In Madison, Wisconsin, you can’t avoid politics. The graffiti outside the state Capitol Building, the snatches of overheard discussions in the bars, and the commemorative cards at the radical bookstore all relate to one thing: the events that have unfolded since the rebellion of March 2011. Against the backdrop of […]
As the legal case against terrorist Anders Behring Breivik draws to a close in Oslo’s courthouse, his ideological relatives are approaching parliamentary power in several European countries. Mr. Breivik has described in court how the ideology of counter-jihadism inspired him, and how his terrorist actions are to be understood as […]
“I am very satisfied, I think we have taken a very decisive step” – Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, announcing Spain’s €100 billion bailout I’m puzzled. Our government is celebrating that it has received a “line of credit” (not a rescue) of €100 billion Euros, and our Prime Minister welcomes it […]
Portugal is now a year into a structural adjustment program overseen by the troika, a term widely used in “bailed-out” countries to refer to the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank, and the European Commission. Even though Portugal was the third country to turn to the troika for financial […]
One day before the official declaration of the final results of who will rule their country, Egyptians in Cairo were pondering a curious fact: the runoff elections for the Egyptian presidency were between Mohammed Morsi, the candidate for the Muslim Brotherhood, and Ahmed Shafiq, Mubarak’s last prime minister. Yet the […]
Not many people have heard of Gullah/Geechee culture, the Sea Islands, or this respective nation, but many more have heard of the ‘Heritage Golf Classic’ or ‘Hilton Head Island’. Little do most know that beneath the perfect lawns and clubhouses of the golf courses are the blood, sweat, tears, and […]
There’s music, there’s politics, and there’s the hope of revolution in Venezuela. Founded in 2003, the Hip-Hop Revolución (HHR) movement brings together like-minded young people from across the country to organize festivals and help to educate each other. HRR has created 31 hip-hop schools across the country, which teenagers can […]
The numbers are known. In January 2012 unemployment figures in Spain passed the five million mark, which points to an incredibly high and growing number of families without any source of income. Civil servants’ salaries were frozen, and have now been cut. Such measures are being sold to many active […]
Striking students in the Canadian province of Quebec are vowing to escalate their fight against an increase in tuition fees after police used tear gas, shock grenades and arrested dozens of protesters last Friday. For more than ten weeks now, 170,000 students from approximately 180 local unions have been on […]
Following a new report from Save the Children, Stefan Simanowitz assesses the state of malnutriton across Africa. “When you arrive in a village, everything may seem normal at first but then you start to notice things”, explains Kenyan, Assumpta Ndumi. “It is lunchtime but there is no food on the […]