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Evo Morales and Bolivia: 500 years of indigenous struggle against international exploitation

Posted on November 13, 2019 by Stephen Carr Hampton

The rise of Evo Morales to the presidency of Bolivia was a landmark moment in the struggle of indigenous people against colonial oppression. Bolivia has been ground zero in this struggle for centuries. Five hundred years ago, enslaved Aymara worked … Continue reading →

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United States interventions in foreign countries, Hiroshima to the present

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Since the 1950s, the US has maintained a near-constant presence in many nations’ political affairs, funding conservative parties and working to sabotage progressive movements, workers’ unions, and liberal parties, all in the name of fighting “communism”. This (incomplete) list is … Continue reading →

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A Deal with the Devil: Los Angeles’ On-Going Greenhouse Gas Disaster

Posted on January 16, 2016 by Stephen Carr Hampton

The Aymara of the Andes have a saying:  everything on the earth and above it belongs to God; everything under it belongs to the devil, whom they call El Tio (the Uncle).  When they work the mines, risking life and … Continue reading →

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Pope Francis apologizes “for crimes committed against the native peoples”

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Stephen Carr Hampton

In Bolivia, the nation with the highest percentage of indigenous people in the Americas, the nation with the only indigenous head of state in the Americas in 500 years, the nation that flies an indigenous flag (below), Pope Francis stepped … Continue reading →

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