“Everything here is boiling, and the explosion is near”: Syrians‘ daily struggle worsens

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As media turn away from covering government-controlled areas, Syrians are experiencing an unprecedented level of structural violence.

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The game's afoot: scenarios of power transition in Russia

22 January 2020

Written by: Ilya Matveev All articles by Ilya Matveev

The transition in Russia has begun. What will it look like?
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?
The politics of worship in Montenegro

22 January 2020

Written by: Srdja Pavlovic All articles by Srdja Pavlovic

“The entire Democratic Front Caucus was taken away from the parliament building in two police vans, while the...
Published in: 50.50
Help us tell the stories of global feminist resistance

22 January 2020

Written by: Nandini Archer All articles by Nandini Archer

We’ve exposed the elite networks behind the backlash to women’s and LGBTIQ rights. Now, help us document stories of...
Published in: ourEconomy: Opinion
They cannot steal our joy: authoritarianism and collective effervescence in Chile

22 January 2020

Written by: Macarena Gómez-Barris All articles by Macarena Gómez-Barris

Even amidst the tear gas and state violence, excitement for an alternative to neoliberalism can be felt all across Chile.
Published in: democraciaAbierta
What cards, if any, can the UK play in Latin America after Brexit?

21 January 2020

Written by: Anna Grugel Smith All articles by Anna Grugel Smith

Many Brexit voters were driven by nostalgia of the good old days when Britannia ruled the world. But the world has...
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Published in: Transformation
Can reparations help us to re-envision international development?

21 January 2020

Written by: Priya Lukka All articles by Priya Lukka

Reparations activism links today’s vast inequalities with the enormous culpability of colonialism.

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Published in: North Africa, West Asia

Yemen’s hopes and expectations - Part 1: the Stockholm agreement

Published on: 24 January 2020

Written by: Helen Lackner All articles by Helen Lackner

What has been the outcome of the Stockholm agreement, a year after it was reached?

Published in: Transformation

For veterans in jail, anti-violence workshops can provide essential support

Published on: 23 January 2020

Written by: Isabella Garcia All articles by Isabella Garcia

Recidivism rates for participants can be cut by half.

Published in: 50.50

I’ve defended hundreds of LGBTI people arrested in Uganda. Our laws must change – but we need public acceptance too

Published on: 23 January 2020

Written by: Patricia Kimera All articles by Patricia Kimera

We can fight for equal rights through the courts, but we need to do more – it’s ordinary citizens who murder LGBTI...

Published in: oDR: Opinion

Moves against labour rights reveal blind spot in Ukraine’s reform agenda

Published on: 23 January 2020

Written by: Tristan Masat All articles by Tristan Masat

Ukraine’s draft labour law tests international commitments to human rights and freedom of association.

Published in: democraciaAbierta

The Chilean October: neoliberalism was born and will die in Chile?

Published on: 23 January 2020

Written by: Alexis Cortés All articles by Alexis Cortés

The chilean protests in October 2019 highlighted the tensions between neoliberalism and democracy. How will Chile...

Published in: Can Europe Make It?

Convening a citizens panel in Penzance: 10 things I learned

Published on: 22 January 2020

Written by: Gavin Barker All articles by Gavin Barker

“How can we as a community come together to address high housing costs, low paid insecure work, eviction and homelessness?”

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From stagnation to transformation: Where next for the Green Party?

Published on: 22 January 2020

Written by: Remco van der Stoep All articles by Remco van der Stoep

Published in: 50.50

Ajude-nos a contar histórias de resistência feminista pelo mundo

Published on: 22 January 2020

Written by: Nandini Archer All articles by Nandini Archer

Expusemos as redes por trás da reação aos direitos das mulheres e de pessoas LGBTIQ. Agora, ajude-nos a documentar...

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Ayúdanos a contar las historias de la resistencia feminista global

Published on: 22 January 2020

Written by: Nandini Archer All articles by Nandini Archer

Hemos expuesto a la luz pública las redes que hay detrás de la reacción contra los derechos de las mujeres y LGBTIQ....

Published in: ourEconomy: Opinion

To escape our extractive economic system, we must change our money

Published on: 22 January 2020

Written by: Oliver Sylvester-Bradley All articles by Oliver Sylvester-Bradley

A new mutual credit network is paving the way for a more democratic economy that puts people and planet before profit.

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Solving the climate crisis? Time to mobilize for the climate jobs of the future

Published on: 22 January 2020

Written by: Andreas Ytterstad All articles by Andreas Ytterstad

In Australia now, they have called for fire fighters. But who can we call after declaring climate crisis?

Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery

The false feminism of criminalising sex workers’ clients

Published on: 22 January 2020

Written by: Frankie Miren All articles by Frankie Miren

Written by: Laura Watson All articles by Laura Watson

Feminist arguments against sex work are as influential as they are dangerous.

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In eastern Ukraine, an information vacuum - and a debate over journalistic standards

Published on: 22 January 2020

Written by: Serhiy Guz All articles by Serhiy Guz

In five years of conflict in eastern Ukraine, a second demarcation line has emerged – over information.

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“Where are my rights?” African refugees vs. UNHCR in Lebanon

Published on: 22 January 2020

Written by: Yazan al-Saadi All articles by Yazan al-Saadi

A new episode unfolds in the long history of tensions between African refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers and UNHCR.

Published in: democraciaAbierta

Citizen diplomacy for Argentina's relationship with Brazil

Published on: 22 January 2020

Written by: Juan Gabriel Tokatlian All articles by Juan Gabriel Tokatlian

The official relationship between Argentina and Brazil is at its weakest and most delicate point since the...

Published in: Can Europe Make It?

There should be no hierarchy of rights for displaced children

Published on: 21 January 2020

Written by: Hsiao-Hung Pai All articles by Hsiao-Hung Pai

“It is appalling hypocrisy for the authorities to speak of protecting children whilst denying them rights to family...

Published in: Countering the Radical Right: Opinion

Personal reflections from a woman in the extremist underground

Published on: 21 January 2020

Written by: Lauren Manning All articles by Lauren Manning

Within the radical right, men have always out-numbered women; I was one of those women for five years of my life.

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Freedom of Information is broken – help us fix it

Published on: 21 January 2020

Written by: Peter Geoghegan All articles by Peter Geoghegan

Written by: Jenna Corderoy All articles by Jenna Corderoy

We’ve forced the government to obey the law on transparency, but it’s been a long fight. It shouldn’t be this way....

Ilha do Cabo is a spit off Luanda, capital of Angola

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The spectacle of corruption in Angola

Published on: 21 January 2020

Written by: Stephen Chan All articles by Stephen Chan

Every contradiction has yet to be fully played out in Angola – with Brazil, one of the two giants of the Lusophone...

Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery

Debunking ‘Super Bowl sex trafficking’

Published on: 21 January 2020

Written by: Lauren Martin All articles by Lauren Martin

Written by: Annie Hill All articles by Annie Hill

Effective outreach changed how the media reported on ‘sex trafficking’ for the 2018 Super Bowl. Will the lesson stick?

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