Representative democracy can only strengthen if it resorts to more participatory and deliberative mechanisms, a new generation of public action built on co-construction.
On International Day of Peasant Struggles, we reflect on Brazil’s ‘Landless Workers’ Movement’, which has been at the heart of struggles for land and social justice for over three decades.
Negotiation processes over conflict are practically impotent in men’s hands. A statement on the recent hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh. Русский
A new type of “judicial-mediatic coup”, more complex and sophisticated than the military coup, is under way in Brazil. Brazilian intellectuals seek support from the international community. Español Português
Post-Fukushima social movements, the rebirth of history and tacit futures. An interview.
In contrast to ‘hazards theory’, the theory of disasters derived from a sociological approach will underline concerns about complex social organization and collective behavior. Português. Español.
One overarching theme of last weekend’s Plan B for Europe conferences in Madrid, the pursuit of growth, shows a basic unawareness of how the economic system depends on the biosphere.
The reduction of a broad and complex reconfiguration of Brazilian society to a matter of “Fascists” versus “Bolivarians” is a sign of the exasperation caused by the current conjuncture. Español Português
Global South's emancipatory practices are demanding the renewal of the 'Spirit of Bandung' that gave birth to the South-South cooperation. Español
Some of the debates regarding agency, change and commoning that flowed through openDemocracy in 2015.
Those gathering spontaneously after the assassination of Hrant Dink have been part of the Gezi movement — in a non-violent way, manifesting their desire to be the Subjects of their own lives.
