Juan Hernández Zubizarreta Interviewed by Andrea Gago Menor The transnationals increase their power and benefits thanks to mechanisms such as trade and investment agreements; the agreements allow the exploitation of resources and people; people look for other places to live. Professor at the University of the Basque Country (UPV / EHU), researcher at the Observatory…
Category: NECROPOLITICS
Global Challenge: Transnationals vs Human Rights
Erika González, Juan Hernández, Pedro Ramir Translation by Internationalist 360° The voices of activists and communities affected by the impact of transnational corporations were re-expressed in October last year at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva. It was the third session of the intergovernmental working group mandated to create standards that oblige multinational companies to…
Nuclear Weapons and Great Power Politics Are Here to Stay
Federico Pieraccini When talking about nuclear weapons, it is necessary to clarify some important points before delving into complicated reasoning. Nuclear weapons are here to stay, and anyone who believes in a progressive denuclearization of the globe is sadly mistaken. Try asking any Indian, Pakistani, Chinese, Russian or American policy-maker what they think about abandoning…
Necropolitics is at the Center of Migration Policies
Juan Hernández Zubizarreta Refugees and migrants are being left to die in the Mediterranean and are abandoned in the Sahara desert. This is necropolítics in action. Javier de Lucas believes that necropolítics is a “conception of politics in which the lives of others are the object of calculation and therefore lack intrinsic value insofar as…
US Oligarchy Advance Funding for Counterrevolution and World Military Domination
Eric London The bipartisan budget bill passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump Friday morning marks a new stage in the American ruling class’ drive for social counterrevolution and world military domination. The deal, which reached Trump’s desk only because of support from congressional Democrats, expresses the oligarchic character of American society….
The Causes of Forced Displacements: Necropolitics versus Human Rights
Juan Hernández Zubizarreta The so-called refugee crisis is neither spontaneous nor circumstantial, since it is linked to multiple structural reasons that sustain the economic and social model of domination, which implies addressing it from its root or the human tragedies that provoke forced displacement. they are going to stop. There are millions of people and…
