Aid workers speak out against the suffering of Syria, the failures of politicians and the cynicism of political campaigns to discredit foreign aid.
What is often ignored across Europe is the mainstreaming of nationalism and nativism, the legitimization of illiberal and indeed of anti-democratic ideas and practices by established ‘moderate’ political forces.
This ‘do more of the same’ approach based on brutal enforcement and discipline does not tackle the sources of the uneven development.
On the one hand, the Trump administration aims at strengthening the US economy and armed forces; on the other, it intends to turn its back on the rest of the world.
West Papuans have it much harder than Scots or Catalans. In West Papua it is illegal to fly the independence flag. Español
Em meio a turbulenta crise econômica e política que assola o pais, o carnaval se transforma em palco para críticas, contestação e sarcasmo politico. Spanish English
By next year, the UK’s biggest broadcasting company, Sky (including Sky News), will be owned by a US media giant: Fox, Disney or Comcast (or perhaps two of them).
Los papuanos occidentales lo tienen mucho más difícil que los escoceses o los catalanes. En Papúa Occidental es ilegal ondear la bandera de la independencia. English
Simone De Beauvoir and Gisele Halimi were indefatigable. They wrote to every responsible official in the judiciary, military and government – up to General de Gaulle. Lest we forget.
Conflict developed in different ways in the territories where the armed groups operated. Today, the way in which post-conflict materializes in these territories is also different. Español
El conflicto se materializó de forma distinta en los distintos territorios donde actuaban los grupos armados de las Farc. La manera en que hoy se manifiesta el posconflicto en ellas también es diferente. English
“No more discipline, life’s magical” … has been singing in my head as I see colleagues laugh in the face of the absurd claims by the all-round absurdness that is university management.
