Première partie Table ronde et discussion avec la salle : pourquoi les luttes pour la mémoire sont-elles au cœur de l’actualité en Colombie ? Présentations de: Marie-Christine Doran (U d’Ottawa), Pierre Beaucage (U de Montréal), Leila Celis (UQAM), Daniel Ruiz Serna (U Concordia et U of British Colombia), Luis Sotelo Castro (U Concordia et Chaire […]

John Lindsay-Poland’s new book tells the fascinating story of a small and isolated village that has stood for non-violence and human rights, defying the Colombian military and its paramilitary allies for more than two decades. This richly detailed study of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó sheds new light on one of the […]

Peace talks between the Colombian government and leftist guerrillas unfolded after 2012 against the backdrop of rapid and violent capitalist expansion.  The conflict, which can be dated to the 1940s, was fought mainly in rural areas where government agents, security forces personnel, paramilitary organizations, and regional elites pursued policies of armed colonization, massively displacing rural […]

In this introduction, the editors present the seven articles that constitute this special issue on Colombia. They explain the context of the war that has wracked the country for more than 50 years and highlight the central themes that connect the articles. This essay also analyzes how the 2016 accord between the Colombian government and […]

Human rights activism is often associated with international organizations that try to affect the behavior of abusive states around the globe. In Barrancabermeja, Colombia, argues Luis van Isschot in The Social Origin of Human Rights, the struggle for rights has emerged more organically and locally, out of a long history of civil and social organizing. […]