The first month of work of the Constitutional Council is coming to an end and with it, the discussion in the commissions of the amendments presented to the draft bill, which can be submitted until July 17, is approaching. But, how do they evaluate their first month of work? What do they expect? We leave you with the experiences of eight councilors.

We are experiencing a turning point in the long history of migration. The history of migration merges with the history of mankind; it is part of the long, shaping history of the human race. This history began in Africa with the migrations of Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens. Migrants are not (...)

In the referendum held on September 4, 2022, 62% of the Chilean population rejected the draft for a new constitution that had been drawn up by the exceptionally democratic Constitutional Convention over the course of 2021 and 2022. On December 15 of the same year, the parties represented in (...)

In the latest iteration of the Bengali vs Muslim identity debate, a Supreme Court lawyer served a legal notice on April 9, 2023 to Bangladeshi authorities to prohibit the Mongol Shobhajatra – the iconic procession for Bengali New Year (Noboborsho) – from taking place as part of the (...)

Geneva, May 31st – From 15 to 19 May 2023, the 24th session of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Right to Development was held in Geneva to examine the second revised draft convention on this right. The CETIM took an active part in the debates.

Three years ago, XR was hanging by a thread – the Big One protest suggests the movement has learned from its mistakes.
Over the weekend, tens of thousands of climate activists and concerned citizens converged on Westminster for “the Big One”, a climate demonstration with more than 200 (...)

Franck Gaudichaud is a specialist in social and popular movements in Chile and Latin America, and has published numerous works in French and Spanish. On the 50th anniversary of the coup d’état that marked the start of Pinochet’s dictatorship, we asked him about his assessment of events in (...)

Between the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) of the Nicaraguan revolution and the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) of the Chiapas rebellion, there are many similarities and differences. At the heart of these two socialist experiences, cooperative forms play a key role, (...)

India’s prime minister and the billionaire Gautam Adani each benefited from the other’s rise – now their relationship is under scrutiny
India is under attack by foreign powers. Specifically the United Kingdom and the United States. Or so our government would have us believe. Why ? Because (...)

In 2023, France has entered a new period of social and political crisis. The crisis has highlighted the social, ecological and democratic contradictions. The mobilizations are significant. The social movement against the pension reform is continuing. The ecological protest has become more (...)

The media keep silent about the violence of the Venezuelan opposition and the prevailing repression by the right-wing governments of Latin America. The Right’s strategy of an institutional coup faces serious limits, but the Left must address this new threat, supporting anti-imperialist decisions and making a distinction between the capitalist boycott and the government’s ineffectiveness.

Adhering to social-democratic standards, the post-progressive “critical left” objects to Chavismo, dismissing the danger of a coup, and mistakenly identifying authoritarianism as the main danger. The dogmatists overlook the main enemy and converge with the conservatives or slip toward passive neutrality.

The Right only wants elections it is sure it will win. In these very adverse conditions, the Constituent Assembly re-opens opportunities and points to a re-encounter with radical intellectual thought.

We are experiencing a period of considerable turmoil and great uncertainty. We are probably experiencing a change of epoque, during which old trends try to hold on rigidly, initiating new trends. Antonio Gramsci (the Italian Marxist theorist and politician)’s quote is pertinent: "The old world (...)

‘We need to put the world back on track’! The objective of the SDG-summit to be held at the UN General Assembly Meeting in September in New York is very clear. Halfway on the road to 2030, the end date for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, the future looks rather bleak.

In Brazil, fighting the spread of Covid-19 also means fighting President Jair Bolsonaro, who continues to deny the seriousness of the virus. In this context, Brazil’s vulnerable populations - including indigenous peoples - are even more affected.