Five years ago, today, it began. The uprisings had no master narrative – they were a series of micronarratives produced by ordinary people.
#ThisIsACoup, a four-part documentary series that sets out to ‘tell the story of how the European Union destroyed the first radical left government in modern history’, premiered on Tuesday. An interview.
The six parties endorsing a yes-vote represented more than 60% of the parliamentary mandates. Still, they were rejected by an electorate fundamentally divided from them on EU-issues.
In 2004, the Israel Defense Forces began using putrid water called “Skunk” to incapacitate Palestinian protestors. But this weapon, though non-lethal, is far more dehumanising than it first appears.
El deber de un revolucionario no es simplemente ganar, sino conseguir transformar la sociedad, empezando por la transformación ética de uno mismo. English.
Desde el punto de vista de la economía política de la comunicación, fiar toda la comunicación política a los media es una apuesta equivocada. English.
The duty of a revolutionary is not simply to win, but to forge the transformation of society, beginning from an ethical transformation of oneself. Español.
A case for BDS by other means.
2015 termina con avances de vital importancia para la negociación. Acordado el punto sobre víctimas, la dejación de las armas es ahora uno de los más dificultosos que quedan por acordar. English. Português.
2016 will be a crucial year for the peace process. As a contribution to progress along the road, jointly with the Fundación Ideas para la Paz in Bogotá we are launching a series on the post-conflict perspectives. Español. Português.
2015 ends with crucial progress in the negotiation process. Once the victims' viewpoint has been agreed, the laying down of arms is now one of the most difficult remaining points. Português. Español.
