
Marisela Trevin
Under Xiomara Castro’s Government, the Garífunas in Honduras Still Await Answers in the Struggle for Their Land
The Garífunas in Honduras persist in their struggle for their ancestral lands, while eviction attempts and threats against their leaders continue. Almost 10 months into Xiomara Castro’s administration, her campaign promises to the Garífuna communities remain unfulfilled.
Marisela Trevin
November 19, 2022Honduras: Two Years after the Abduction of Four Garífuna Land Defenders, The Struggle Continues
Two years ago, four young land defenders were abducted from the Garífuna community of Triunfo de la Cruz, in northern Honduras. The state has yet to provide any significant information regarding their whereabouts. In an interview, community leader César Benedith describes the Garifuna community’s continued struggle for answers and for its land.
Marisela Trevin
July 18, 2022Labor Unions, Environmentalists, and Indigenous People Unite to Defeat Mining Interests in Argentina
A zoning law would have opened up the southern Argentinian province of Chubut to large-scale mining by multinational corporations. But the law was defeated in just five days by an alliance of environmentalists, workers, youth, and indigenous people. Their fight points the way forward for other movements around the world.
Marisela Trevin
December 27, 2021Biden and the Democrats Have Given Up on Meaningful Climate Action
Democrats have accepted major cuts to Biden’s already-inadequate climate and social-spending plan, once again showing that the interests of big business come first for the party.
Marisela Trevin
November 10, 2021Stop the Genocide! Garífuna Land Defenders Fight Against State-Sanctioned Violence in Honduras
More than eight months after the kidnapping of four young land defenders from the Garífuna community of Triunfo de la Cruz, in northern Honduras, their whereabouts are still unknown. In a recent statement, the local organization OFRANEH (Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras) issued a denunciation saying that the State of Honduras is committing genocide against the Garífuna people, with the aim of achieving their definitive displacement. We discussed this situation with César Benedith, member of OFRANEH, community leader and former president of the Triunfo de la Cruz Community Board.
Marisela Trevin
March 28, 2021David Duke Supports Brazilian Presidential Candidate
Former grand wizard of the KKK David Duke announced his endorsement for the racist, misogynistic, and extreme-right Brazilian frontrunner in this year's presidential elections, Jair Bolsonaro
Marisela Trevin
October 18, 2018Argentine Workers Stage Nationwide Strike Against IMF and Government Austerity Measures
On Tuesday, Argentine workers went on a general strike, bringing the country to a halt.
Marisela Trevin
September 27, 2018Modern-Day Slaves: Inmates Fight California’s Wildfires for $1 an Hour
Under the guise of rehabilitation and training programs, the state of California coerces inmates into risking their lives for a meager compensation.
Marisela Trevin
August 28, 2018Nicaragua: The Making of a Historic Crisis
Almost 40 years after the Sandinistas spearheaded a movement in Nicaragua that toppled a dictatorship and initiated an era of progressive reforms, the Sandinista government has unleashed a brutal attack on protesters demanding radical changes, accusing them of terrorism and collusion with US agencies. What are the true causes of the recent mass uprisings of the Nicaraguan people?
Marisela Trevin
August 2, 2018Chaos is the ‘New Normal’ in the Caribbean
How has climate change affected the Caribbean?
Marisela Trevin
March 21, 2018Putin Wins Fourth Term Amid Widespread Claims of Election Violations
Putin won the presidential elections in Russia handily last Sunday. However, the voting took place amid widespread claims of voter fraud.
Marisela Trevin
March 19, 2018Repression and Resistance in Putin’s Russia: Hundreds Detained in Protests Against Rigged Elections
Protests are repressed and opposition leaders jailed in Putin's Russia.
Marisela Trevin
January 29, 2018Pepsico Argentina: After Violent Eviction, Workers Win Major Legal Battle
Just two hours after the repression on July 13, a Labor Court of Appeals ruled that PepsiCo had violated the Law and ordered the reinstatement of all workers.
Marisela Trevin
July 16, 2017“Citizens’ Revolution” or Anti-Capitalist Program?: Why we Support Poutou in the French Presidential Elections
Sunday’s presidential elections in France demonstrate, in stark terms, the fall from grace of the country’s two traditional parties and the rise of new phenomena on the right and the left. Much has already has been written about the far-right candidate Marine Le Pen. Here, we examine the candidacy of Jean-Luc Mélanchon, the “leftist” ex-Socialist leader who is now third in the polls. However, despite the panic that his popularity has caused among the French establishment, what Mélanchon seeks is a partnership with capital, not a challenge to it. In contrast stands Philippe Poutou of the NPA, a worker and anti-capitalist activist, who proposes a radically different France.
Marisela Trevin
April 22, 2017After Brutal Repression, the Teachers’ Struggle in Argentina Continues
After weeks, the teachers struggle in Argentina continues despite brutal repression of an “itinerant school.”
Marisela Trevin
April 18, 2017Class Antagonism Takes the Spotlight at French Presidential Debate
Philippe Poutou, presidential candidate for the New Anticapitalist Party and factory worker, brought the class struggle to center stage during the French presidential debate.
Marisela Trevin
April 10, 2017The Rise of the Revolutionary Left in Argentina
In the global context of the advance of the right wing and proliferation of neoreformism, a new revolutionary left is growing in Argentina.
Marisela Trevin
February 25, 2017The Power of Women Organizing: #NiUnaMenos!
A little over a week after the 31st National Women’s Conference, the women of Argentina are mobilized in the streets against sexist violence calling work stoppages and protests against gender based violence.
Marisela Trevin
October 19, 2016Sorbonne Professor Attacked by Police
News of a brutal police attack in Paris against Sorbonne University professor Guillaume Vadot went viral last Friday after his colleague Guillaume Mazeau posted a statement on Facebook.
Marisela Trevin
September 29, 2016