Month: July 2024

Beatriz González (Colombia), Señor presidente, qué honor estar con usted en este momento histórico (‘Mr President, What an Honour to Be with You in This Historic Moment’), 1987. Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. There are times in life when you want to set aside complexity and return to the essence of things. Last week, I was on a boat in the Caribbean Sea, travelling from Isla Grande to the mainland of Colombia, when it began to rain heavily. Though our boat was modest, we were in minimal danger with Ever de la Rosa Morales, a leader of the Afro-Colombian community on the twenty-seven Rosario Islands (located off the coast of Cartagena), at the helm. During the downpour, a range of human emotions swept through me, from fear to...

Leave a Comment / Economics, History, Philosophy, Politics / By left Prof. Ameer Hamza Virk Many political scholars agree that most post-colonial nations have failed to achieve full independence, as imperial powers continued to issue policy directives to their subordinate ruling elites. What we also call modern neo-colonialism in political language. In third world countries, whenever a popular political leader raised his voice against modern colonial powers, establishment or exploitative forces, he got a lot of praise. Polarization occurs when a society splits into different factions at the extremes, without a coherent middle ground. Polarization is shaking societies around the world, from new democracies to long-established democracies. In recent years, we’ve seen the United ...