FARC´s weapons apprehended by the Colombian authorities. Flickr. Some rights reserved. This year ends with vitally important progress in the negotiation process between the Colombian government and the FARC. On…
The openMovements series invites leading social scientists to share their research results and perspectives on contemporary social struggles. Before Le Petit Cambodge, the day after the Paris attacks, November 2015.…
Credit: Mauro Biani (http://maurobiani.it/)/Il Manifesto. All rights reserved.At the end of last year, as politicians and pundits cheered on coalition airstrikes in Syria, I wrote this: “The war on ISIS…
This article originally appeared on Grist. Scott Pruitt, new Environmental Protection Agency administrator, had cozy ties with energy companies while serving as Oklahoma’s attorney general, as The New York Times reported in 2014 and again this…
PT meeting in 2013. Cesar Ogata/Flickr. All rights reserved. At dinner, someone asked the time from the Swiss guard on duty. Looking at his watch and seeing that it had…
For the first few weeks of a baby’s life, swaddling has numerous benefits. It allows them to sleep calmly because they’re not disturbed by their startle reflex. Plus, it keeps…
PEPSI. Flickr/Mike Mozart. Some rights reserved.In 1979, I was almost seven years old when the Soviet Union occupied Afghanistan and my father decided to move the family from Herat, my home…
Altiero Spinelli's grave, Ventotene. Flickr/ Jon Worth. Some rights reserved.Mr. Varoufakis: beyond your slogans, what is your practical plan to initiate a surge of democracy in Europe? This question is…
In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, thousands of miles from land, a rogue wave knocked Chris Bertish off his paddleboard. The impact partially inverted the entire craft and pulled…
Special forces soldiers march in a military parade. Fernando Vergara / AP/Press Association Images. All rights reserved.Colombia is currently setting up a new, innovative and unique system of justice for…
Istanbul police suspend students protesting against YOK, November 2015. Demotix/ Sahan Nuhoglu. All rights reserved.Following the arrest of 27 academics, and a criminal investigation into more than a thousand individuals…
Complex reality:Tunisians protest against terrorist attack at Bardo museum, March 2015. Demotix/Chedly Ben Ibrahim. All rights reserved. The abhorrent Paris attacks have reduced political and public debate on the ongoing…