In 1976, Bangladeshi economist Dr. Muhammad Yunus came up with the notion that poverty could be solved in developing countries with “microloans” — lending small amounts of money to poor… Read more »
indigenous struggles
La difícil batalla para liberar a Nestora Salgado
Nestora Salgado es ciudadana naturalizada de los Estados Unidos y líder indígena en su pueblo natal de México, Olinalá, Guerrero. El verano pasado, las autoridades mexicanas la encarcelaron debido a… Read more »
The uphill fight to free Nestora Salgado
Nestora Salgado is both a naturalized U.S. citizen and an indigenous leader in her Mexican hometown of Olinalá, Guerrero. Last summer, Mexican authorities jailed her on trumped-up charges related to… Read more »
Michoacán, Guerrero … el pueblo armado y su derecho a hacerlo
La aparición de las policías comunitarias y las autodefensas, un fenómeno extendido a trece estados del país, es uno de los grandes acontecimientos políticos ya no sólo en el plano… Read more »
Mexico: the right of civilian self-defense
The emergence of community police and self-defense groups (las autodefensas) in thirteen of Mexico’s states is a major political event nationally, but also internationally. It is not every day that… Read more »
FreeNestora.org
Good news — on March 31, all federal charges against Nestora Salgado were dismissed! Needed next: get the state charges dropped. Supporters continue to campaign for her freedom. For the… Read more »
Indonesia’s instability today comes from decades of deadly Western interference
By population, Indonesia is the world’s 5th largest country (the USA is 4th). Consisting of 17,500 islands and rich in mineral and agricultural resources, its ancient cultures came under European… Read more »
August 21 International Day of Protest — Free Nestora Salgado!
For decades, Mexico has been besieged by vicious drug cartels that murder thousands of people a year and are linked to the major political parties. Despite powerful protests, the neoliberal… Read more »
En América Latina, comunidades y aborígenes enfrentan mega mineras
El autor pertenece a Núcleo por un Partido Revolucionario Internacionalista (NUPORI) en la República Dominicana. República Dominicana y Haití están asentadas en el segundo depósito de oro más grande de… Read more »
Across Latin America, indigenous communities confront mining megacorporations
The author is with Núcleo por un Partido Revolucionario Internacionalista (NUPORI) in the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic and Haiti rest on the second largest gold deposit in the Americas…. Read more »
Black History Month
Words into Action
Join us for events celebrating the publication of two new titles from Red Letter Press: “Which Way Forward for the Black Lives Matter Movement?” and “A Revolutionary Call for Black Reparations.”
February 11:
New York City SeattleFebruary 19:
San Francisco Los Angeles