On an emerging phenomenon in the field of political affairs. On the Road to the Cybernetic World War Energy is essential for the production and movement of “things”. Using an assemblage of machines the industrial revolution exponentially increased the energy available...
Gabriel Méndez Hincapíe
Gabriel Méndez Hincapíe is a professor of political science and law at Universidad Autónoma de Manizales and Universidad de Caldas (Colombia).
Five Theses on Financialisation
1 The dual nature of contemporary capitalism resides in the separation of ‘politics’ and ‘economics’ on one side, and ‘finance’ and ‘production’ on the other. However, in financialisation ‘politics’ and ‘finance’ are connected, specifically by an unspoken pact of...
Mao Tse-Tung in Bogota: The Pragmatism of FARC and its Parallel in China
Several analysts of the peace process currently under way in Colombia have overlooked the curious parallel between the guerrilla insurgents' proposal to establish some 50 Peasant Reserve Zones (ZRCs in their Spanish initials) in the national territory and the policy...