Colony Abandoned

The Colony Makes The World

Claire Evans | Wild Information | 4th August 2024

“Ants are 140 million years old, older than dinosaurs. Some farm fungus; some enslave other ants; some build leaf castles mortared with aphid spit; some build bridges from their own bodies; some work security for trees in exchange for nectar. Everything ants do, they do without central control — even though individual ants are dumb, mostly blind, and can’t remember anything for more than ten seconds” (1,800 words)

The Left Abandoned Venezuela

Myrna-Paula Corvalan | Caracas Chronicles | 3rd August 2024

Scathing indictment of the Left’s failure to hold authoritarian regimes in Venezuela accountable. They are trapped in “US-centred tunnel vision”, believing that the White House alone is responsible for the Venezuelan situation — a notion both Chavez and Maduro have exploited in their rhetoric. “How can the international Left claim to be behind a regime that embraced military rule as default?” (1,500 words)