By Margaux Marzuoli Politicians’ responses to the Covid-19 pandemic have been a source of contention around the world and have given people new reasons to criticize those in power. The role of the Covid-19 pandemic in current social unrest is particularly relevant in the context of Guadeloupe and Martinique. Indeed,Continue Reading
By Georgia Aimilia (Aimilina) Sarafi As part of my internship with the Amnesty International Student Group in the Hague, I wanted to explore whether incentivising the production of artivism through a prized art contest targeting students in the Hague would reenergise youth community engagement in international politics that may haveContinue Reading
By Arianna Pearlstein In the town of Martuni, Armenia, a young child’s doll lay amidst mountains of rubble and destruction, its bright magenta dress and curly red hair standing out against the grey and brown of debris. The child to whom that doll belonged was killed by an artillery barrageContinue Reading
By Joanna Sowińska & Zuzanna Mietlińska Human rights are universal – and women are humans. This simple yet sometimes undermined statement is very topical in the context of protests and a heated debate in today’s Poland. Should Poland liberalise its restrictive laws concerning abortion? Or should it come back toContinue Reading
By Arianna Pearlstein Earlier this month, over 10,000 protesters, many of them students and first-time demonstrators, filled the streets of Bangkok to demand government reform. As they stood in front of the Democracy Monument, created to commemorate the 1932 bloodless revolution which ended absolute monarchy in Thailand, the protestors raisedContinue Reading
By Helena Reinders This article builds upon the previously written articles regarding the Black Lives Matter movement. If you have not read those, we advise you to do so before continuing. As the Black Lives Matter movement and protests across the US rage on, we want to provide you withContinue Reading
By Caitlin Elston-Weidinger The events of the first half of 2020 have been an aberration from normalcy for some, and a continued intersection of class and racial struggles for others. In the wake of the soft-reopening of most cities around the world, our attention has veered from the global pandemicContinue Reading
By Zuzanna Mietlińska & Joanna Sowińska There are many ways you can protest these days. You can march on the streets, you can picket, you can riot. You can also boycott or work via unconventional tools, such as the Internet. The following article describes how two coexisting phenomena have contributed to the birthingContinue Reading