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“Protest for Production”: Fighting the Ethnic Authoritarian Model of Governance in Postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina

Theory & Research To be in protest for production is a political axiom that cuts through the triad of insecurity-poverty-trauma. It has resonated powerfully across communities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, forging links between workers, students, war veterans, artists, and activists that continue to this day

By Damir Arsenijevic

Authoritarianism, State Violence, and Vigilantism: Security Challenges Posed by Illegal Miners in South Africa

Theory & Research Illegal miners, colloquially known as the zama zamas — over 75 percent of whom are undocumented migrants from neighbouring Zimbabwe, Lesotho, and Mozambique — risk their lives foraging for leftover minerals, notably gold, in some of the world’s deepest mineshafts

By Kennedy Manduna

Reconfigurations of Structural Violence in Southeast Puebla in Times of Crisis

Theory & Research Precarious conditions of social existence, gender-based violence, inequality, and systemic violations of human rights prevail in the strategic economic zone of southeastern Puebla

By Edith González Cruz and Panagiotis Doulos

Between the Expansion of Markets and the Defence of Rights: Rapprochement and Disputes between Businesspeople and Social Movements in São Paulo’s Largest Favela

Theory & Research In this article, Hugo Fanton analyzes, from São Paulo's largest favela, the corporate social performance and the urban territorial political dispute in the rise and crisis of Lulism

Don’t Cry for Me Argentina: Primary Elections Put a Right-Wing Candidate on the Podium

In Perspective Argentina’s primary, open, and compulsory elections (PASO) confirmed a shift in the political system towards the far right. The result of the PASO is the conclusion of a process that for at least a decade has seen a sustained deterioration in the living conditions of the population, in the context of increases in the precariousness of labour and in the financialization of life.

By Mariano Féliz