Rafael Barrett

The journalist and essayist Rafael Barrett (1876-1910) inveighed against the array of injustices suffered by Paraguayans, including those working in the yerba mate forests. He also espoused political views that resonate today. William Costa talks about Barrett’s keen observations, blistering critiques, and anarchist politics. William Costa, ed., Paraguayan Sorrow: Writings of Rafael Barrett, A Radical Voice in a Dispossessed Land Monthly Review Press, 2024 The post Rafael Barrett appeared first on KPFA.

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Acclaimed program of ideas, in-depth analysis, and commentary on a variety of matters—political, economic, social, and cultural—important to progressive and radical thinking and activism. Against the Grain is co-produced and co-hosted by Sasha Lilley and C. S. Soong.