If the cell form of capitalism is the commodity, the cellular form of a society beyond capital is the common. Nick Dyer-Witheford discusses the circulation of commons and the conditions they would create for new collective projects and waves of organising »

A new study shows the Obama administration is deporting undocumented immigrants at a higher rate than under President George W. Bush. According to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University, more undocumented immigrants were deported between October and June than during the same period ending in June 2008. The number was nearly double... »

SOURCE: COUNTERPUNCH The biggest crime in the U.S. criminal justice system is that it is a race-based  institution where African-Americans are directly targeted and punished in a much  more aggressive way than white people. Saying the US criminal system is racist may be politically controversial in some  circles.  But the facts are overwhelming.  No real debate... »

“These people are gringos who are coming here with NGOs. Take it somewhere else. These people’s stomachs are full enough”, said the president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, in reference to the protesters who belong to the National Confederation of the Indigenous in Ecuador (CONAIE) . Evo Morales said almost the same thing: “Since the Right... »

Originally Published at upsidedownworld.org I spoke with Alberto Acosta, ex-Minister of Energy and Mines, and ex-President of the Constituent Assembly, in his Quito office on July 8, 2010. Jeffery R. Webber: In a few words, can you describe your political formation and political trajectory? Alberto Acosta: I’m an economist. I’ve worked as an international consultant and as... »

Written by Jeffery R. Webber Monday, 12 July 2010 09:54 I spoke with Alberto Acosta, ex-Minister of Energy and Mines, and ex-President of the Constituent Assembly, in his Quito office on July 8, 2010. Jeffery R. Webber: In a few words, can you describe your political formation and political trajectory? Alberto Acosta: I’m an economist. I’ve worked... »

Why Obama’s “Secure Communities” Program May be More Dangerous Than Arizona (originally posted at Counterpunch.org) By STEWART J. LAWRENCE It’s one of the Obama administration’s most important and secretive immigration enforcement programs. But despite growing concerns from civil libertarians and immigration activists about the way the program’s been designed and implemented, it’s caused barely a ripple... »

June 2011. ZAPATISTA ARMY FOR NATIONAL LIBERATION MEXICO. June 2011. “Pain reminds us That we can be good, That someone better inhabits us, That the river of tears runs a noble current. Pain we call the underside of the leaf of laughter, The darkness on the other side of the star That on your forehead has its placid name And orients our steps... »

May 7, 2011 Mothers, fathers, relatives, and friends of the victims of war in Mexico: Compañeros and Compañeras of the Zapatista support bases of the different zones, regions, towns, and Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities in Rebellion: Compañeros and Compañeras of the Other Campaign and adherents of the Sixth Declaration of the Lacandon Jungle in Mexico and around the... »

With roots in the cowardly murder of Juan Francisco Sicilia Ortega, Luis Antonio Romero Jaime, Julio César Romero Jaime, and Gabriel Alejo Escalera, a wave of rage and indignation has arisen against that which is supposed to provide security for the population: the Mexican State. »

During these especially painful moments for our country, we feel convoked by the clamor synthesized in your brave words, provoked by the pain from the vile murder of Juan Francisco Sicilia Ortega, Luis Antonio Romero Jaime, Julio César Romero Jaime, and Gabriel Alejo Escalera, and in your call for a National March for Justice... »

The psychotic military campaign of Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, who has converted the struggle against crime into a totalitarian argument to purposefully generalize fear throughout the country, is now confronted with the dignified and organized voices of the families of the victims of this war. »