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  • La generación del silencio a modo de ficción y de reflexión

    (English summaty) Esta entrevista fue realizada por Raúl Fitipaldi y publicada en Desacato, Brasil, como “O mesmo fogo”: crianças condenadas ao silêncio. Entrevista exclusiva com Jorge Majfud. Lo que sigue es la versión en castellano. La generación del silencio a modo de ficción y de reflexión Raúl Fitipaldi: ¿En esta Patria Grande de exiliados políticos,…

  • A cultura superior: a do líder ou a do capanga?

    O autor Jorge Majfud critica a visão de superioridade cultural dos Estados Unidos, representada pelo CEO Alex Karp. Ele argumenta que essa ideologia promove a opressão e a desumanização, refletindo uma patologia de supremacia. A verdadeira liderança deve priorizar a harmonia e a defesa dos oprimidos, em contraste com a dominação egoísta.

  • On the dehumanization of poor immigrants

    The struggle for immigrant rights highlights systemic discrimination driven by global inequality. Poor migrants face demonization, while the wealthy exploit resources and evade scrutiny. Historical injustices compel migration, leading to criminalization of the victims. As certain nations uphold their privileges, solidarity and moral advocacy for human rights aim to challenge this entrenched oppression.

  • ¿Qué hemos aprendido de los estudiantes?

    Una de las manifestaciones naturales de cualquier poder social fosilizado en el ápice de la pirámide social es la división de los de abajo. La variación capitalista de esta antigua ley, divide et impera, radicó en la inoculación explícita del racismo y en la desmovilización, desarticulación y desmoralización de cualquier organización social que no fuera…

  • El misterio del pueblo palestino

    Los palestinos nunca existieron como pueblo cuando reclaman sus derechos humanos. Sí existieron como el pueblo Amalek hace tres mil años, cuando hay que masacrarlos. Los palestinos son gente muy rara. Como las partículas subatómicas, según la física cuántica y según los sionistas, tienen la capacidad de existir de dos formas diferentes y en distintos…

  • When was the war in Ukraine decided?

    On November 22, 2021, Washington announced the end of the war in Afghanistan. After twenty years of continuous occupation, hundreds of thousands of deaths, and an increase in opium trafficking; eleven years after the official death of one of the CIA’s creatures, Osama bin Laden, Washington withdrew almost all of its operational troops from the…

  • Wann wurde der Krieg in der Ukraine entschieden?

    Am 22. November 2021 verkündete Washington das Ende des Krieges in Afghanistan. Nach zwanzig Jahren ununterbrochener Besetzung, Hunderttausenden von Toten, der Zunahme des Opiumhandels; Elf Jahre nach dem offiziellen Tod eines der CIA-Kreaturen, Osama bin Laden, zog Washington fast alle seine operativen Truppen aus dem Land ab. Die plötzliche Dringlichkeit, nach einer Verzögerung von zwei…

  • Psicopatriotismo

    Por una ley de 1994 (Holocaust Education Bill), en las escuelas públicas de Florida hay una materia llamada “Holocausto”, por la cual se estudian las atrocidades racistas ocurridas en Europa contra el pueblo judío. En 2020, el gobernador Ron DeSantis promulgó otra ley que exige que todas las escuelas primarias y secundarias certifiquen que están…

  • La grande crisi del 21° secolo: democrazie dirottate, propaganda e ribellioni

    di JORGE MAJFUD Il professor Walter Scheidel, nel suo libro The Great Leveler, ha mostrato, in modo più che convincente, che dalla preistoria ai giorni nostri, tutti i sistemi socioeconomici conosciuti dall’umanità tendevano alla disuguaglianza e si sono conclusi in catastrofi globali. Il primo è abbastanza ovvio e lo stiamo vedendo oggi: chi ha potere finanziario ed economico ha…

  • The Great Crisis of the 21st Century: Hijacked Democracies, Propaganda, and Rebellions

    The super-rich are the enemies of humanity. JORGE MAJFUD July 18, 2022 Professor Walter Scheidel, in his book The Great Leveler, showed, more than convincingly, that from prehistory to the present day, all the socioeconomic systems known to humanity tended towards inequality and ended in global catastrophes. The first is quite obvious and we are seeing…

  • Gun fanaticism, foundational racism 

    The holy verse of conservatives in America is the Second Amendment passed in 1789. Like any verse in any holy book, it is brief and open to different interpretations. As in any religion, they are theological interpretations, that is, political.  A conservative interpretation leads us to conclusions unwelcome by conservatives. Thomas Jefferson (his books were…

  • Washington, let’s talk about reparations

    President Joe Biden has announced his intention to exclude Cuba and Venezuela from the Summit of the Americas scheduled for June 22. Under Secretary of State, Brian Nichols explained that non-democratic countries should not be invited. Deciding which countries can attend a regional summit is not considered authoritarian by a country that is historically responsible…

  • Eternal return of the Nazis

    Like a century ago, the Nazis continue to gain ground based on their own frustrations. Frustrations, not only for realizing, alarmed, that they are not a superior race but only pathologies of evolution. Frustrations, not to notice but to feel the inevitable decline in well-being that arises from the loss of vampiric power, that power…

  • ¿Quiénes están atrapados en la Guerra fría?

    Le Monde publicó un amplio alegato contra los “intelectuales de izquierda” que no aprobamos la invasión de Putin pero responsabilizamos a la OTAN de provocar el conflicto. Paco Ignacio Taibo II fue acusado de denunciar “la nueva censura a las editoriales rusas por parte de la Feria Internacional del Libro” de Guadalajara, lo cual tampoco…

  • The far right and the extreme rights

    One specialty of a dominant power is its ability to hijack the achievements and merits of others, from material progress to social progress. Thus, capitalism, neoliberalism, and the new radical ideology of business (whereby even the small and long-suffering businessmen and entrepreneurs believe they are members of the same union as Elon Musk, the Walton…

  • América Latina, hoy y los años por venir

    Syriza Por Dimitris Givis para Syriza.org http://epohi.gr/synenteuxh-me-ton-xorxe-maxfount-kathghth-latinoamerikanikhs-logotexnias-kai-diethnwn-spoudwn-sto-panepisthmio-tzaksonvil   Entrevista con Jorge Majfud: América Latina, hoy y los años por venir   ¿Cómo evalúa usted la situación actual de América Latina en términos generales? América Latina tuvo una de sus mejores décadas de su historia, aproximadamente entre 2005 y 2015, la que coincidió con un giro…

  • The Latin American Migration Crisis Was Born Out of Greed and Myths About Race

    published on Thursday, September 12, 2019 by Common Dreams In Unwanted People, historian Aviva Chomsky’s essays explore the roots of this violent history. by Sarah E. Parker, Jorge Majfud For more than a century, Latin American governments have promoted a model of national development based on land privatization and privileging the interests of foreign investors rather than the rights of…

  • The Slow Suicide of the West

    The content discusses the internal struggle within the West, emphasizing the need to protect its virtues such as tolerance and diversity from both external threats and self-destructive tendencies. It critiques the notion of Western superiority, highlighting the rich cultural influences that shaped Western civilization, while warning against repeating historical atrocities through prejudice and authoritarianism.

  • Why the Government’s Hunt for the Migrant Poor Is a Perfect Distraction From the Real Problems of Our Time

    Published on Thursday, August 15, 2019 by Common Dreams This article was produced by Globetrotter, a project of the Independent Media Institute. The powerful old men who rule the world have an existential advantage, which is that they won’t live to see the fruits of their hate and greed. by Jorge Majfud Immigrants not only don’t vote but likewise their…

  • Immigration, History, Politics, and the Latino Vote

    2019 Lectures   IMMIGRATION AND THE LATINO VOTE  January 30, 2019 4:30 pm McKee 113  WCU Humanities Initiative WCU welcomes Uruguayan-American scholar and author Jorge Majfud.  In the first event, Dr. Majfud will join Dr. Benjamin Francis-Fallon (WCU History) in a panel about Immigration and the evolution of the Latino Voting Bloc in the US.  Join…