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Published in: HomeAfter the world's largest mining disaster: what impacts? Who is affected?In contrast to ‘hazards theory’, the theory of disasters derived from a sociological approach will underline...
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Published in: HomeWe need a Plan B for growthOne overarching theme of last weekend’s Plan B for Europe conferences in Madrid, the pursuit of growth, shows a...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta2013-2016: polarization and protests in BrazilThe reduction of a broad and complex reconfiguration of Brazilian society to a matter of “Fascists” versus...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaGlobal South, beyond the StateGlobal South's emancipatory practices are demanding the renewal of the 'Spirit of Bandung' that gave birth to the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?'Commons sense’: you either see it or you don’tSome of the debates regarding agency, change and commoning that flowed through openDemocracy in 2015.
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Published in: HomeEmotion and protest in Turkey: what happened on 19 January, 2007?Those gathering spontaneously after the assassination of Hrant Dink have been part of the Gezi movement — in a...
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Published in: HomeBelated tourists of a postponed-revolutionA close look at the KMU Trade Union Centre in the Philippines suggests that joining the ITUC has buried any...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Podemos: the schizophrenic road from public squares to the institutionsIf they are not going to win anyway, as seems to be the case, would it not have been better to compromise less and...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?“Our situation is Quixotic and Machiavellian”: an interview with Podemos’ Jorge MorunoIt takes a lot to get very little, but there is no other option… we must open a new way, without the means to do so....
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Introducing this week’s theme: 'Smile at the Indignados': Podemos' struggle for a new politicsThe fate of the ‘purple party’ has fascinated analysts and publics in Europe and beyond since its inception in 2014,...
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Published in: Home“We are seeing you”: protesting violent democracies in KosovaWithin Kosova there is a general feeling that these international actors prize stability above all else, enabling...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Paris has been hit at its heartThe roots of these terror attacks are deep. They lie partly in Syria and Iraq, but also partly in our French and...
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Published in: HomeHong Kong’s angry young millennials: an interview with Joshua WongThe student protest leader has been the centre of western media attention, but he’s not without his critics within...
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Published in: HomeAnkara’s war on peaceOfficials have insinuated that Kurds might have blown themselves up on purpose. What the quasi-sacred term...
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Published in: Home“We are here!”: a new wave of anti-sectarian mobilizations in LebanonWith this political praxis based on subjectivity, experience and prefigurative politics the activists attempt to...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?More than a refuge, a welcomeIn today’s world, it is essential to take welcoming into account in the cycle of reproduction of social life.
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Published in: HomeSouth Africa’s twin rebellions: bifurcated protestAlthough there were no city-centre protests of the kind seen in Cairo, in 2012, using protests per capita as a...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaBahrain’s uprising: resistance and repression in the GulfA review of an interdisciplinary book exploring both the contemporary uprising and Bahrain’s lengthy history of...
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Published in: HomeNegotiating environmentalism in a democratizing IranThe new environmentalists hail from affluent backgrounds and urban areas and their everyday consumption practices...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKForever blowing bubbles: why Corbyn won Labour and how he can change BritainThe radical left in the UK has grown from a few tiny bubbles into a network capable of winning the Labour...
