Politics

The Public’s Warranted Suspicion of Elites Over the course of the last two to three decades, Americans have become more and more distrusting of elites. This distrust has extended beyond the realm of the financial sector into a wariness of…

There is a historical parable, sometimes attributed to accounts of slavery on plantations, that reveals a dark core of social psychology. An enslaved man sees another enslaved man from a neighboring estate, happy, riding a horse his master has given…

Good governance is a right. A new day of street protests was staged today by various groups from Generation Z, the Callao Bloc, the CGTP Callao (General Confederation of Peruvian Workers), the Ama sua ama quella Independent Bloc, workers, social…

US President Trump ordered the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela “closed in its entirety” on November 29. By Roger D. Harris Yet the US has as much legal and moral authority to shutter the skies over Venezuela as the Venezuelans…

Trust is the invisible foundation of a country. It’s what sustains everything: the rule of law, the economy, democratic coexistence. When trust is broken, it’s not just a symbolic bond that is severed: the entire structure upon which communal life…

This year, the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, November 29th, fell close to Thanksgiving Day, the most celebrated holiday in the United States, which falls on the fourth Thursday of November. Along with Thanksgiving, every year comes…

Blocking Candidates. The right wing’s veto of potential electoral candidates has been completed. Yesterday, Thursday the 27th, the Special Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court sentenced former President Pedro Castillo Terrones to 11 years, 5 months, and 15 days in…

Peru is on the verge of the 2026 General Elections, to be held on April 12, and, as in different parts of the world, presents a bleak political landscape, with high fragmentation and corruption in all branches of government. This…

On, November 10, 2025, we had our usual Monday evening general meeting on Zoom for Yves Engler’s campaign. It takes place right after the Canadian Foreign Policy Hour which has been reduced to half an hour due to the campaign.…

To oppose the implementation of New Labour Codes, made effective since 21st November, A Nationwide Massive Protest was organised jointly on 26th November, 2025 by the Trade Unions and Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), a major union of farmers, in more…