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When the alternative collapsed and was no longer a threat, capitalism ceased to fear its enemies and returned to its predatory, wealth-concentrating madness
Boaventura de Sousa Santos
Boaventura de Sousa Santos is the emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Coimbra in Portugal. His most recent book is Decolonizing the University: The Challenge of Deep Cognitive Justice.
In light of these repeated attacks on the foundations of the democratic rule of law, we just cannot remain silent
Brazil’s Supreme Court is able to intervene on procedural grounds in Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment, not on the merits of the case
A look at why Rousseff’s impeachment is a highly political process and not a legal one and how this “legislative coup” can be compared to others in recent Latin American history
The first and most pressing task is to save the Brazilian judiciary from the abyss into which it is sinking
The future of the left is no more difficult to predict than any other social fact. The best way to address it…
Portugal is now entering phase two of the global implementation of neoliberalism
Europe’s biggest problem is Germany, not Greece. Just over two years ago (May, 2013) I published a piece entitled “The German Diktat”,…
No country can leave the euro in an orderly way, but should a country show disobedience, it will be expelled and chaos will relentlessly come crashing down on it
Is Syriza about to be butchered to serve as a vaccine against what might occur in Spain, Ireland, Portugal and even Italy?