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Dear friend,
Unrest continues in Venezuela.
La Diaria interviewed TNI fellow Edgardo Lander on his views of the international Left and Venezuela.
The Latin American left’s unconditional support of Chavismo has reinforced the negative tendencies of the Venezuelan experience. Many leftists around the world have not learned from past mistakes and end up endorsing “mafia governments” such as that of Nicaragua, and that “when the Venezuelan model collapses”, the international left may simply “look elsewhere”.
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| The "unconditional solidarity" of the left with Chavismo |
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Edgardo Lander is not only an academic, a Professor at the Central University of Venezuela and a Fellow of the Transnational Institute, he is also an activist who has been linked to social movements and the left for many years. From this point of view, he affirms that the Latin American left’s unconditional support of Chavismo has reinforced the negative tendencies of the Venezuelan experience. He argues that many leftists around the world have not learned from past mistakes and end up endorsing “mafia governments” such as that of Nicaragua, and that “when the Venezuelan model collapses”, the international left may simply “look elsewhere”.
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Nick Buxton
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Ben Hayes, Frank Barat, Isabelle Geuskens, Nick Buxton, Fiona Dove, Francesco Martone, Hannah Twomey and Semanur Karaman
Individual and collective activism is facing a global pushback from states, corporations and the Far Right. The metaphor of 'shrinking space' has been widely embraced as a way of describing a new generation of restrictions on political struggle. However there is a need to deconstruct this narrative and unpack some of the problems inherent in the concept. Read the paper. |
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| Myanmar: Land is the lifeline of the ethnic people |
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Khun Oo, Khun Kaung
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Read the commentaries.
These commentaries are also available in Burmese |
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In October 2016 TNI published a report on the problems many drug users face in Myanmar, advocating for a harm reduction approach. A new and comprehensive infographic highlights many points from this report. Read the infographic. |
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| Petition: Strengthen the human rights of peasants |
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Peasants and other rural working people face systematic discrimination, with rural women particularly affected. They need your support to continue creating agroecological, resilient alternatives to industrial agriculture and develop healthy and sustainable local food systems for the future of our planet. Sign the petition. |
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La “solidaridad incondicional” de la izquierda latinoamericana con el chavismo |
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Venezuela sigue atravesando una situación delicada. Edgardo Lander, uno de los investigadores asociados del TNI, comparte sus reflexiones sobre la izquierda internacional y Venezuela en esta entrevista con el diario uruguayo La Diaria..
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| La “solidaridad incondicional” de la izquierda latinoamericana con el chavismo |
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| El apoyo incondicional de las izquierdas latinoamericanas al chavismo reforzó las tendencias negativas del proceso venezolano. |
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Edgardo Lander no es sólo un académico, profesor titular de la Universidad Central de Venezuela e investigador asociado del Transnational Institute. Es una persona vinculada desde hace años a los movimientos sociales y a la izquierda en su país. Desde ese lugar, afirma que el apoyo incondicional de las izquierdas de la región al chavismo reforzó las tendencias negativas del proceso. Sostiene que las izquierdas a nivel global no han tenido “capacidad de aprender”, que terminan respaldando un “gobierno de mafias” como el de Nicaragua, y que cuando “colapse el modelo venezolano” es posible que simplemente “miren para otro lado”.
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