Reflections after months poring over interviews with activists about surveillance.
El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional está a punto de lanzar una campaña de deportaciones de ciudadanos centroamericanos que solicitaron asilo en los Estados Unidos en el verano del 2014, centrándose sobre todo en las mujeres y niños. English
Homeland Security is about to embark on quest to arrest and deport Central Americans who applied for refugee status in the United States in the summer of 2014, focusing particulary on women and children. Español
Neoliberalism encourages us to treat every aspect of our lives as if it were on sale in a marketplace: is it an anti-spiritual project?
The most important and most asked question in Idomeni is, what is the West waiting for? Your agreement with Turkey does not handle our cause. The Europeans are using us to scare other refugees away.
A combination of a top-down approach aimed at preventing wars, and a bottom-up approach framed by the people’s issues, is the best chance for progress. Where is the EU?
St Andrews University and openDemocracy interviewed 25 activists, and surveyed more than a hundred, about the impacts of surveillance on activism in the UK. Here are our findings.
The rise of the pro-Kurdish HDP coincides with the country´s growing democratic deficit under the AKP and a re-intensification of armed conflict against the PKK, with implications for the entire region.
La ONU es una plataforma fundamental para las voces que exigen rendición de cuentas y justicia. Sin embargo, está bloqueando el acceso y la participación de las ONG. English
The UN becomes all the more important a platform for voices demanding accountability and justice. And yet it is blocking NGO access and participation. Español
Nos proponemos comprender el alcance e impacto de la experimentación política, y mejorar el diagnóstico sobre el estado latente de una democracia más profunda en América Latina. English Português
Our aim is to further our understanding of the scope and impact of political experimentation, and improve the diagnosis on a latent, deeper brand of democracy in Latin America. Español Português