Etiqueta: History
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21 – Anglo immigration to Latin America and Latino immigration to the US
El contenido aborda la historia de la inmigración en Estados Unidos, analizando cómo los factores raciales influyeron en las leyes migratorias desde 1790 hasta 1965. También se destaca la percepción errónea de la criminalidad entre inmigrantes, mostrando que los índices de delito han disminuido en áreas con alta población inmigrante. Además, se discuten las contribuciones…
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The emperor has no clothes
In a 2007 back cover of Página12, we reflected on the ideolexical concept of being right-wing: «Twenty or thirty years ago in the Southern Cone, it was enough to declare yourself a leftist to go to prison or lose your life in a torture session (…). Being right-wing was not only politically correct but also…
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La lógica de las olas reaccionarias en América Latina
Cuando Estados Unidos cayó en la mayor depresión económica de su historia, retiró sus fuerzas militares de ocupación de varios países del Caribe y América Central. En su lugar puso a marionetas, todos elegidos por una misma característica psicológica: eran psicópatas desesperados por adular al poder para ser protegidos por el Imperio y violar, sin…
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Be careful what you wish for
Dear Mr. Musk, You recently claimed that “empathy [is] a parasitic plague.” I disagree. Civilizations have existed and thrived in large part due to the guidance and prescriptions of empathy by major spiritual leaders throughout history. Additionally, execution was not the common form of punishment in the past (except for “criminals” like Jesus during the…
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Ideology and Intervention: A Critical Review of Jorge Majfud’s The Wild Frontier
Jorge Majfud’s The Wild Frontier critiques U.S.-Latin American relations, exposing a history of domination masked by moral superiority. Blending historical analysis with impassioned argument, he critiques ideological myths and highlights Latin American resistance. The work challenges readers to reassess historical narratives and listen to often-ignored voices in shaping present-day realities.
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The Panama Canal and the Mistreated Treaties
On December 22, 2024, the elected president of the United States, Donald Trump, announced that he would demand that Panama “give him back the canal.” Imperialism is a disease that not only kills those who resist it but also does not let those who carry it within live. *** Washington DC. January 22, 1903—Secretary of…
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Ruling Over Ashes or Becoming Ashes
On September 4, 2024, a tropical storm descended upon Jacksonville. The conversation with Jill Stein at the Jacksonville University auditorium was scheduled for 5:30 PM, a time when darkness had already fallen due to the storm. To deter attendance, the Democratic Party Committee arranged for Kamala Harris, then a Senate candidate, to deliver a speech…
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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…
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Rescuing Memory: the Humanist Interview with Noam Chomsky
by Jorge Majfud August 8, 2016. [Pictures Sarah Silbiger] Originally published in The Humanist, July/August 2016 Just before twelve thirty on a recent spring afternoon, I found myself on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the building that houses the linguistics and philosophy departments. A group of Japanese students, full of…
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Spanish Civil War
La Segunda República (en Español) La guerra civil española (English, 52 min) La casa de Bernarda Alba España en los ’30 Oliver Law Antonio Machado Francisco Franco La lengua de las mariposas Entrevista a Juan Goytisolo
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Social Robots | NOVA scienceNOW | PBS Video
Estamos salvados. Al menos los robots serán capaces de ser seres humanos. Video: Social Robots | NOVA scienceNOW | PBS Video. NOVA scienceNOW Social Robots
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Propaganda and the Myth of Reconquest
Propaganda and the Myth of Reconquest By Jorge Majfud A few days ago a well-known syndicated talk radio personality repeatedly asserted an opinion that is becoming common these days: illegal immigrants should be denounced as dishonest and criminal, not only because they have entered the U.S. illegally but, mainly, because their objective is the Reconquest.…
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The Culture of Hate
The Culture of Hate On the silent revolution and reaction of our time. The reasons for ultramodern chaos. On the colonization of language and how traditional authority reacts to historical progress using the anachronistic tools of repetition. Universal Pedagogy of Obedience The old pedagogical model was synthesized in the phrase “the letters enter with blood.”…
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Humanism, the West’s Last Great Utopia
El humanismo, la última gran utopía de Occidente (Spanish) Humanism, the West’s Last Great Utopia Jorge Majfud The University of Georgia One of the characteristics of conservative thought throughout modern history has been to see the world as a collection of more or less independent, isolated, and incompatible compartments. In its discourse, this is simplified…
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The Rebellion of the Readers, Key to Our Century
La rebelión de los lectores (Spanish) The Rebellion of the Readers, Key to Our Century Jorge Majfud Among the most frequented sites for tourists in Europe are the Gothic cathedrals. Gothic spaces, so different from the Romanesque of centuries before, tend to impress us through the subtlety of their aesthetic, something they share with the…
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The Repressed History of the United States
La historia reprimida de Estados Unidos (Spanish) The Repressed History of the United States Revolution, Egalitarianism and Anti-imperialism By Jorge Majfud Taking advantage of another anniversary of the birth of George Washington, president George W. Bush used the occasion to compare the American Revolution of the 18th century with the war in Iraq. …
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