of a neighbourhood and think about new ways of living together”

10 July 2023

Politics & economy

Helena Silvestre: “Occupation enables us to take part in the birth of a neighbourhood and think about new ways of living together”

“Maybe it’s not the right to the city that we need. […] the city represents a form of accumulation that feeds on the extraction of everything around it: the favelas, the occupations and the countryside.”Read the full article

Alondra Carrillo: “We are currently witnessing an acceleration of authoritarianism and the deprivation of fundamental rights”

2 June 2023

Politics & economy

Alondra Carrillo: “We are currently witnessing an acceleration of authoritarianism and the deprivation of fundamental rights”

“In addition to being a health crisis, the pandemic has resulted in a global restructuring of our living and working conditions,” says Chilean psychologist Alondra Carrillo, former spokesperson for the Coordinadora Feminista 8M and member of the [...]Read the full article

For Argentine sociologist Ariel Goldstein: “The growth of evangelical churches is a result of the failure of the state to resolve the major problems that people face”

17 February 2023

Politics & economy

For Argentine sociologist Ariel Goldstein: “The growth of evangelical churches is a result of the failure of the state to resolve the major problems that people face”

Why are evangelical churches in Latin America increasingly influencing the region’s political, social and economic agenda? Argentine sociologist Ariel Goldstein provides some insight into the [...]Read the full article

French MP, Rachel Keke: “From the Paris chambermaid strike, I learned the power of collective struggle”

1 February 2023

Politics & economy

French MP, Rachel Keke: “From the Paris chambermaid strike, I learned the power of collective struggle”

Former housekeeper Rachel Keke entered politics following a successful battle to defend the labour rights of chambermaids in the hotel industry. Now a deputy in the French National Assembly, Keke continues to fight for the rights of essential [...]Read the full article

Ken Loach: “The BBC's role in the destruction of Jeremy Corbyn's leadership has been absolutely shameless”

16 December 2022

Culture

Ken Loach: “The BBC’s role in the destruction of Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership has been absolutely shameless”

“Jeremy Corbyn doesn’t exist in history now, and all the purges [of the Labour party], the manipulation of the rules, and the straight aggression has been unbelievable.”Read the full article

Nazareth Castellanos: “We should invest less in artificial intelligence and more in natural intelligence”

26 September 2022

Culture

Nazareth Castellanos: “We should invest less in artificial intelligence and more in natural intelligence”

“There are some amazing sides to the use of the internet and social media: never before have we had access to so much information and culture. I think it’s important not only to control how many hours we spend using technological devices but, [...]Read the full article

Ricardo Patah of UGT Brazil: “For the work of the future, we need a union of the future”

24 August 2022

Labour

Ricardo Patah of UGT Brazil: “For the work of the future, we need a union of the future”

In an interview with Equal Times, Patah discusses the conditions that digital platform workers in Brazil face, particularly the country’s nearly 300,000 motoboys and the options available to unions for organising these [...]Read the full article

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