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Short news from Greenland.
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Short news from Colombia.
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Short news from Kenya.
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Short news from the United Arab Emirates.
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Short news from South Korea.
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The small village on the island in the North Atlantic can only be reached via a single road and hiking trails.
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About a special animal in South Sudan.
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The football legend tells about a custom in Brazil.
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The film maker from Bangladesh tells of his life.
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Before the corona crisis took hold, people were protesting around the world. Bartosz Ludwinskis photographs capture tense moments of resistance – from the West Bank to Sankt Peter-Ording.
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Spending one year in prison for a theatre play written in Gĩkũyũ instead of English: thoughts on language as a means of repression.
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Fighting against the military junta in Nigeria in the 1990s meant putting your life on the line.
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Around the world more people are protesting than they have for a long time. What unites them?
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How do resistance movements achieve their goals? Studies show its when they pursue non-violence.
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How I survived Tiananmen Square and became one of China’s most wanted dissidents.
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About the questions I'm no longer being asked. A text from prison.
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How do governments deal with the disaffection of citizens? How can you criticise entire states? A conversation with former EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini about resisting in politics.
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In theory you know exactly how uprisings end up being successful. In practice, it’s not so simple.
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The unresolved conflict between Catalonia and Spain, and how a democratic state reacts to the desire for a people’s vote – a visit to Barcelona.
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The author talks about the Kurds in Northern Iraq and writing as a form of resistance.
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For several months now, Iraqi youth have been out on the streets. What are they fighting for?
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After months of protest, most Chileans want a new constitution. In an interview, activist Fabien Bourlon explains why.
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I’m actually studying in Taiwan. But for several months and along with many other activists, I’ve been standing by the side of demonstrators in Hong Kong. The i...
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The Ukrainian director Oleg Senzow spent five years in Russian prisons because he fought against the annexation of the Crimea. Was it worth it?
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The system critic Naomi Klein explains why she still has a glimmer of hope, despite the climate crisis.
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How a massive feminist movement emerged from protests against femicide in Argentina.
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Thoughts about the long conflict between Israel and Palestine
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The number of women with jobs is steadily increasing in Afghanistan. But many say their daily working lives are challenging. Newly won freedoms are by no means self-evident.
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Rising numbers of young people in the Republic of Moldova are dreaming from a future, far away from their homeland.
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For centuries, Māori in New Zealand have practiced the art of
tā moko, an indigenous tattooing practice. It goes far beyond simply decorating skin
About America, Trump and democracy
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Mozart, Puccini, Verdi: the classical repertoire, staged by white men, continues to dominate the opera stages. A plea for a rethink.
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With ammunition and tear gas, Europe is trying to block refugees' passage to Greece. Rather than offering them security, Europe is presenting itself as vulnerable.
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Khaled Khalifa has penned a haunting novel about Syria before the civil war.
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Charles King revisits the anthropologist Franz Boas and his comrades in arms who, with their research on the Inuits and the Polynesians, were the first researchers to debunk racist theories.
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