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Published in: HomeThe new repertoire of repression and how movements resist. Introduction.
Social control and repression of social movements and dissent now bypasses the borders between liberal democracies,...
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Published in: HomeCivil rights and voter suppression in the US
The rights of those whose citizenship is contested will not be guaranteed by appeals to loyalty and patriotism, but...
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Published in: Home15M's social and political effects in Spain
General prospects for Spaniards are not promising, and, in many cases, worse than in 2011. So in what sense can it...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaBrazil, hijacked by post-truth
The post-truth turns democracy into an inert mass in the hands of those who dominate it. Ideas are not discussed....
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Published in: HomeWhy some cities are ‘rebel cities’ – interview with Yaz Brien about Bristol’s resistance scene
“It’s a movement that shuts shit down but it really isn’t hypermasculine. And I think, in many ways, that is a...
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Published in: HomeOne building, several facades: political showcasing in contemporary Turkey
An iconic building is erased, together with the successive faces it has worn as Turkey hurtled from secular...
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Published in: oDRWhy Russia needs a grassroots campaign against political repression
Political repression is ramping up in Russia, but a network of people ready to stand against it is yet to emerge.
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Published in: democraciaAbierta“The revolution will be feminist, or it will be nothing". Dirty laundry to the streets of Chile
This is one of the many statements circulating today in Santiago de Chile’s streets following the feminist movement...
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Published in: HomeHarvesting hope: the permaculture movement in India
The major transformative potential of permaculture in India lies in its ability to make small-scale farmers...
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Published in: HomeHow US evangelical organizations deploy ‘human rights’ and ‘development’
Armed with the surety of belief in the ‘responsibility to act’ and international legal tools – US- or UN-funded...
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Published in: HomeThe jihadogenous urban structure
These individuals feel coerced by the predicament of being neither French nor Arab, neither Pakistani nor English......
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Published in: oDRA revolution of values: freedom, responsibility and courage in Armenia's Velvet Revolution
Armenia's emerging revolution isn't about geopolitics or foreign relations, but values.
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Published in: TransformationThe revenge against the commons
Why France’s biggest police operation since May 1968 is prepared to kill for Macron’s neoliberal nightmare (10k words).
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Published in: HomeWhose human rights? The marginalisation of dissent in France and spreading
The use of human rights to criminalize the French Boycott, Divestment and Sanction (BDS) campaign sends out a warning alert.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaDeath of the “new republic” in Brazil
Brazil's institutions are collapsing one by one. The separation between the executive, the legislative and the...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaA revolution with the name of a woman
In the entire world, and particularly in the Southern Cone, a cultural and social revolution is rising. It implies a...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaFeminist legal mobilization for abortion rights in Latin America
Legal mobilization for abortion rights, or the use of the law and the courts by feminist actors in their pursuit of...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaMarielle Franco and Brazil's future: hope or barbarity
Marielle's legacy and the repercussions of her death symbolize both the best and the worst of Brazilian society...
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Published in: HomeDeportation and direct action in Britain: the ‘terrorist trial’ of the Stansted 15
The severity of the charge faced by the Stansted 15 should be seen as an important moment in defining the scope for...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Brexit: whose will, which public?
Taking part in public life is a deeply affective process, at once personal and collective, and social media might...