Africa

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Confronting Corporate-Driven Food Systems in the Time of COVID-19: Contradictions and Potential in South Africa’s Civil Society

In PerspectiveWhile governments across southern Africa have imposed State of Emergency-type COVID-19 regulations, a number of ‘people’s coalitions’ have emerged in several countries.
By Boaventura Monjane
Confronting Corporate-Driven Food Systems in the Time of COVID-19: Contradictions and Potential in South Africa’s Civil Society

Asia

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The 2022 Philippine President Elections are Over: When Will the Fake News Stop?

In PerspectiveStraight from the tyrants’ playbook, the Marcos family destroyed the fragile information ecosystem and democracy in the Philippines by presenting alternative truths. Their family legitimized the distortion of facts for self-serving purposes
The 2022 Philippine President Elections are Over: When Will the Fake News Stop?

The COVID-19 pandemic and the infrastructure of hate in India

In PerspectiveIn May 2020, while the world continued to grapple with ways of dealing with the pandemic, UN Secretary General António Guterres spoke about the “tsunami of hate” targeting specific communities in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. One such maelstrom, targeting the Muslim community, was seen taking place in India, with allegations of ‘corona jihad’ becoming widespread during the first phase of the COVID-19 lockdown in the country.
By Fathima Nizaruddin
The COVID-19 pandemic and the infrastructure of hate in India

Europe

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“Russia is giving carte blanche to the far right”

InterviewA year after the outbreak of war, Alexander Tushkin from Russia spoke to Sergey Movchan, left-wing activist in Ukraine, about Ukrainian nationalism, the far right and antifascists in the Ukrainian army
By Alexander Tushkin
“Russia is giving carte blanche to the far right”

Latin America

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The Cold War Was Never about Democracy

InterviewThe author of The Jakarta Method: Washington’s Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World  Vincent Bevins, talks about how the West’s violent anticommunist crusade shaped our modern world
The Cold War Was Never about Democracy

The Landless Workers’ Movement in Brazil During the COVID-19 Pandemic: How a Social Movement Feeds a Nation

In PerspectiveThe significance of the MST in Brazil has been most noticeable during the pandemic. In a country that lost more than 684.000 people to a disease brought by plane through the wealthy elite, in a society where racialized and sexualized bodies are always the most vulnerable, it was (and still is) extremely important to find solidarity between the country and the city
The Landless Workers’ Movement in Brazil During the COVID-19 Pandemic: How a Social Movement Feeds a Nation

WANA

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Civil Society and Solidarity in Turkey After the Earthquakes

In PerspectiveIn the second part of this essay, Ülker Sözen (Leipzig University) discusses Civil Society and Solidarity in Turkey 4 months After the Earthquakes, and interviews two activists from Feminist Solidarity for Disaster Relief 
By Ülker Sözen
Civil Society and Solidarity in Turkey After the Earthquakes

Echoes of Jin, Jiyan, Azadi in Iran and Elsewhere

InterviewIn this interview, Nafis Fathollahzadeh and Ülker Sözen talk about the recent intersectional feminist revolution in Iran, the wave of protests that started with the murder of Jina Mahsa Amini by the morality police in September 2022, and trace important parallels between Iran and Turkey in terms of the dynamics of state violence and the power of women’s and LGBTQIA+ struggle to inspire an emancipatory social mobilization.
By Börries Nehe and Ülker Sözen
Echoes of Jin, Jiyan, Azadi in Iran and Elsewhere

Global

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Neoliberalism at War and the Authoritarian Turn

Theory & ResearchThe recent electoral wins of social-democratic and liberal forces in several countries have brought the illusion of a democratic normalization. But it's only that — an illusion. The Far Right has deeply transformed the political culture and the ideological landscape in the long-term, and its emergence is closely related to the economic and social ravages of the past decades. This article explores the connections between global neoliberal transformations and the world becoming much more authoritarian.
By Gustavo Robles
Neoliberalism at War and the Authoritarian Turn

Contesting Authoritarianism: Perspectives from the South

Theory & ResearchDuring one week, "Contesting Authoritarianism: Perspectives from the South" gathered scholars, activists, students, journalists and many other to discuss the various manifestations of authoritarian neoliberalism, reactionary populism, and strategies of resistance. Here you find the video recordings of our discussions.
By IRGAC
Contesting Authoritarianism: Perspectives from the South