published: 2. 4. 2012
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A window of opportunity
Thomas Hylland Eriksen Our slowed-down, cooled-down, scaled-down lives during the pandemic are evidence that quality of life does not depend on high productivity and frantic consumption. Suddenly, it has become respectable – and realistic – …
Post-pandemic Russia
Irina Borogan Andrei Soldatov Vladimir Putin’s anger and jealousy has taken down many proactive leaders throughout Russia – and left the country vulnerable to crisis. The oil price war against Saudi Arabia backfired, and a …
Why conspiracy theories soar in times of crises
Péter Krekó From anti-vaxxers to terrorists, people often look for hidden causes which match the magnitude of the collapse they are facing. Uncertainty and public distrust are fertile ground for conspiracy theories. When used to …
The Power of Human Simplicity
The end of the fifties in Czechoslovakia. After the trial and executions of intellectuals such as Záviš Kalandra, after the currency collapse, after the state’s complete vassalage to the cruel and despotic regime to the …
Selling sex in the pandemic
Corona crisis reveals grassroots support Boglárka Fedorkó When crisis hits, vulnerable groups suffer. And sex workers, already enduring precarity, have become the scapegoats of COVID-19’s health focus, facing heavy fines, police abuse and deportation …
What do we want to bet?
The economics of real estate: speculation and urban development Susanne Heeg The spatial limits of speculation have been broken and the world is constantly combed for investment opportunities. The aim is to create the …
Lessons from an unfolding emergency
Jiří Přibáň The pandemic prompts fundamental questions. How do we define society’s relationship to nature? How resilient are our democracies to the abuse of emergency powers? How far can science dictate political decision-making? And …
(Im)Possible solidarities
Transnational feminist politics and the erotics of resistance Nikita Dhawan Can street protests communicate justice for all? Political theorist Nikita Dhawan criticizes global movements where only ‘certain individuals are well positioned to express their …
La comuna o nada
Building an autonomous tenants movement in Los Angeles School of Echoes Los Angeles Tenants are the new proletariat. Rents are among the main sources of global capital accumulation, and tenants’ vulnerability is increasing accordingly. …
