https://znetwork.org/author/atilioboron/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Tue, 16 Dec 2025 15:23:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/atilioboron/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/chile-pinochetism-returns-to-power/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/chile-pinochetism-returns-to-power/#respond Tue, 16 Dec 2025 17:01:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1292435 José A. Kast’s resounding victory in the runoff election is bound to have a profound influence on Chile. A solid, neo-fascist, extreme right-wing force consolidated as a result of the convergence of two radical variants of Pinochetism —one led by Kast and the other, even more extreme, by Johannes Kaiser— to which rushed to join [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/chile-pinochetism-returns-to-power/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/trump-and-his-impossible-return-to-the-past/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/trump-and-his-impossible-return-to-the-past/#respond Wed, 02 Apr 2025 17:55:41 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1281897 The radical return to protectionism is not only possible but necessary for an empire facing an undeniable decline. It has been denounced by critical analysts but certified by leading intellectuals of the US establishment, such as Zbigniew Brzeziński in a 2012 text and, subsequently, by several documents of the Rand Corporation. 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