Lampedusa in the eye of contemporary art
The dehumanization of migrants is made hyper-visible in media images. F. Mazzara proposes to resist it by exploring the approaches
Democratic defeats
Why do democracies lose certain conflicts? By lack of democracy, replies Élie Baranets, with supporting examples. Elie Baranets’ book, taken
Healthy slowness
Slowness is not a lack of speed, but rather the highest degree of resistance to a world that is racing
Mobilizations in suburban Saudi Arabia
Far from being unified around the principles of Wahabbism, Saudi Arabia is experiencing deep social divisions. Islamist militants thrive on
What is becoming of multilateralism?
The Covid-19 pandemic has revealed the limits of international cooperation. Guillaume Devin shows what constitutes the dynamics but also the
The city through the prism of finance
How does neoliberalism modify our space? For half a century, a new geography of capital has led to competition between
Political uses of law
From the Bobigny trials to the Affair of the Century, can law be an effective political instrument for social struggles?
Does America still make the world go round?
The United States has ceased to be the bearer and emblem of modernity. Cultural imperialism is ending. It is time
How Power Came to Men
Éliane Viennot continues her reflection on the history of inequalities, hierarchies and disqualifications that have affected women. Legally organizing their
Body without masters
Silvia Federici’s feminism is rooted in the body. Tracing the political history of the exploitation of the female body, her