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The flag of Kurdistan, the national flag of the Kurdish people. Jens Kalaene/DPA. All rights reserved.In early December 2016, the burning of a Kurdish flag in the northern Syrian town of Amuda revealed the fault-lines of intra-Kurdish power relations. The flag was allegedly burned by supporters of the ruling Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), whose …
In March and April 1985, the people of Sudan took to the streets revolting against Nimeiry’s regime. One of the main demands of the intifada was the abolishment of what became known as the "September 1983 laws", a criminal system based on Sharia. Hundreds had been arbitrary killed, tortured and jailed as a result of these laws. …
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on his first European trip, November 2014. Demotix/ Paolo Gargini. All rights reserved.The difficult debate about how to deal with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his military regime was given a literal illustration in early June 2015, when within a matter of days President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi first shook German …
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Click:室內設計 2017 could be the year of the great American pot bonanza – even for those who invest but don’t partake. With the latest round of legalizations stretching pot-friendly zones up and down the coasts, the national weed market could leap up to $21 billion by the year 2020, if New Frontier Data – now …
Donald Tusk and Jean-Claude Juncker in press conference after EU summit on Greece.Demotix/Sander de Wilde. All rights reserved. In an openDemocracy article a few weeks ago I argued there would be no agreement between the Greek government and the Troika. I took this position because it was (and is) obvious that the most powerful actor …
Read More “A spectre is haunting Europe — the spectre of democracy”
The openMovements series invites leading social scientists to share their research results and perspectives on contemporary social struggles. Since 2010, protests sparked by civic initiatives have become very common in Armenia’s capital Yerevan and, to a lesser extent, in the smaller cities of Gyumri and Vanadzor. Civic initiatives in Armenia address a range of issues …
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America has come a long way from the days of Jim Crow in the South and redlining in the North, but it’s not quite there yet. And whatever progress America has made is due in large part to Martin Luther King Jr. His dream of a country no longer divided by the color of our skins is …
Read More “See Which States Have Achieved The Most And Least Equality”
Nothing seems to better highlight how badly we need more women in government than the photo of Trump signing the global gag rule executive order while surrounded by white men. The order will reinstate a policy first introduced by Reagan that will pull funding from all nongovernmental organizations providing abortions and related health care services. This …
Read More “Thanks To Trump, Thousands Of Women Are Gearing Up To Run For Office”
Erdogan talks with the Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation at the end of the 13th summit, in Istanbul, on April 15, 2016. Xinhua/SIPA USA/Press Association. All rights reserved. Whether the Justice and Development Party (JDP) would one day establish an Islamic state or a sharia system has long been a debate in …
Over the past several years, Hillary Clinton has transformed her signature pantsuit—a loose-fitting jacket that runs to the mid-thigh, paired with lightly tapered pants—into a rallying cry for female empowerment. In early October, a pantsuit-clad flash mob popped up in New York City’s Union Square, dancing to a Justin Timberlake song in a show of …
Read More “The Controversial History of Hillary’s Signature Ensemble”
