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25 July 2019, by Samuel Earle
“A Mockery of What Democracy Is Supposed to Be”

Arundhatti Roy interviewed by Samuel Earle in The New Republic “In India,” Arundhati Roy wrote in 2002, “if you are a butcher or a genocidist who happens to be a politician, you have every reason (...)
25 July 2019, by Boaventura de Sousa Santos
What Now, Brazil?

The words that come to mind the most are astonishment and perplexity. The Brazilian government has slipped into the abyss of absurdity, into an absolute trivialization of abuse and aggression, (...)
25 July 2019, by Messaoud Romdhani
Trump Administration: Redefining Human Rights

Bible in hand Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Prize winner cleric, known for his anti-apartheid and human rights militancy in South Africa, said: When missionaries came to Africa, they had the Bible (...)
14 July 2019, by Saladdin Ahmed
The Significance of the Sudanese Revolution

The ongoing Sudanese revolution has emerged at a time when most of us had already given up any realistic hope for what has become known as the Arab Spring. Yet, if anything, the revolutionaries (...)
10 June 2019, by Vijay Kolinjivadi
Why a Hipster, Vegan, Green Tech Economy is Not Sustainable

Improving eco-efficiency within a capitalist growth-oriented system will not save the environment. On the western borderlands of Montreal’s well-to-do Outremont district and the (...)
6 June 2019, by PADS
Public Statement on the Suicide of Dr Payal Tadvi in Mumbai

Dr Payal Tadvi, an Adivasi Muslim from one of the most backward tribes of India committed suicide on 22 May in her hostel room in a Mumbai hospital. She was a post-graduate resident doctor in the (...)
1 June 2019, by Alternatives International
Indian Elections 2019: Challenges Ahead

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won a second mandate to run the government as the election results announced on May 23, 2019 clearly show. They got more seats than they had won in 2014 and their (...)
30 May 2019, by Messaoud Romdhani
European Union-Tunisia Relationship: "Stop People but Let Goods Through"

In the aftermath of what ’s often been referred to as the "Arab Spring", the European Union (EU) gave much more attention to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region, especially to Tunisia, (...)
29 May 2019, by Amartya Sen
Democracy Demands More Than the Counting of Votes

Winning cannot be the only concern in fighting an election. It makes a big difference how the winners are viewed in the post-election world. The excitements of the recent general elections are (...)
29 May 2019, by Samuel Earle
“A Mockery of What Democracy is Supposed to Be”

I recently spoke to Roy over email about the Indian election result, the meaning of Modi, and the role of a writer when—in her words—“the world is in a churning.” This interview has been lightly (...)