As Sweet Honey in the Rock’s sign language interpreter, Shirley Childress dedicated her life to deaf rights.
It is sometimes said that theories are fishing nets in which to catch the truth. Let us apply Gramsci’s net to some daily debates taking place in Turkey.
A defining characteristic of this populist form of autocracy is the rejection of diversity and the attack on democratic institutions. Orbán is succeeding in both.
Heritage is where we come from. Creativity is the energy that shapes what we can become. The question is how to combine the two. Português
O Património dá-nos as raízes que nos sustentam e a Criatividade fornece a energia para construir aquilo em que nos podemos tornar. A questão é como combinar os dois. English
‘The Shakira of Kurdistan’ discusses feminism, Kurdish unity, and healing the scars of war.
We are facing the biggest, most overarching, racist attack on immigration in generations. There is a void in politics. We must fight to win.
openDemocracy meets up with Denmark’s fastest-growing political party, Alternativet, and The Alternative UK, who inspired by them, have just launched their own ‘friendly revolution’. Interview.
Will Brexit ultimately result in a united federal Ireland in a confederation with Scotland, in the EU – with England and Wales outside it?
It is now possible that new governments in France and Germany will respond to civil society pressure and do what is needed to change the EU, without being blocked by Britain.
Every country, just like any individual, has to live with its own mess and pay the price for it.
