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| Nuclear power
Fukushima After Five YearsTime will heal, some people say. The prospect of that looks bleak, however, for the people affected by the world’s worst nuclear disaster. -> read article... |
| Kurdistan / Syria
Rojava, the PYD and Kurdish self-determinationThe Kurds of Syria, that is of West Kurdistan (Rojava), have now become key actors in the combined process of counter-revolution, civil war and self-determination underway in Syria. The PYD (Democratic Union Party) had already taken de facto control in the enclaves of Kobané first, then of Afrin and Jazira, following the withdrawal of the Assad regime’s forces in July 2012, and it had declared autonomy in this region in January 2014 as a reaction to not being invited to the second Geneva conference. But it was mainly with the siege of Kobané by Islamic State and the audacious resistance of the Popular Protection Units (YPG), and particularly the women fighting in the ranks of the YPJ, that the forces linked to the PYD and the experience of self-determination in Rojava obtained legitimacy and enjoyed support at the international level. -> read article... |
| Brazil
“If the coup succeeds, the country is heading towards a process of social collapse” Interview with Ruy Braga by Cátia Guimarães
Dilma Rousseff was suspended as Brazilian president on Thursday 12 May, and replaced by Michel Temer of the PMDB. Ruy Braga of the the University of São Paulo spoke to journalist Cátia Corrêa Guimarães on April 6, 2016 outlining the background to this and indicating what he thought would happen once Rousseff’s fall was confirmed. -> read article... |