Women in Flight
Structures like the women_*’s space in Athens offer women_* the chance to compare notes and talk openly about experiences of violence, provide a safe place where they can get some measure of peace and quiet and share solidarity.
Eviction: Enraging Causes and Enduring Consequences
Poverty isn’t just a reflection of lower incomes; it’s also an expression of extractive markets.
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They Can’t Be Pleaded With – They Must Be Fought
The idea of open borders is anathema to Europe’s ruling elites; inhumane detention camps seem, on the other hand, to be perfectly acceptable. Politicians in power display nothing but inhumanity. We have to step into action; we have to go all out.
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The Syrian Revolution, at Street Level
“A lot of the people who picked up weapons knew it was a mistake. Violence alienates certain key constituencies who the revolution needs to win over. It scares the West, and makes them more likely to stick with Assad—which is why he provoked it.”
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Fight or Flight
People’s lands are being ripped away from them and turned into palm oil plantations. Their rivers are dammed. Their forests have been plundered. International investment does tremendous harm both to the people and to Mother Earth, about which they care profoundly.
Outside Humanity
As we see the razor wire fencing being fixed this week on Samos, we fear that the authorities are preparing for a tough strategy of removal. It is what we have come to expect.
“Wir müssen aufs Ganze gehen!”
Wer etwas verändern will, muss kaputt machen was kaputt macht und nicht versuchen, die Revolution zu umgehen.
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A World Free of Work Or No World At All!
Post-work and post-carbon economies are going to be two key pillars of any future left over the coming decades.
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Photo Essay: Autonomous Trucker Strike in Russia
The nationwide strike by Russian truckers officially wrapped up on March 1, but Petersburg drivers have continued to maintain their makeshift protest camp.
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Nowhere Is Safe
A brief, though rich, glance into a Yezidi refugee camp near Diyarbakir in early 2016.