EU Law and Rule of Law on the Balance: Justice for Hungary?
Hungary’s place in the sun in the EU After having a short overview about the controversial political developments in Hungary 2010-2013, the questions emerge: shall Europe be really ready for confrontations with Hungary?…
5 New Films to Watch, N°25
The Supreme Price is ambitious both in its scope and its intentions: “Following the annulment of her father’s — Moshood Abiola — victory in Nigeria’s 1993 Presidential Election and her mother’s – Alhaja Kudirat…
Central African Republic: the hidden hands behind ‘yet another good coup’
‘Is the coup d’état which ushered President Francois Bozizé of Central African Republic’s overthrow yet another Libya or Ivory Coast? All signs point to a ‘Yes’ answer to this question.’ Pambazuka News HISTORY…
Joyce Banda has bigger problems than Madonna
The historian Margery Perham once wrote that “the basic difficulty” with the British colonial technique of indirect rule, of which she was a major architect, was “the great gap between the culture of…
Turkey condemns “blasphemy”, Fazil Say given 10-month sentence
Source: Reset DOC After long legal proceedings involving the Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk and novelist Elif Şafak, once again Turkey hits the headlines with news of a court order against one of the…
VICE and the “new journalism model”*
Africa is a Country 23 Apr 2013 Sean Jacobs The business of journalism as we know it is in trouble and there’s a scramble for a “new journalism model,” with VICE.com held up…
Burma: the forgotten nightmare of the Rohingya Muslims
Source: Reset DOC Last month more than 40 people were killed and a state of emergency was proclaimed and during the past few weeks 13 more were killed, all young people. The dead…
Venezuela Accuses U.S. of Plotting Coup After Deadly Post-Election Protests
Source: Democracy Now Venezuelan President-elect Nicolás Maduro has accused the United States and opposition of planning a coup against him after seven government supporters were killed and 60 people were injured in clashes…
Genocide Trial of Former Dictator Ríos Montt Suspended After Intervention by Guatemalan President
Source: Democracy Now A historic trial against former U.S.-backed Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity came to an abrupt end Thursday when an appeals court suspended…
La difícil construcción del socialismo en Venezuela
¿Por qué la izquierda avanza en América Latina y se despeña en Europa? Pudiera ser porque Europa insiste en despreciar lo que ignora. Europa sigue cometiendo “epistemicidios”, haciendo del pensamiento lineal un camino…
