Nearly three decades after the fall of Suharto, human rights organizations describe Indonesia as a state undergoing democratic backsliding, accompanied by pressure on protesters and journalists and by an expanding military role in civilian affairs.
To appeal for protection to a president ideologically staked and weaponized Islamophobia to justify and conduct state violence reveals the contradiction of seeking safety from institutions that have been architects of anti-Muslim violence.
Iranians have been trying to complete their democratic revolution for over a century. Every time the US gets involved, it sets that project back by decades.
Renee Good’s death is part of a decades-long continuum in which state violence has come to resemble the dynamics survivors recognize from private life: domination framed as protection, punishment framed as necessity, rage framed as fear.
“The day of peace is dawning” — Eugene V. Debs
Mexico's first National Truth Commission has released monumental reports on state violence during the 'dirty wars' 50 years ago. Declassified documents reveal that the U.S. prioritized the stability of the Mexican regime over human rights concerns.
The board of the non-profit Code for Science & Society blocked a statement against genocide. The fallout tore the high-profile organization apart. The events at CS&S are an example, of the label “progressive except for Palestine”.
A conversation with the historian about the 20th-anniversary of his seminal book Freedom Dreams, how the meaning of freedom has changed in the intervening years, the reparations debate, and more.
If we are to confront white supremacy in its totality, this means that we must understand its place in the war on terror and the ways in which they intersect and fuel each other.
For the last two years and a half women students and faculty have exposed and denounced the rampant sexual abuse and sexist education that take place in Chilean schools and universities.
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