United Kingdom & Current affairs
- 3 days agoColonialism always was about trade. Offshore trading is merely the latest
- 3 days agoAnxiety, depression, phobias and panic disorder. Those are just some of the
- 3 days agoThere is a turbulent and very worrying atmosphere surrounding the Rule of Law
- 3 days agoThe Old World is not prepared for the fight against desertification that lies
- 1 week agoRecent events such as the European elections have brought to light the urgent
Multiculture
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Alejandro Postigo in London: immigration and homosexuality in the dictatorship
June 17, 2019Censorship, hostility or repression against the homosexual community or immigrants are realities that still exist in British and [...] -
La Lira Matacera… 95 years preserving popular dance music
June 3, 2019In the neighbourhoods of La Marina, Simpson and Pueblo Nuevo in the 1920s, rumba and Guaguancó reigned in the dance halls and [...] -
João Guilherme: WhatsApp & fake news, or how to kill democracy
May 20, 2019Fears and anxieties are used to create and diffuse fake news and manipulate the electorate. This is what happened at the last [...]
- Celebrating art, diversity and female empowerment in the UK
- A mother’s despair… The kidnapped son
- Women, immigrants and “undocumented”… A powerful story
Latin America
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Far right in Colombia: History of a betrayal to peace
June 24, 2019There is a turbulent and very worrying atmosphere surrounding the Rule of Law in Colombia. Different sectors warn that, in the [...] -
Danilo Rueda: “In Colombia, the important thing is eradicating violence”
June 24, 2019Between 2016 and 20th May 2019, 837 social leaders were murdered. This year has been the worst, with one leader murdered [...] -
Ezequiel Yanco… life in common in the Pampa Argentina
June 17, 2019A community of indigenous people accepted a government offer to return to their land, stolen from the Indians in the 1870s. The [...]
- Femicide in Latin America, a strengthening form of violence
- Piazzolla, his grandson and his foundation
- ABColombia Series (7): Mujeres y desarrollo
Culture
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A fascist death in Spain
June 24, 2019The difficulty when writing about a civil war – in this case the Spanish Civil War – is expressed by the narrator’s friend [...] -
Ezequiel Yanco… life in common in the Pampa Argentina
June 17, 2019A community of indigenous people accepted a government offer to return to their land, stolen from the Indians in the 1870s. The [...] -
The Boring Exhibition… in London
June 17, 2019A playful celebration of boredom through the eyes of artist and collector Dawn Parsonage. The display will be opened from 26 June [...]
- Globalising the Renaissance
- The life and death of Marielle Franco
- Javier Heraud’s dream: a rebel’s dream lives on
Workers
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The march of the forgotten
May 6, 2019This is the name given to the “Mobilisation against repression and state violence” that will take place on Wednesday 6th May, [...] -
Questions to be answered after GKN plant closure revealed
April 8, 2019Unite The Union demanded an urgent meeting with Melrose bosses after news emerged of plans to close GKN’s King’s [...] -
Scandal as outsourcing giant withholds workers’ pay
April 8, 2019Thousands of low paid workers employed by ISS, a multibillion pound global outsourcing giant, are up in arms after being told the [...]
- The blacklisting shame and the need for public inquiry
- The Caribbean community and the National Windrush Day of Action
- Takeover at the British Museum: No War, No Warming
United Kingdom
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Britain’s offshore empire of magic money islands
June 24, 2019Colonialism always was about trade. Offshore trading is merely the latest mutation. The [...] -
Mental Health and economic crisis in the UK
June 24, 2019Anxiety, depression, phobias and panic disorder. Those are just some of the most common [...] -
Far right in Colombia: History of a betrayal to peace
June 24, 2019There is a turbulent and very worrying atmosphere surrounding the Rule of Law in [...]
- In Europe, the Earth enters its death throes
- United against xenophobia
- Ezequiel Yanco… life in common in the Pampa Argentina
Lifestyle
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In Europe, the Earth enters its death throes
June 24, 2019The Old World is not prepared for the fight against desertification that lies in store. A report from European auditors raised [...] -
Plastic’s devastating effect on marine life
June 17, 2019Plastic production is increasing: it stands at around 300 million tonnes a year, and yet only half is reusable or recyclable. [...] -
Coping with a difficult employer
June 13, 2019[...]
- Chronic and fatal: the prevalence of diabetes in Latin America
- Water and agriculture: means of survival and source of livelihood
- Cremation jewellery from ashes, is it ethical?
Strugles
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The march of the forgotten
May 6, 2019This is the name given to the “Mobilisation against repression and state violence” that will take place on Wednesday 6th May, [...] -
Questions to be answered after GKN plant closure revealed
April 8, 2019Unite The Union demanded an urgent meeting with Melrose bosses after news emerged of plans to close GKN’s King’s [...] -
Scandal as outsourcing giant withholds workers’ pay
April 8, 2019Thousands of low paid workers employed by ISS, a multibillion pound global outsourcing giant, are up in arms after being told the [...]
- The blacklisting shame and the need for public inquiry
- The Caribbean community and the National Windrush Day of Action
- Takeover at the British Museum: No War, No Warming
World
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Britain’s offshore empire of magic money islands
June 24, 2019Colonialism always was about trade. Offshore trading is merely the latest mutation. The global economy is at the mercy of [...] -
Trump against Mexico: On how to punish (im)migrants
June 17, 2019The president of the United States, Donald Trump, placed the government of the central American country, Mexico, in a [...] -
Miguel Hilari: between Indigenous and Spanish cultures
June 10, 2019His family experience made him sensitive to the rapid cultural changes in Bolivia in recent decades. Aware of the history of film [...]
- A network without borders to defend peace in Colombia
- Brexit, patriotism and Singapore-on-Thames
- Trump and his insensitive anti-immigrant changes
