UpsideDownWorld

Independent journalism covering activism and politics in Latin America.

[UpsideDownWorld @UpsideDownTweet]

A note to our readers: Upside Down World Says Goodbye, For Now

Upside Down World began fifteen years ago, and it is with the memory, connections, friendships, and adventures of those years that we say goodbye, at least for now.

Full letter: https://t.co/fqAP9iUViG

[ROAR Magazine @ROAR_Magazine]

"The movements that defended democracy over this past year brought #Bolivia to this historic moment," writes @bendangl, while pointing out some key challenges that lie ahead for the MAS. https://t.co/UQ5Xf987Dw

[AndeanInfoNet @AndeanInfoNet]

“We're in a dictatorship; we're in the streets because we want a return to democracy. We want elections now. There's no trust anymore. We're the majority in this country; we won't allow them to treat us like this.” -Segundina Orellana, coca grower leader https://t.co/99qBUWpoHU

[Democracy Now! @democracynow]

In Bolivia, an Indigenous and worker-led general strike is on day 11 of demonstrations sparked by the government's repeated postponement of the presidential election. "Almost all of the key highways have roadblocks … bringing the country to a standstill," says @OVargas52.

[Latino USA @LatinoUSA]

Pandemic Intensifies Women’s Struggle For Water In Oaxaca, Mexico (via @NACLA) https://t.co/uaEwvNgvwR

[Toward Freedom @TowardFreedom]

Today we've got a previously unpublished interview with Honduran activist Berta Cáceres up on the site. https://t.co/12SZTSPYc1

[openDemocracy @openDemocracy]

As more people call to 'defund the police' and replace it with community-based, transformative justice, they may want to look at those who have been experimenting with self-organization, such Zapatistas in Chiapas.

(via @demoabierta)
https://t.co/km98ywqQas

[AndeanInfoNet @AndeanInfoNet]

Here's the first episode of AIN's podcast: "#Bolivia Backstory," about Añez's attempts to impede elections. Looking forward to input and suggestions, so that this can become a useful tool for understanding rapidly-changing events here. Please subscribe!
https://t.co/o1t2v6si1K

[Leo Schwartz @leomschwartz]

For @thebafflermag, I wrote about two new books from @ninalakhani and @jbwashing, the consequences of U.S. imperialism in Central America, and the roots of our draconian asylum policies

https://t.co/bkOjWZfCZs

[Parker Asmann @PJAsmann]

US President Trump's backing of Evo Morales' ouster & support for the right-wing interim govt. of Jeanine Añez in #Bolivia has come at a cost: corruption allegations overlooked, coca growers repressed & grave human rights abuses unaddressed. My story for @NACLA.

[Nueva Sociedad @revistanuso]

Bolivia celebrará elecciones el próximo 6 de septiembre. El MAS reconstituye su coalición política-social mientras que el gobierno lidia con una mala gestión de la crisis sanitaria y el bloque anti-MAS se encuentra profundamente dividido
Por @ferXmayorga
https://t.co/s956hpdedL

[Revista Anfibia @revistaanfibia]

Angela Davis y Naomi Klein cruzan las instantáneas del presente con otros momentos fundamentales de la historia. Vuelven a pensar otro mundo posible basado en menos represión, más activismo, imaginación y perspectiva feminista. https://t.co/hBFfXW2PL6

[ROAR Magazine @ROAR_Magazine]

“There’s a silence in the face of this coup. Those who did protest back then are now dead.” @bendangl reports from La Paz, #Bolivia, a historic hotbed of popular resistance where months after the right-wing coup the struggle for justice is alive and well. https://t.co/jTz4pt5BDO

[Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos]

Exciting! The introduction to my book, RESOURCE RADICALS (@DukePress) is available online, along w/ gushy acknowledgments, table of contents. The intro lays out how resource extraction emerged as vibrant site of radical politics + disputes within the left https://t.co/DiInXFDTnb

[NACLA Report @NACLA]

Berta Cáceres challenged the political and economic elite in Honduras. She organized against dams and other extractive projects under the post-coup government.

@jolson321 reviews @ninalakhani's new book.
https://t.co/BAyrFAbQiu

[Christy Thornton @llchristyll]

Have you checked out the summer issue of the @NACLA Report yet?

[Vincent Ricci @Vincent__cr]

Back in March, Naomi Klein warned us of coronavirus capitalism as an example of another shock. This has been true in Ecuador. There has been new waves of protests countering these new economic measures.

My first with @TowardFreedom

[ROAR Magazine @ROAR_Magazine]

Months after the right-wing coup in #Bolivia, the state repression continues. @bendangl reports from La Paz, a historic hotbed of Indigenous resistance where the struggle for justice is alive and well. https://t.co/jTz4pt5BDO