In Petrozavodsk, Karelia, the conflict between Russia’s last independent mayor and the governor has turned nasty. The political fallout could reach the Kremlin.
For 20 years, farmers and indigenous people have been fighting the Chevron-Texaco corporation for recognition of the damage it has caused in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Español
Campesinos e indígenas luchan desde hace 20 años para que la multinacional Chevron-Texaco reconozca el perjuicio causado en la Amazonia ecuatoriana. En noviembre de 2013 un tribunal ecuatoriano condenó a la multinacional a pagar 9.500 millones de dólares, un pago que se resiste a abonar. English
It will be important to empower young people, to train them to exercise critical thought, and to make them conscious of the importance of their participation in society. A call to civil society.
Asking “What is wrong with our community?” will produce quite different answers to asking, “What would our ideal community be like?”
The history of this country is one of eternal recurrence. The ‘national question” re-emerges where it has always been, with varying degrees of visibility: at the heart of Ethiopian political life.
Hoy, con una democracia representativa fallida, no podemos restringir la voluntad ciudadana a una expresión pasiva de consentimiento. English
Strong-arm tactics and cynical compromises are yet to send Yerevan's protesters home. Is this the beginning of the end for the politics of old in Armenia?
There are clear parallels to be drawn between the stigmatising way in which welfare is administered in our job centres and the ‘poor relief’ of Victorian England.
“More cynically (or realistically) the Hellenes must be kept in the NATO orbit and timely aid is the best guarantor of it.”
Tsipras’ room for manoeuvre is completely circumscribed by the euro.
Tribute to the Greek left from a fellow European who won’t forget the run-up to the historic Greek referendum.
