A recent feminist art exhibition in Bishkek brought whip-wielding nationalists out to protest. Their outrage shows that art remains a crucial instrument in the political struggle for gender justice.
After Labour's election defeat, many have accused the party of losing touch with the working class. But in many places, the class divide isn't as clear as it once was.
A book review of El Estado siempre llega tarde (The State Always Arrives Late. Reconstructing daily life after the war,) from Julieta Lemaitre Ripoll, Siglo Ventiuno Publishing House/Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, 2019.
Правозащитник Алексей Козлов о том, почему новая волна репрессивных законов потенциально касается любого гражданина Российской Федерации – и о трудностях, с которыми столкнется в связи с этим гражданское общество.
Democracy needs to keep moving forward. If we elude our responsibility when it comes to breathing new life into the values that sustain it, our liberal societies will eventually collapse.
La democracia necesita seguir avanzando. Si eludimos nuestra responsabilidad de revivir los valores que la sustentan, nuestras sociedades liberales colapsarán con el tiempo.