Over the past month, migrant workers in Russia have faced retaliatory round-ups, harassment and brutal treatment at the hands of police. This campaign follows official comments on "rising migrant crime" due to the COVID-inspired economic downturn.
Two years after dozens of local authorities called on the Ukrainian government to defend the “traditional family” and ban “LGBT propaganda”, a court finds in favour of both traditional values campaigners and human rights lawyers.
While liberal forces in Poland lost the fight for electoral democracy in July, the battle within Polish civil society for counter-democracy is still in full swing.
A study into whether feelings and opinions expressed by Chileans in the wake of the 18/O uprising have been redefined, replaced or in any way diminished by the pandemic.
We are supposed to know that scapegoating is simply an ancient deluded way for societies to take back control without assuming responsibility. Yet in the EU as in the White House, scapegoating flourishes. Can we buck the trend?