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Published in: openDemocracyUKSo much for free speech: Southampton University and the pro-Israel lobbyIf our universities can’t stand up to the Israel lobby and uphold free speech, how will the international community...
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Published in: openSecurityMexico: active civil society key to ending culture of impunityA renewal of democracy should be the means to cleanse Latin America of its history of corruption and abuses of...
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Published in: HomeDoes capitalism need mass higher education?The neoliberal paradigm is economically dead but ideologically still very active especially in the education sector,...
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Published in: civilResistancePhysical space and ‘Occupy’ tactics: a new trend in civil resistance?Does the term ‘occupation’ delegitimize movements by casting participants as short-term guests, instead of...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?A political tsunami called ‘Podemos’Are we entering the ‘bear hug’ phase in the political and economic Spanish elites’ strategy to beat Podemos, or have...
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Published in: 50.50Backlash: The unintended consequences of western human rights intervention
The collision of well-intentioned western activists and imperilled activists in the Global South illustrates the...
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Published in: civilResistanceTeachers challenge a President: protests suppressed in MexicoIn Mexico, government officials have often been accused of planting violent protesters in nonviolent movements in...
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Published in: civilResistanceNew movements in South Africa?Despite a rising consciousness throughout the continent of the problems of increased militarization, coinciding with...
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Published in: HomeThe protests in Turkey: urban warfare in 'rebel cities'These are democratic protest movements in societies experiencing rapid change where the public’s demand for better...
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Published in: openSecurityFootball, politics and protest in BrazilThe protests on the streets of Brazilian cities are by no means anti-Brazil (or even anti-football). Rather, they...
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Published in: openIndiaFootnotes on citizenship from rural IndiaContrary to the dominant narrative of a vibrant democracy with a strong record of integration, many in India are in...
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Published in: openSecurityLaws of passion: the Shahbag protests
The second verdict handed down by Bangladesh's war crimes tribunal is life imprisonment. Now a death sentence is...
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Published in: openIndiaCaste simmers in India
The Dalit community of India is at the bottom of the social hierarchy, assigned to do the least desirable menial...
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Published in: 50.50Visible players: the power and the risks for young feminists
From the student protests in Chile, to the protests of the 'Arab spring' in the MENA region, the debate among young...
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Published in: HomeChilean winter of discontent: are protests here to stay?The governance formula that characterized the Concertación governments and now the current centre-right...
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