From the squares to power in four years, 10 days
Sol square cleared of last 15-M activists, August 2011. Demotix/Nathalie Paco. All rights reserved.Never had democratic Spain seen a political party accumulate as much power as the Popular Party (PP)…
There Are 3 Common Arguments For Keeping The Electoral College. Here’s Why They’re Wrong
In November 2000, newly elected New York Senator Hillary Clinton promised that when she took office in 2001, she would introduce a constitutional amendment to abolish the Electoral College, the…
Tom Brady Wore A Truly Bizarre Jacket And The Internet Had A Field Day
Welcome to “Inflategate.” Tom Brady and The New England Patriots are going back to the Super Bowl. There’s no denying Brady’s place in NFL history. If he’s not the greatest…
Regime wages war of documents on Syrians
Embassy of Syria in Prague – Bubeneč, Czechia, Street Českomalínská – 12-4-2008 (Krokodyl/Wikipedia via CC BY 3.0)Political dissidents have been too often stripped of their civic rights, professional licenses, and…
Law Enforcement Turn Water Cannons, Use Tear Gas And Rubber Bullets On Protesters At Standing Rock
Law enforcement stationed at the Dakota Access Pipeline turned water cannons on protesters in freezing temperatures along with rubber bullets, tear-gas and percussion grenades in the latest clash with unarmed protesters. According…
Nothing in politics is an accident
Merkel and Hollande at the 17th German-French council of ministers, March, 2015. Demotix/ Jakob Ratz. All rights reserved.With slightly more than half the ballots counted, "óxi" is set to win…
Turkey’s Kurdish movement: in search of 'Real Islam'
Alevi protestor at compulsory religious classes with PKK and HDP flags, 2015. Demotix/ John Wreford. All rights reserved.One of the hottest debates about Turkey’s June 7 General Elections is whether…
Charlie Hebdo, and being non-European
London crowd. Flickr/Ant Jackson. Some rights reserved.Charlie Hebdo reminds us that life is much more complicated than the simple contrast between the bad guy, “the Islamist,” vs. the good guy,…
Introducing: The Bed Tent
Everyone needs some for privacy from time to time. Especially if you share a dorm room with a night-owl roommate or a bunk bed with your obnoxious little brother. That’s…
The Armenian Genocide and the law
Demotix/PAN photo/Vahan Stepanyan. All rights reserved.What happened on April 24 is one of the most significant radical moments in the process of extreme violence and mass annihilation in the great…