“Jouissance”, the French word for enjoyment, is a term with philosophical implications due to the importance given it in the psychoanalytic ideas of Jacques Lacan. When it is applied to the reality of capitalism as a system of exploitation and subjection, political jouissance becomes a way of understanding why ideology […]
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Protecting witnesses to protect justice and truth
Although Alvaro Uribe Vélez faces 276 charges and is one of Colombia’s most investigated former presidents, he is the first one to be brought to trial, in this case for the alleged offences of procedural fraud and witness tampering. The witnesses in question have an important role in the trial […]
Repression against Jews who opposes the genocide of Palestinians
For the past 69 weeks, the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN) has been peacefully protesting Israel’s Ambassador, Tzipi Hotovely, near her Swiss Cottage residency for her incitement of genocide against Palestinians. However, on the night of 27 February, the police-imposed conditions to move the picket from Swiss Cottage to […]
Violence in Ecuador reaches children and teenagers
So far this year, Ecuador has recorded more than a thousand violent deaths, despite the fact that since January 2024 the country has been under an internal armed conflict declared by the current president to combat organised crime gangs. The fact that among the victims there are several minors makes […]
From behind the curtain: migrants’ lives and identities
“Barrio”… The story of migrant communities whose livelihoods, identities, and relationships are threatened by the call for “regeneration” and the loss of social housing. The dangers of gentrification. When the council pushes ahead with plans to demolish Castleview estate Santiago is forced to leave home and journey into himself.
















