The Sudanese Revolution in Crisis
One year since armed fighting broke out, the country’s social movements are losing the battle for public opinion ..
Looking Back, Looking Forward. Conversation with Authors of the Dossier “The Arab Uprisings: A decade of struggle”
Looking Back, Looking Forward. Conversation with Authors of the Dossier “The Arab Uprisings: A decade of struggle”
The Arab uprisings: A decade of struggles
A dossier about ten years of the Arab uprisings
The Arab uprisings a decade on: Egypt and Tunisia (Webinar)
This webinar is the first of a series – each with a different focus and angle -and will focus on Tunisia and Egypt, the birthplace of the magnificent revolts. The aim is to revisit these historical moments with some of the finest scholar-activists, participants and witnesses from those very contexts. Together we shall reflect on some of the key achievements and defeats and draw new lessons.
What Democracy for Tunisian Workers?
This paper attempts to highlight how the post -2011 top- down neoliberal, macroeconomic reform program is at odds with the popular demands expressed in a bottom up mobilization of Tunisian workers struggling not only for jobs but for better conditions and more rights.
Submission and disobedience
In this book, we deal with one phenomenon in detail, which is protest movements, social movements, or political movements.
Egyptian Revolution parties
he January 25 revolution represented a good opportunity to create a new horizon for radical change in Egypt…
Elections and transformations of the political field in Tunisia after the revolution
Tunisia held its second parliamentary and presidential elections this year following the 2011 revolution. After these elections, the political landscape has changed dramatically compared to the previous legislature. But does this reconfiguration mean a real change?
Escalating conflicts in Burkina Faso
In October 2014, a popular uprising in Burkina Faso precipitated a military coup against twenty-seven-year incumbent Blaise Compaoré. After a fourteen-month transition, a failed coup in September 2015, and a presidential election the following month, President Roch Kaboré took office in December 2015
Film screening: ARIJ, Scent of A Revolution
What if you witness a revolution but things get worse? What if your homeland is in ruins with no signs of reconstruction? How do you cope? You can either get angry, sick and depressed, or just escape into memories of a golden but lost past…