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Death in the peace process
Despite the end of the civil war with the Farc, the Colombian state is still suspected of murdering political opponents then framing them as guerillas, says NICK MacWILLIAM
Colombian special forces, pictured in training, are still fighting left-wing rebel groups
ANDREW MURRAY recommends a volume of essays that nail the visionless, racist and neoliberal character of policy under Starmer’s Labour Party
JONATHAN TAYLOR appreciates how, for a black British musician, to walk onstage can be a rebellious act
Since 2023, Strike Map has evolved from digital mapping at a national level to organising ‘mega pickets’ — we believe that mass solidarity with localised disputes prepares the ground for future national action, writes HENRY FOWLER
Like dictators of the past, Trump is seeking an enforcement agency answering only to him, asserts CJ ATKINS
From tens of thousands left abandoned to a militarised ‘looting’ crackdown, Hurricane Katrina laid bare racial inequities and government neglect, writes NATALIA MARQUES
WHEN the New York Times reported in May that Colombian military generals had ordered increased kills and captures of members of armed groups, the government swiftly sought to minimise potential damage to its human rights image.
The revelations brought back alarming memories of the military’s role in systematic extrajudicial executions known as “False Positives,” the majority of which were committed under the Alvaro Uribe governments of the 2000s.
The False Positives saw the army lure thousands of young and poor people with false job offers before murdering them and dressing them in guerilla uniforms to imply success in combatting the Farc insurgency. Soldiers also received financial incentives and other rewards for kills.
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MICAELA TRACEY-RAMOS reports back from a trade union delegation to Colombia, on the difficulties facing the Petro government in maintaining the peace agenda, and how the business-oriented opposition obstructs pro-worker reforms passing into law