politics of protest: all articles

From Venezuela and Peru to Bangladesh and Hungary, openDemocracy writers track a turbulent era of new political challenges and mobilisations.
Thursday 17th September

Iran’s unfinished crisis

Nazenin Ansari, 17 September 2009
The post-election political contest over the future of Iran is approaching a climax
Tuesday 25th August

Iran: revolution for the hereafter

Aziz Motazedi, 25 August 2009
A young generation's defiant innocence is a potent weapon against the regime's brute power

Kyrgyzstan: a political retreat

Ben Judah, 25 August 2009
A one-time democratic hope in central Asia is descending into authoritariansm 
Thursday 20th August

ETA and the Basque labyrinth

Guy Hedgecoe, 20 August 2009
The Basque militant group continues to defy the Spanish state. Why does it endure? 
Saturday 15th August

Cory Aquino and democracy in the Philippines

Sheila Coronel, 15 August 2009
The unlikely leader of the 1986 "people-power" revolution embodied ideas that still inspire
Friday 14th August

Nicaragua: between revolution and democracy

Sergio Ramírez, 14 August 2009
The Sandinista revolution is thirty years old. An anniversary assessment from the former vice-president

The Georgia-Russia war, a year on

Donald Rayfield, 14 August 2009
Georgia’s disastrous defeat in the conflict of August 2008 is only part of a more complex story
Friday 7th August

Burma's struggle, Aung San Suu Kyi's role

Kyi May Kaung, 7 August 2009
Burma's imprisoned leader remains a beacon of her country's hunger to be free (archive)

Iran: revolution beyond caricature

Rasool Nafisi, 7 August 2009
The Tehran elite's tough response to protest is driven by fear of the echoes of 1979 in 2009
Wednesday 5th August

China-Turkey and Xinjiang: a frayed relationship

Matti Nojonen and Igor Torbakov, 5 August 2009
The violence in China’s far-west region has chilled the relationship between two rising world powers
Tuesday 28th July

Who’s afraid of Silvio Berlusconi?

Geoff Andrews, 28 July 2009
The lack of a serious opposition is a political lifeline for Italy’s scandal-drenched prime minister
Monday 27th July

Honduras: time to choose

Adam Isacson, 27 July 2009
The post-coup crisis is moving to a climax. Now is the time for Washington to take a principled stand

Xinjiang, Tibet, beyond: China’s ethnic relations

Temtsel Hao, 27 July 2009
China's nationality policy is caught between local identity, state policy, and economic change
Friday 24th July

Hugo Chávez and Venezuela: a leader’s destiny

Enrique Krauze, 24 July 2009
A forensic scrutiny of how Hugo Chávez's vast ambition grew in Simón Bolívar's image
Tuesday 21st July

Georgia: social chasm, political bridge

Robert Parsons, 21 July 2009
Georgians deserve better than a politics of personal rivalry. Will its leaders listen?
Monday 20th July

Nicaragua: heartbeat of protest

Sergio Ramírez, 20 July 2009

Thirty years ago today, the Sandinistas assumed power. The Ortega regime is asphyxiating their original project

Friday 17th July

Iran’s tide of history: counter-revolution and after

Fred Halliday, 17 July 2009
Iran's regime seeks to crush its protesting citizens. But they are writing a new chapter in history
Tuesday 14th July

China’s borderlands: the need to rethink

Dibyesh Anand, 14 July 2009
The unrest in Tibet and Xinjiang exposes shared policy and attitudinal failures

Xinjiang: China’s security high-alert

Kerry Brown, 14 July 2009
The challenge of Xinjiang to Beijing's authority exceeds even that of Tibet
Friday 10th July

The discovery of the Uyghurs

Henryk Szadziewski, 10 July 2009
The Uyghurs of East Turkestan have become known to the world. But is it for the right reasons? 
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