Those currently achieving political prominence in the Old Continent have little or nothing to do with national recognition of poor people on the peripheries, victims of the growth of capitalism. The flags of internationalism await more favourable times. Juan Diego García Here, in the periphery of the global […]
In Focus
In Focus
Refugees and borders
This text is written when domestic and international pressure seems to be weakening the UK conservative government’s hard position towards refugees as in recent hours information has emerged about an announcement that Cameron might give soon. Mabel Encinas Up to recently, the only humanitarian ‘urgency’ for the conservative […]
Critical journalism overcomes fear and breaks the silence
What is the role of journalism in our lives as readers of media, I wonder, facing the murder of another journalist in Mexico. Ruben Espinosa was killed in a collective murder a few weeks ago. Mabel Encinas By contrast with journalism that perpetuates the status quo and does […]
Prostitution, abuse and human rights
Prostitution is often reduced as an issue of sex labour or it is associated to sexual freedom. However, a broader approach illuminates that prostitution is the result of violence against women. Mabel Encinas ‘Sex work’ is defined as an exchange of sexual services for remuneration. Such an […]
What is a terrorist?
It is the question that the mass media is trying to answer following the shooting in a church in Charleston, USA, in which a white youth murdered nine African Americans. The intended use of this term goes beyond its intended use. Araceli Oliva On the 7th of January […]















