The existence of more than 200 autobiographical writings by former slaves gives us a crucial window in the world of legal slavery, however reading them is tricky.
Portugal appears to be saying goodbye to an implacable crisis. Beyond its shaky economic recovery, the political and social relevance of the current ongoing debate on austerity should be acknowledged. Português Español
Like all referendums, the ‘Brexit’ vote will be a lottery. Why not go the whole hog and take the decision by lot?
Pragmatism need not be the equivalent of political inertia. It is about recognising the prevailing conditions in the legal-institutional order and the constraints they impose on any given initiative. Response to Thomas Fazi.
It is hard to shake the feeling that the real reason why the Böhmermann crisis has exceeded all rational proportions has more to do with German dissatisfaction with Merkel than with Erdogan.
Armenia's current emigration rate of 4-5% of the whole population annually is the highest in the world. Considering the dire political and economic situation in the country, should we really be surprised?
Do we measure a nation's greatness as being restricted to its borders, or as being part of a much larger project?
From Brazil: looking at politics of marginality and alternative futures outside the Anglo-American capitalist imaginary. Português
The understanding of the current crisis can be traced to the first years of the 21st century. On the eve of Dilma Roussef’s impeachment, we interview openDemocracy’s author Arthur Ituassu. Español
Much as the distended stomachs of starving children have stopped moving publics to action, so the abjection of refugees no longer shocks.
The EU Commission needs to satisfy both a majority in the European Parliament and a qualified majority in the Council of Ministers.
The Latin American middle classes, especially the vulnerable group, are bound for a new, essentially dramatic drop on the rollercoaster that has been on since at least the 1970s. Español
