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Published in: HomeDemocracy and social movements in MexicoMexico has a proud tradition of mobilization, yet it has largely failed to ensure that demands are properly met or...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaHow to build a movement-party: lessons from Rosario’s Future CityPassive, spectator politics is not an option. It is up to the activists to prove that maintaining a party in...
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Published in: HomeCapitalism, revolution and racism in the US and the worldAs Marx pointed out, the revolution comes like a thief in the night when no one is expecting it.
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Published in: HomeSelf-organised struggles of migrant care workersHow do migrant workers successfully enact labour and social rights? ‘Respekt’, a local network established by Polish...
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Published in: HomeEscaping from asylum to act as citizens: political mobilization of refugees in EuropeThese forms of protest (except for the Sans Papiers movement in France) were for many years largely ignored by a...
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Published in: HomeProtest against the deportation of asylum seekersFrom the perspective of deportees, a certain amount of luck has been needed to be in the right place at the right...
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Published in: HomeEvery refugee boat a rebellion? Supporting border transgressions at seaThe network WatchTheMed Alarm Phone responds to violent ‘border protection’ practices and the unabated mass dying in...
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Published in: HomeBrazilian political cycles and the impeachment of president Dilma RousseffThe impeachment process marks the end of the three different political cycles undergone by Brazil since the 1970s....
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Published in: oDRWhere does the key to political change lie in the post-Soviet space?Twenty five years after the fall of the Soviet Union, the post-Soviet world is caught in authoritarian stasis. How...
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Published in: HomeRio’s Olympic ruinsThis week, when the Games are over and the flow of tourists begins to dissipate, the city will awaken to...
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Published in: HomeFrom slave market to Olympic venue: variations of capitalist accumulation in the port of Rio de JaneiroThere is a repeated primitive accumulation throughout the history of capitalism required by capitalist expansion...
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Published in: HomeRio, city of epithets: Olympic urbanism in contextGiven the striking contrasts between its upper-class buildings and hillside favelas, Rio de Janeiro is a prime...
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Published in: HomeRio’s real vs. unmet Olympic legacies: what they tell us about the future of cities?The heavily corporate city Rio has attempted to create, resulting in exacerbated urban problems of spatial, economic...
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Published in: oDRFrom civil disobedience to armed violence: political developments in ArmeniaOn Sunday, an armed group seized a Yerevan police station. Their claims have chimed with recent civic initiatives,...
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Published in: oDRIn defence of society: an open platformThis manifesto was penned by a group of Russian activists and intellectuals about the current political situation in...
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Published in: HomeFailed coup attempt in Turkey: the victory of democracy?Who was the aggressor and who the victim? Who was protecting whom? From whom?
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Published in: HomeDismantling the democracy we wanted for BrazilGradually, the old mechanisms of the oligarchic democracy were reintroduced, including the misalignment between the...
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Published in: HomeZimbabwe in turmoil: from the trenchesDespite constant harassment and brutal repression, one by one all sectors of society are expressing their discontent...
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Published in: HomeThe dilemma of the European LeftWe must, without ceding to the old myths of totalitarianism, restore meaning to the ideal of sovereignty.
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Published in: HomeAre we Spaniards better off five years afterwards?On the eve of the elections, an audit of the political and social outcomes of the square occupation and the rise of...
