In 2011, Ixil Maya residents in the municipality of San Juan Cotzal, Guatemala, blockaded the road into Finca San Francisco (San Francisco Estate), the site of the Palo Viejo hydroelectric plant that Enel Green Power constructed on Ixil land.
North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
This article includes images of law enforcement violence and medical emergencies. SInce June 6, federal agents have embarked on a militarized rampage and terror campaign across the greater Los Angeles area.
The Intercept
The Trump administration seems to revel in cruelty. Conditions in so-called “detention centers” (really immigrant prisons) are horrible. They’re overcrowded, people can’t even shower regularly, and families are torn apart.
Current Affairs
Literaturkritik steht im Feuer, keine Frage. Jan Wiele hat in der Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung vom 5. März 2025 seiner Frustration über diese Entwicklung Luft verschafft und dazu meinen Aufsatz zum Strukturwandel der literarischen Öffentlichkeit aus dem März-Heft dieser Zeitschrift ausgesucht.
Merkur
Hurra, Wochenende – und damit mehr Zeit zum Hören und Sehen! In unserer Wochenendausgabe präsentieren wir Euch eine Auswahl empfehlenswerter Filme und Podcasts mit Medienbezug. Viel Spaß bei Erkenntnisgewinn und Unterhaltung! *** 1. Compact bleibt: Warum auch Rechtsextreme Schutz genießen (ndr.
BILDblog
This piece appears in print in Salvage 14: Shrouded in Darkness. Issue 14 is available to buy individually here. Our poetry, fiction and art remains exclusive to the print edition, and our subscribers have exclusive access to some online content, including all audio content.
Salvage
The Sudan War series is a joint collaboration between the Center for Economic, Legal, and Social Studies and Documentation – Khartoum (CEDEJ-K), Sudan-Norway Academic Cooperation (SNAC) and African Arguments – Debating Ideas.
African Arguments
The Sudan War series is a joint collaboration between the Center for Economic, Legal, and Social Studies and Documentation – Khartoum (CEDEJ-K), Sudan-Norway Academic Cooperation (SNAC) and African Arguments – Debating Ideas.
African Arguments
Haʾaretz
‘The government uses polygraphs to question officials about whether they’ve spoken to El Faro’Originally published on Global VoicesÓscar Martínez, editor-in-chief of the Salvadoran outlet El Faro, and nine other journalists left El Salvador after publishing a report alleging ties between President Nayib Bukele and criminal groups.
Global Voices
Der Hitler-Stalin-Pakt erhält in der gesamteuropäischen Erinnerungspolitik immer noch zu wenig Aufmerksamkeit. Dabei besiegelte er die folgenschweren Pläne zur Aufteilung Ostmitteleuropas zwischen den zwei imperialen Nationen Deutschland und Sowjetunion.
Geschichte der Gegenwart
Haʾaretz
From 2011 to 2013, I commanded the New York City Police Department’s 6th Precinct, which covers Greenwich Village. We had a team of plainclothes officers who went out looking for serious crimes in progress. Sometimes they worked out of a dilapidated unmarked van that looked like the one driven by the villain in The Silence of the Lambs.
The Atlantic
Wetterlage begünstigt großflächige Feuer im Osten. Rauchschwaden ziehen bis Berlin.
junge Welt
Neuchâtel, 15. 12. 2024-18. 08.
H-Soz-Kult
A new report published by Amnesty International today draws attention to a startling surge in executions in Saudi Arabia in recent years, particularly for drug-related offences, and highlights the significant impact of these on foreign nationals.
Amnesty International
The Sudan War series is a joint collaboration between the Center for Economic, Legal, and Social Studies and Documentation – Khartoum (CEDEJ-K), Sudan-Norway Academic Cooperation (SNAC) and African Arguments – Debating Ideas.
African Arguments
Even by the abysmally low standards of animal agriculture, duck foie gras is a gruesome business. The French delicacy literally translates to fatty liver in English, and a single-organ portion of the meat product can cost upwards of $100.
Current Affairs
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