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| Arab revolutions
What remains of the Arab Spring?It is now in vogue – in our present increasingly short-term and short-sighted times – to ask this question to the tune of Charles Trenet’s song: “What remains of those beautiful days?”. The euphoria of 2011 has given way to the melancholia of those disillusioned with the revolution, when it is not the dumb satisfaction of the supporters of the “ancien régime”, hostile to the uprising from the start on the pretext that nothing good would come out of it. -> read article... |
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| Mexico:
Twenty Years Since the Chiapas Rebellion: The Zapatistas, Their Politics, and Their ImpactThe Chiapas Rebellion led by the Zapatistas took place twenty years ago this month. What was the importance of the rebellion and of the Zapatistas? What was the impact at the time? And what has been its political legacy? What is the role of the Zapatistas in Mexico today? -> read article... |
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| Bangladesh
Rana Plaza (Bangladesh)… Women in the Garment Industry: Remembering Victims, Fighting for JusticeInternational Women’s Day was originally conceived as International Working Women’s Day and organized in part by the Second International. This piece was written for the holiday and to honor that tradition of fighting for working women’s rights. -> read article... |
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