By Daniel Petrick, 9 December 2020 The North Macedonia portrayed in Rumena Bužarovska’s short stories is a bleak place. Brutish and vainglorious, the men treat their wives and mistresses as…
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Russia: Kremlin in Decline?
By Ilya Matveev & Ilya Budraitskis. 29 September 2021 On 19 September, Russia’s three-day elections ended with the expected result – United Russia (UR), the Kremlin’s party, yet again won a constitutional…
Elections in Germany: Loss of legitimacy for established politics, heavy defeat for Die Linke
Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières, Wednesday 29 September 2021, by KELLNER Manuel The parties in the “grand coalition” of Angela Merkel’s government, the conservative CDU/CSU (Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union) and the SPD…
How the farm reforms will destroy India’s farmers and food security?
By Tanmoy Ibrahim, Sep 26, 2020 A massive wave of farmers’ protest movements against the anti-farmer agriculture bills and amendment to the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, has stunned Prime Minister Narendra…
DSA sliding right under Biden
Takeaways from the 2021 DSA Convention, Tempest, September 8th 2021 by Haley Pessin & Andy Sernatinger Haley Pessin and Andy Sernatinger analyze the 2021 DSA Convention. The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) 2021 Convention…
Memeing Democracy: How memes are used to engage in political discourse and circumvent censorship in the Global South
By R. Vaishno Bharati, September 2021 INTRODUCTION Voices from the South – September 2021 As the world continues to become more digitalized, how can emerging digital mediums such as “memes”…
Was Mangala ‘progressive’?
By Ramindu Perera, September 29, 2021 Some reflections on the progressive identity in contemporary times The sudden demise of veteran politician Mangala Samaraweera evoked an interesting discussion about the legacy…
USA – Protests Against Biden’s Immigration Policy and Treatment of Haitians
Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières, September 29th 2021 Photographs and videos of U.S. Border Patrol agents using their horses and what appeared to be whips against would-be Haitian immigrants at the…
The outlines of opposition in a post-Trump U.S.A.
by Peter Ikeler Tempest, September 9th 2021 In preparation for our upcoming national gathering later this year, Tempest will be running a number of articles that take on pressing theoretical and…
Hurricane Maria four years later
Tempest, September 28th, 2021 by Paul Figueroa Paul Figueroa analyzes the state of settler colonialism and disaster capitalism obstructing self-determination for Puerto Rico four years after Hurricane Maria. Hurricane Maria unearthed not…