Os países não se demoram nas encruzilhadas (1ª parte)
Neste contexto é importante responder a três perguntas. Qual a natureza do regime político do Brasil depois do golpe parlamentar-judicial? Qual o significado do ato de rendição judicial? Quais os desafios para as…
Boaventura de Sousa Santos fala sobre justiça social
O sociólogo português Boaventura de Sousa Santos acredita que as democracias estão em perigo Correio Braziliense 17 Sep 2016 Dono de 11 prêmios, entre eles um Jabuti e um Gulbenkian, e autor de,…
The Sociologist of Informal Labour: Sharit Bhowmik, 1948-2016
Sharit Bhowmik, sociologist well known for his studies in labor and especially on the informal sector, passed away September 8 in Bangkok. eSocialSciences 9 Sep 2016 He was in a coma for some…
Comunicado de CLACSO sobre a destituição de Dilma
O Conselho Latino-americano de Ciências Sociais (CLACSO) mantém uma página especial com documentos, comunicados e declarações contra o golpe no Brasil. E produziu também uma edição do boletim Megafón sobre o ataque à…
Legitimacy and Justice over “Legality”: How the Peoples´ Tribunal on Transnational Corporations is giving hope to affected communities
The first African People´s Tribunal on Transnational Corporations, that recently took place on 16th and 17th August in Manzini, Swaziland, was perhaps the most counter-hegemonic and brave event to bring some hope to…
Joint statement and open questions on ProSAVANA by the civil society of Mozambique, Brazil and Japan
In May of this year, 46 documents related to the ProSAVANA “civil society participation project” were leaked. Over one hundred public documents were obtained additionally under the Japanese Administrative Information Disclosure Law. This…
2016 SADC Peoples’ Summit – The Manzini Peoples’ Declaration
The current conjuncture in southern Africa in the political, economical, social, cultural and environmental arenas, shows that the region is progressively being affected, in different forms, by the advance of three devils facing…
Grand Conference-WSF2016 Montreal: Change the System, not the Climate!
An intersectional battle for a just transition. On Thursday, August 11, 2016, the highly-anticipated Grand Conference Change the System, not the Climate ! at the Marie Gérin-Lajoie room at UQAM. There was so…
Vale e Jindal julgadas na Swazilândia por danos ambientais e violação de Direitos Humanos
Nos próximos dias 16 e 17 de Agosto várias corporações operando em diversas áreas na África Austral, com destaque para o sector da mineração, serão levadas a “julgamento” por violação de Direitos Humanos…
Popular University of Social Movements Workshop in Zimbabwe – Final Statement
Popular University of Social Movements Workshop: “Land, seeds, food, water, people and the climate in SADC – 15 years after the agrarian reform in Zimbabwe” – Harare (Zimbabwe), 12 -14 July 2016 FINAL…
