We are publishing a hitherto unpublished text by Ernest Mandel, which was sent to us by Eric Toussaint. It was written in 1989 as a response to the use of Che for propaganda purposes to promote the policies implemented by Gorbachev in the USSR in the late 1980s.
Among the numerous attempts to appropriate Che's legacy, the latest is not the least surprising. Kiva Maidanicki's book , edited by Marta Harnecker and published in Nicaragua in 1987, takes the risk of highlighting the (…)

MIHANDS a toujours puisé sa force dans l'engagement des personnes, et non dans des moyens financiers considérables. Comme nous ne disposons pas des réserves financières colossales ni des stocks prépositionnés des grandes agences internationales, notre procédure opérationnelle standard en cas d'intervention consiste en une course contre la montre pour nous mobiliser : rassembler notre réseau de bénévoles, lever des fonds et nous procurer du matériel à partir de zéro chaque fois qu'une crise (…)

MIHANDS has always been fueled by people, not deep pockets. Because we lack the massive financial reserves and pre-staged stockpiles of larger international agencies, our response standard operating procedure is a race against time to mobilize—gathering our volunteer network, fundraising, and sourcing materials from scratch whenever a crisis hits.
The devastating magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Southern Mindanao tested us, but our community answered the call. After days of intense preparation (…)