Equal Times

3 April 2019

‘Las Herederas’, Latin American cinema’s latest gem, made in Paraguay

The debut feature film by Marcelo Martinessi gives centre stage to a sexagenarian female couple who face up to the loss of their social status and their relationship in Paraguay, a country where the LGTBI population live in the [...]Read the full article

What price will Kazakhstan pay for attracting ski tourists?

1 April 2019

Environment

What price will Kazakhstan pay for attracting ski tourists?

Plans to build a new ski station in the south of the country have been the subject of debate for years. Civil society fears that the development of tourism will destroy the region’s unique ecosystem. The authorities, on the other hand, are promising jobs and a diversified [...]Read the full article

29 March 2019

Culture

Fight school: the children of Muay Thai

Thirteen-year-old Anucha Tasako died last November in a boxing ring in a suburb of Bangkok. Like many Thai children, Tasako was a Muay Thai boxer, the favourite sport in a country where the debate on the protection of minors has only just [...]Read the full article

Teachers in the United States rally against school privatisation

18 March 2019

Labour

Teachers in the United States rally against school privatisation

From California to Colorado to West Virginia, a vast strike movement is spreading across the United States in protest at the proliferation of charter schools – institutions mainly funded by taxpayers but managed by private organisations.Read the full article

The revolution of the 'third place': working, sharing and collaborating

21 January 2019

Labour

The revolution of the ’third place’: working, sharing and collaborating

Coworking spaces, fab labs, hackerspaces, makerspaces, living labs…new working spaces are thriving and reinventing the way we work by pooling resources and skills.Read the full article

Humans versus algorithms: why the future needs more arts and humanities

8 January 2019

Culture

Humans versus algorithms: why the future needs more arts and humanities

By 2030, 800 million jobs will be filled by robots. The trend is irreversible. That’s why the Davos Forum sent a clear message to the global working class: if we don’t want to be replaced by machines, we have to get back to what makes us [...]Read the full article

Between censorship and a burgeoning music scene, Iranian rockers are trying to keep up the tempo

19 December 2018

Culture

Between censorship and a burgeoning music scene, Iranian rockers are trying to keep up the tempo

With small gigs in cafés or on the street, Tehran’s music scene has been expanding in recent years. Pop music has benefited most from this opening, whilst rock is still struggling to make it to the stage.Read the full article

Homophobia in Tunisia: from prison to the burgeoning recognition of rights

12 December 2018

Human rights

Homophobia in Tunisia: from prison to the burgeoning recognition of rights

The LGBTQI community in Tunisia, although still facing imprisonment, beatings and insults, is organising and slowly making headway with the cause of sexual minorities.Read the full article

Perpetrators and victims of the war in Colombia come together to write about their memories

12 November 2018

Culture

Perpetrators and victims of the war in Colombia come together to write about their memories

What was once a FARC military base during the armed conflict is now the setting of a Paz al Bosque (Peace in the Forest) workshop. It is a space bringing together the ‘protagonists’ – former guerrilla fighters, police officers, soldiers and local farmers. Much more than the unprecedented photo opportunity it [...]Read the full article

A new documentary celebrates the Scottish workers who took on Pinochet

1 November 2018

Culture

A new documentary celebrates the Scottish workers who took on Pinochet

“Collective thinking is where we’ll find the answers” to the politics of individualism that has caused us to “stop learning how to act as a community”.Read the full article

Censors in the palace, artists in the jails: the global repression of artistic freedom

28 September 2018

Culture

Censors in the palace, artists in the jails: the global repression of artistic freedom

“It is hard for people to understand that freedom of expression is a right for all; we have to be able to consent to what we do not like.”Read the full article

Can rapper Meek Mill help invigorate the movement for criminal justice reform in the US?

20 September 2018

Culture

Can rapper Meek Mill help invigorate the movement for criminal justice reform in the US?

“Meek Mill’s case is about more than one man and one bad judge. It’s representative of a much larger pattern of black and brown people whose first unjust interaction with police results in being at the mercy of the courts and parole officers for [...]Read the full article

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