The removal of Dilma Roussef in Brazil, the economic blockade against the government of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, or the arrest warrant against the ex-president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa. Examples from a continent that does not permit alternatives to the existing political system. Virginia Moreno Molina ‘Lawfare’ is […]
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Wages for house work, decades of Struggle
In its 50 years of existence, Global Women’s Strike has led a number of campaigns. The main one: the one that seeks justice for the work that women do at home and all that it entails. A series of events commemorates this struggle and on 28 May, in London, it […]
Brexit as seen by an immigrant
Despite concrete evidence to the contrary, right wings parties from all over the world always play the “immigrants are stealing our jobs” card. I witnessed a clear example of that during the 2016 Brexit referendum. Leavers based their entire campaign on immigration. Nathan Raia In 2015, Italy was […]
A poetic story of the Romani genocide
Writer-director Roz Mortimer’s hybrid documentary “The deathless woman” –a response to the virtual erasure of the history of Roma from our cultural memory of the Holocaust- will tour to seven UK cities and towns from May to July, including Glasgow, Bolton, Erith, Manchester, Chester, Sheffield and Leeds. Up to […]
Indigenous communities get no help against criminal threats
The death of two indigenous leaders in Guerrero, Mexico, has again drawn attention to the government’s negligent protection of indigenous communities targeted by criminal groups throughout Mexico. Henry Shuldiner In a Facebook post, the Guerrero-Emiliano Zapata Indigenous and Popular Council (Cipog-EZ) announced members Lorena Chantzin Paxacuasingo and Marcos […]