Brazilian political cycles and the impeachment of president Dilma Rousseff

    The openMovements series invites leading social scientists to share their research results and perspectives on contemporary social struggles. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff reacts during her impeachment trial at the Federal Senate in Brasilia, Brazil, Aug. 29, 2016. Eraldo Peres/Press Association. All rights reserved.The conclusion of the impeachment process against Dilma Rousseff, elected president of Brazil…

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      Democracy and social movements in Mexico

      The openMovements series invites leading social scientists to share their research results and perspectives on contemporary social struggles. APPO demonstration in Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City,2006. Wkikicommons/Maurice Marcellin. Some rights reserved.Mexico has a long uninterrupted history of social protest and mobilization. These mobilizations have however failed to overlap and join forces with other forms…

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        The thirty-year war: still on track

        US tanks pose in front of the "Hands of Victory" monument, Baghdad, 2003. Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain.In spring 2003, barely two weeks after the invasion of Iraq, one of the earlier columns in this series was perhaps rashly titled "A thirty-year war" (4 April 2003). It was a very pessimistic assessment, which both highlighted the military…

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          Chilling effects: the politics of anti-semitism in the UK

          Giving evidence to members of the Home Affairs Select Committee at the Houses of Parliament, London in 2016. Press Association Archive. All rights reserved. Rosemary Bechler (RB): David, what prompted you to write your detailed and lengthy critique of the Home Affairs Committee’s Report on anti-semitism, which you accuse of being a ‘partisan party political…

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            Mosul and Aleppo, a reshaping war

            The Iraqi Army 16th Division on the way for the Mosul offensive in October 2016. Flickr/Quentin Bruno. Some rights reserved.After two weeks of military assault on the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, there is no sign of a definitive breakthrough. The attackers, a wide-ranging coalition of international forces, have made some incursions into its eastern…

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