- Another World is Possible
Globalization and Anti-capitalism Resource Type: Book Published: 2006 A call-to-arms for progressive activists. McNally argues that capitalism is synonymous with imperialism and fundamentally incompatible with democracy.
- Bolivia: WikiLeaks Expose US Conspiracy
Resource Type: Article Published: 2011 Recently released United States embassy cables from Bolivia have provided additional insight to the events leading up to the September 2008 coup attempt against the Andean countrys first indigenous president.
- Bolivian gas conflict
Connexipedia Article Resource Type: Article A social confrontation in Bolivia centering on the exploitation of the country's vast natural gas reserves.
- Bolivian reality versus the 'extractivism' debate
Resource Type: Article Published: 2014 Some left critics of progressive governments in South America point to differences between 'pro-extractivists' and 'anti-extractivists.' Federico Fuentes says that framework hinders real understanding of the issues.
- Bolivians Demand Justice for 2003 Gas War Massacre
Thousands March in El Alto Resource Type: Article Published: 2014 Thousands of people marched in El Alto, Bolivia on October 17th, 2014 to demand justice for the 2003 massacre of over 60 people during the countrys Gas War under the Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada (Goni) administration. Sanchez de Lozada is currently living freely in the US, and marchers demanded he and others in his government be brought to Bolivia to be tried for ordering the violence.
- Bolivia's Growing Crisis
Against The Current vol. 155 Resource Type: Article Published: 2011 A confrontation between the government of Bolivian president Evo Morales and a part of his indigenous social base is leading to a serious political crisis. A violent police assault on indigenous community protests against a road being built through their self-governed Isiboro Secure National Park and Indigenous Territory (TIPNIS) have led to a growing confrontation.
- Bolivia's Uncertain Revolution
Against The Current vol. 155 Resource Type: Article Published: 2011 Bolivia under the presidency of Evo Morales has become a favorite topic among progressives and social democrats, who have likened his ascendency to the nations highest post as nothing short of revolutionary. The buzz around Morales, a long time social movement figure and the first Indigenous president of the Andean nation has only lost a little luster since his election almost six years ago.
- Canadian Feed The Children
Media Profile in Sources Resource Type: Organization
- Canadian Information Sharing Service
Volume 1, Number 4 - November 1976 Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 1976
- Canadian Information Sharing Service
Volume 1, Number 6 - March 1977 Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 1977
- The Cochabamba Water War of 2000 in 2014
Today's Betrayers Will Not Erase Our Memory Resource Type: Article Published: 2014 Today's betrayers will not erase our memory: Fourteen years ago we won, today it seems like we lost, but we have to rise again to win, and we already know how to do it. From April 4 to 14 in the year 2000 the so-called "Final Battle" was waged in Cochabamba, Bolivia to prevent the privatization of our water. It was part of a strategy designed by the people of Cochabamba in the "Water War" that started on November 12, 1999. Today, after fourteen years of this historic struggle, the people's demands are still the same: democracy, transparency, participation and an economic model that allows us all to enjoy the riches that our Mother Earth generously provides for the benefit of all.
- Concern about article in proposed Bolivian law against racism
Sources News Release Resource Type: Article Published: 2010 Reporters Without Borders calls for an amendment to an article in the draft law against racism.
- Connexions
Volume 5, Number 4 - October 1980 - Health/Sante Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 1980
- Connexions
Volume 6, Number 2 - April 1981 - Urban Core/Milieu Urbain Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 1981
- Connexions
Volume 7, Number 2 - May 1982 - Canada-Latin America/Le Canada-L'Amerique Latine Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 1982
- Connexions Library: South America Focus
Resource Type: Website Published: 2009 Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on South America.
- Embassy Row Online
Resource Type: Website Contact names and numbers for all embassies to Canada and all Canadian embassies abroad.
- The Enemy of Nature
The End of Capitalism or the End of the World? Resource Type: Book Published: 2007 We live in and from nature, but the way we have evolved of doing this is about to destroy you. Capitalism and its by-products -- imperialism, war, neoliberal globalization, racism, poverty, and the destruction of community -- are all playing a part in the destruction of our ecosystem.
- FOCALPoint: Focus on education challenges in Latin America, improving quality in Bolivia and Venezuela
Sources News Release Resource Type: Article Published: 2010 The June edition of FOCALPoint focuses on education challenges in Latin America. It highlights the need to improve quality after significant advances were made in broadening access. Regional perspectives on challenges ahead are complemented by views
- Global Press Freedom Declines in Every Region for First Time Israel, Italy and Hong Kong Lose Free Status
Sources News Release Resource Type: Article Published: 2009 Journalists faced an increasingly grim working environment in 2008, with global press freedom declining for a seventh straight year and deterioration occurring for the first time in every region, according to Freedom House's annual media study.
- Guinea Pigs Spell Independence for Women
Resource Type: Article Published: 2009 Raising guinea pigs has become an important means for Peruvian women to earn money to support their families, as well as to learn how to defend their rights.
- Hugo Chávez and the Crisis of the Dependent Countries: Nationalism, Populism & Democracy
Resource Type: Article Published: 1999 THE SMASHING ELECTORAL triumph of Lieutenant Colonel Hugo Chávez, previously imprisoned because of his participation in a failed military coup against the government of Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez provoked diverse reactions and much confusion.
- Killing Hope
U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II Resource Type: Book Published: 2008 Is the United States a force for democracy? William Blum serves up a forensic overview of U.S. foreign policy spanning sixty years. For those who want the details on the U.S.'s most famous actions (Chile, Cuba, Vietnam, to name a few), and for those who want to learn about lesser-known efforts (France, China, Bolivia, Brazil, for example), this book provides a window on what U.S. foreign policy goals really are. "If you flip over the rock of American foreign policy of the past century, this is what crawls out
invasions
bombings
overthrowing governments
occupations
suppressing movements for social change
assassinating political leaders
perverting elections
manipulating labor unions
manufacturing news
death squads
torture
biological warfare
depleted uranium
drug trafficking
mercenaries
Its not a pretty picture. Its enough to give imperialism a bad name."
- Largest Urban Cable Car Soars Over 'Desperate' Commuters of La Paz
Resource Type: Article Published: 2014 The La Paz region's new cable car system will transform the lives of commuters between La Paz, Bolivia and the mountaintop of El Alto, who currently have to zigzag up the slope in horrible traffic. But will everyone be able to afford it?
- News and Letters
Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Articles from a Marxist-Humanist perspective.
- News & Letters: Draft for Marxist-Humanist Perspectives, 2006 - 2007
Resource Type: Article Published: 2006 We aim to help fill the void on the question of "what happens after" by creatively rethinking and restating his concept of "revolution in permanence" for today.
- Open Veins of Latin America
Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent Resource Type: Book Published: 1973 A political economy, a social and cultural narrative, and a powerful description of primitive capital accumulation.
- Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - November 13, 2014
Libertarian Socialism Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 2014 The topic of the week is Libertarian Socialism. Articles on no-state solutions in Kurdistan; right-wing dirty tricks used to attack labour and environmental groups; scientists unravelling the risks of new pesticides; the terrors faced by fishermen in Gaza; and bringing books and seeking peace in Colombia. Film of the week is Even the Rain, and book of the week is Adolph Reed's Class Notes.
- Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - February 12, 2015
SYRIZA Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 2015 This week we're featuring the 40-point program which SYRIZA, the Greek coalition of the radical left, put forward to win the Greek election. Oliver Tickell writes about the mass media's latest campaign of pro-war propaganda, this time revolving around supposed "Russian aggression" in Ukraine, while Paul Edwards looks at another form of war propaganda, Clint Eastwood's 'American Sniper'. The Topic of the Week is Water Rights. Related items include the film "Blue Gold: World Water Wars," the featured website International Rivers, and articles on water-related struggles, past and present, including articles on the Walkerton water disaster and the Cochabamba water war.
- Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - August 13, 2016
Sports and Politics Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 2016 Sports and politics have always been intertwined, though perhaps never as much so as in the current era. In the modern sports era, survival and success depend largely on the favour of corporations, whose power to provide or withhold funding and sponsorships now shape every aspect of sport, including athletes' incomes and lifestyles. It is now difficult to remember that only a few decades ago, corporate logos were strictly forbidden at Olympic events, while athletes were prohibited from accepting any kind of payment for their involvement in sports. The corporate conquest of sports closely parallels the corporate colonization of nearly all aspects of modern life. Accompanying this in recent years has been the increasing injection of militaristic content into sports spectacles. In Canada, hockey games are now commonly preceded by rituals honouring militarism. In the United States, similar spectacles have been staged for years. In this issue, we feature resources which remind us that resistance to the commercialization, corporatization, and militarization of sports is also part of our heritage.
- Overthrowing other people's governments: The Master List
Resource Type: Article Published: 2013 Instances of the United States overthrowing, or attempting to overthrow, a foreign government since the Second World War.
- OXFAM Canada
Media Profile in Sources Resource Type: Organization
- The Politics of Extractivism
Book Review of "Geopolítica de la Amazonía: Poder hacendal-patrimonial y acumulación capitalista" by Alvaro García Linera Resource Type: Article Published: 2013 García Linera's work is most certainly an expression of the dramatic changes in Bolivia and the "cultural and democratic revolution" Morales and his MAS party claim to have inaugurated.
- Reflections On The New Brunswick Farmers' Tour Of Bolivia.
Resource Type: Article Published: 1982
- Relentless Persistence
Nonviolent Action in Latin America Resource Type: Book Published: 1991 There is in Latin America a tradition of "firmeza permanente," relentless persistence, which has enabled the people to preserve parts of their culture during five centuries of conquest and oppression.
- The Repression Strengthened Us!
Letter From Bolivia Resource Type: Article Published: 2011
- Revolution against "progress": the TIPNIS struggle and class contradictions in Bolivia
Resource Type: Article Published: 2012 Evo Morales's green light to a decades-old project to build a highway connecting Villa Tunari north to San Ignacio de Moxos through the indigenous territory and national park known as TIPNIS (Territorio Indígena del Parque Nacional Isiboro-Sécure), was the catalyst of his government's unpopular ratings.
- Socialist Register 2013
Volume 49: The Question of Strategy Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 2013 This, the 49th volume of the Socialist Register examines the choices faced by the left today, the models of strategy available to it, and the innovations that are being made by groups as they organize in diverse settings.
- Statement Condemning US Removal of Democratically-Elected Evo Morales
Resource Type: Article Published: 2019 Following months of destabilization, on November 10, 2019, the legitimate, constitutional, democratically-elected President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, was driven at gunpoint out of office and the country by the US and its allies, among them Bolivian fascists and several members of the Organization of American States (OAS), including Canada. This latest aggression follows centuries of colonial, imperialist, and neo-colonial conquest and plunder of the Indigenous-majority population of Bolivia.
- The Techno-Fantasies of Evo Morales
The Consequences of Modernization Resource Type: Article Published: 2010 There are two different Evo Morales: the one who makes international eco-proclamations and the one, at home, who is pushing dams, uranium excavation, cell towers, and mega-highways.
- Top Bolivian coup plotters trained by US military's School of the Americas, served as attachés in FBI police programs
Resource Type: Article Published: 2019 The United States played a key role in the military coup in Bolivia, and in a direct way that has scarcely been acknowledged in accounts of the events that forced the country's elected president, Evo Morales, to resign on November 10, 2019.
- The War on Democracy
Resource Type: Film/Video Published: 2007 This film by John Pilger explores the current and past relationship of Washington with Latin American countries such as Venezuela, Bolivia and Chile.
- The War on Democracy in Latin America: Interview with John Pilger
Resource Type: Article Published: 2016 Journalist, writer and filmmaker John Pilger granted this exclusive interview where he talks about the US war on democracy in Latin America. "Modern era imperialism is a war on democracy. Genuine democracy is a threat to unfettered power and cannot be tolerated", he says.
- A Window on Indigenous Life
Intimate Indigeneities: Race, Sex and History in the Small Space of Andean Life (Book Review) Resource Type: Article Published: 2015 Book Review of Andrew Canessa's Intimate Indigeneities: Race, Sex and History in the Small Space of Andean Life.
- With the right-wing coup in Bolivia nearly complete, the junta is hunting down the last remaining dissidents
Resource Type: Article Published: 2019 A brutal military junta that seized power from Bolivia's democratically elected President Evo Morales is violently repressing a working-class indigenous-led uprising, and the country is rapidly falling under its control. Soldiers in military fatigues prowl the streets, enforcing a series of choke points around the seat of power.
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