French director Ariel de Bigault talks about the illusions of colonialist ideologies, which laundered the brutalities of slave trafficking. She highlights the failures of the left in Portugal and Brazil to recognize the racism inherent in their cultures. And tells a story of a journey that led her from music […]
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Resistance during the pandemic
Increase in domestic violence and unpaid work shape the reality enforced by Covid and ignored by the British government. Immigrants and Afro-descendants are the most affected. A virtual event on 10 December in London, makes an appeal to getting involved in this feminist struggle. Daniela Arias Baquero The […]
Julian Assange, an agonising wait
After concluding the second and last phase of the judicial process in October, the verdict is expected on 4 January of next year, a decision that further prolongs the agony of the Australian journalist, who has spent more than eight years in confinement. Néstor Marín First came seven […]
The policy for inequality
This is the defining issue of our time. However, most of the research studies the drivers and the impacts, but focuses less on the key factors, such as the people and the communities. This will be discussed by a panel of LSE experts, on 27 January. Studying this phenomenon […]
Church vs. State
Why European courts don’t cut churches much slack during confinement. Darrin Burgess When Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York ordered a second wave of lockdowns last October to stem the contagion of Covid-19, he evoked the now-familiar distinction between essential and non-essential venues, and put severe restrictions on […]
















