No hace falta volver a describir esas terribles imágenes. Todos las vieron. Al instante se convirtieron en un poderoso símbolo que resonó en todo el mundo: Parecían decir “Vamos a mantener nuestra rodilla sobre tu cuello hasta que te mueras”. Pronto se notó que muchos sentían la presión de la rodilla en sus cuellos: la …
Pas besoin de revenir sur ces horribles images. Tout le monde les a vues. Elles sont devenues instantanément un symbole puissant qui a résonné dans le monde entier: “Nous garderons notre genou sur votre cou jusqu’à votre mort”, semblaient-elles dire. Il est vite apparu que beaucoup ressentaient cette pression du genou sur leur cou. La …
No need to recount those awful images. Everybody saw them. They instantly became a powerful symbol that resonated all over the world: “We’ll keep our knee on your neck until you die”, they seemed to say. It soon appeared that many felt that knee pressure on their necks: The pressure of disrespect and discrimination; the …
La crisis sanitaria mundial es un verdadero revelador de la naturaleza humana y sus contradicciones. Al bloquear parcialmente aspectos fundamentales de la vida social ordinaria, como el trabajo, el contacto humano, el transporte y el ocio, arroja una luz diferente sobre muchas de las ideas, creencias y prácticas en las que se basa el orden …
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The global health crisis is a true revealer of human nature and its contradictions. By partially blocking fundamental aspects of ordinary social life, such as work, human contact, transport, leisure, it throws a different light on many of the ideas, beliefs and practices on which the established order is based. This creates a “void” where …
L’article suivant est écrit par un membre du groupe de discussion Cercle de Paris (CdP). La crise sanitaire mondiale constitue un véritable révélateur de la nature humaine et de ses contradictions. En bloquant partiellement des aspects fondamentaux de la vie sociale ordinaire, tels le travail, les contacts humains, les transports, les loisirs, elle jette …
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LESSON ONE The first lesson is that the capitalist system is incapable of leading us through the crisis today and those to come. It is not just that most of our government leaders are craven bastards, shameless liars, andincompetent imbeciles. That, of course, is what they mostly are and none more than those leading the …
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La crisis viral se ha transformado en una crisis global de reproducción social sin un fin a la vista. Con el cierre de fábricas, oficinas, escuelas e innumerables otras instituciones, muchos millones de personas en todo el mundo se enfrentan a la pérdida de ingresos, vivienda y acceso a recursos básicos de supervivencia. Mientras tanto, …
The viral crisis has mutated into a global crisis of social reproduction with no end in sight. With the shutdown of factories, offices, schools and countless other institutions, many millions of people all over the world are facing loss of income, housing, and access to basic survival resources. Meanwhile, the deadly pandemic is raging on, …
The climate crisis is accelerating before our eyes and the whole world sees it. Australia is burning, floods and other disasters abound. Not long before the smoke of burning trees darkened the skies of Australia, it did so in South America, where the deforestation of Amazonia rapidly progresses. This catastrophe is the subject of the …