The “post-truth” issue is intimately tied to the ability of powerful people to fabricate victimhood.
Human rights defenders are out in the cold at this moment: we have compromised allies on the left and the right.
Days after the inauguration of Donald Trump, the rhetoric around his presidency on the left remains mostly unchanged: a mix of incredulity and rage, laced with apocalyptic fret.
Julian Sayarer explains why, inspired by his trans-USA hitchhike and by John Berger's example, he is donating £2500 of his Stanford Dolman award, to the ACLU.
When civic space is under attack, we make no dangerous accommodations. We stand up, and we fight back.
The much-needed new relationship with the citizenry must involve an end to the conjuring up of an external enemy and the promotion of a “new cold war”.
The new American regime embraces a dangerous militarism. Britain's government supports the policy at its own risk.
The novelty and danger posed by the new US president is the fact that he either does not know, or does not care, that the prohibition of torture is one that is considered to be fundamental.
America’s new president has yet to fully articulate his foreign policy strategy but one thing is abundantly clear: the next four years are going to be a far cry from the Obama Doctrine.
If America under Trump begins to look like the old Middle East and Russia, the risks of a crisis getting out of hand are huge. Português Español
Si la América de Trump acaba pareciéndose al viejo Oriente Medio y a Rusia, los riesgos de que una crisis se vaya de las manos son enormes. Português English
Se a América de Trump começar a parecer-se ao velho Médio Oriente e à Rússia, os riscos de que uma crise se torne incontrolável são enormes. English Español
