The specter of Foucault has much to teach us – if we are able to listen.
Foucault's 1982 - 3 lectures presented his thoughts on the subject of parrhesia, or the truth-telling subject. He found himself confronting governments through speech acts in ways that we have yet to understand.
Apesar da mudança de ciclo económico e das enormes resistências encontradas, o Equador continua a mostrar que a sua história de êxito não tem fim, mas que pelo contrário pode continuar a inspirar as esquerdas da região. English. Español.
This is an interview with Michel Foucault conducted by H.Uno, translated by R Nakamura for Shûkan posuto and published in August, 1979. In October, this timely if not prophetic text was translated from the French for openDemocracy by Colin Gordon.
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov might be the Russian Federation’s second most powerful figure. With such friends in high places, why would he need to make more online?
The ramping up of air strikes in Gaza combined with a humanitarian crisis compounded by a stalled reconstruction effort following last summer’s war, should compel us all into a heightened state of activism using BDS.
It has been India’s strength not to think in black-and-white terms. “If you are not with us, you are against us” is not what is normally heard in India.
A pesar del cambio de ciclo económico y de las enormes resistencias encontradas, Ecuador sigue mostrando que su historia de éxito no termina, sino que puede seguir inspirando a las izquierdas en la región. English Português.
Beyond the current shift of the economic cycle, and the huge opposition its government has met, Ecuador’s success story shows how the region’s “pink tide” is far from over. Português. Español.
As India’s culture wars move into the economic domain, the British Prime Minister may raise the topics of pluralism and tolerance during Narendra Modi’s UK visit.
There is no denying the severe economic crisis Brazil is going through. Dilma Rousseff’s government is reacting to it with the very same neoliberal policies that she always blamed on her opponents. Español. Português.
