Bill Young

Bill Young has a degree in Latin American studies and has traveled widely in the region. This includes time in Allende’s Chile in 1972. Spending twelve years in Indigenous communities in North and South America, he worked for locally-managed co-operatives there. Bill now volunteers in Mutual Aid organizations in the USA and is happy to maintain links with Latin America through the UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) and a network of comrades in the region.

Articles From This Author

Bill Young

August 4, 2023 Length: 2885 words

Guatemala’s “Managed Election” 2023: Voters Rebel in Round One. On To Round Two.

Summary: Discusses recent political developments in Guatemala – Editors

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Bill Young

January 29, 2023 Length: 3856 words

Six Weeks in Peru: A Human Rights Emergency leads to the “Seizure of Lima.” Violent Repression Ends in a Bloody Standoff

Summary: A Marxist-Humanist reports on the complex situation in Peru with critical historical context. — Editors

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Bill Young

September 11, 2022 Length: 2322 words

Chile Rejects Proposed Constitution: A Setback for the Left, But the Next Round Now Begins

Summary: On the deeply radical content of the new constitution, the forces that produced and opposed it, and the prospects for the future — Editors

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Bill Young

June 28, 2022 Length: 2997 words

Betting on The Future: Colombians Elect a President & Vice-President from the Left

Summary: Analyzes a breakthrough leftist victory in terms of race, gender, and a history of struggle and repression — Editors

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Bill Young

May 26, 2022 Length: 5051 words

Earthquake in Chile: Feminist Rescue and Dual Power – A New Beginning for the Left

“Lack of confidence in the masses (is to be) blind to the relationship of theory to history as a historical relationship made by masses in motion”. (p. 288)   “Our epoch is a birth-time, and a pe…

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Kevin B. Anderson,
David Black,
Heather A. Brown,
Peter Hudis,
Jens Johansson,
Rocio Lopez,
Lilia D. Monzó,
Sushanta D. Roy,
Rehmah Sufi,
Bill Young

April 11, 2022 Length: 8226 words

Official Call for Convention: The War Against Ukraine, the Resurgent Right, and the Quest for a Humanist Alternative – Developing Our Response to a New Global Turning Point

Summary: Call to the 2022 Convention of the IMHO – Editors.

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Bill Young

December 19, 2021 Length: 2075 words

Chile: Behind the Left’s Victory

Summary: Background and context for Chile’s runoff election – Editors

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Events from this author

[[London]] What We Can Learn from Today’s Mass Movement in Chile

June 1, 2022
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