The Spanish jurist who went after Pinochet reflects on the battle to unseat impunity in Chile and Argentina, and looks ahead to Spain's continued efforts to shake off its collective amnesia. Español
India’s Adivasis often work in conditions commonly described as ‘modern-day slavery’, but they are not slaves. Their unfreedom is both the fuel and product of modern Indian capitalism. Español
Economic crisis has pushed Indian tea workers to seek employment outside the plantations, forcing them to re-engage with the caste hierarchy from which their ancestors attempted to escape.
The congressional and local elections on June 7 produced some surprising victories. Mexico's electoral map is changing. Perhaps for the first time, the people are finding their voice. Español
Up until very recently, geopolitics was one of the most unpopular and outdated intellectual concepts in contemporary Europe. The eurocrisis has changed that.
A video of Ulrike Guerot's speech at re:publica on the creation of a European republic. (60 minutes, in German)
The referendum takes the lesson of the squares to the heart of politics. The stakes are high: Greek destiny, the future of the European Union and of democracy is on the line.
The history of slavery is central to racism, activism and democracy in Mauritania. Much of what happens next will reflect the decisions of former slaves.
Why is anti-Islam activism on the rise in the Czech Republic - a country with virtually no Muslims?
23,946 warrantless metadata requests raise privacy concerns for Hong Kong’s online activists. The loss of online privacy is not a price we want to pay.
Claims that the situation in Greece may escalate into a 'civil war' misunderstand the nature of modern Greek society.
Democratic institutions in Latin America were capable of resurrecting from the ashes of military dictatorships only where these institutions had flourished before. But where they had been historically weak, or had hardly existed, they were hard to reinvent. Español.
