Category: Articles
From Control to Connection: Social Networks Beyond Big Tech
The toxicity of commercial social networks is becoming increasingly evident to many. For several months now, various campaigns have been warning us of the dangers associated with social networks promoted by large technology companies and some have urged us to seek an alternative in the Fediverse.
The Cybercrime Law & the Genocide in Palestine: a Perfect “Storm” to Shrink Freedom’s Space in Jordan
“With the malik (king).” Pro-government propaganda poster after the king’s return from a meeting with Donald Trump in Washington. ©Mohammad Shamandafar Link copied! “I really […]
The Revolution that Never Came: The April 25 Insurrection in Italy
The Italian insurrection of April 25, 1945, marked the highest point of the partisan war against Nazism and fascism, the peak of a revolution that was possible at that historical moment. However, 80 years later, it remains in collective memory stripped of all its most radical and subversive elements.
Snapshots of Popular Resistance: April Then and Now
Working Class History interactive map of resistance. Credit: Working Class History Link copied! For ten years, Working Class History has meticulously documented small and grandiose […]
Working Class History: Fighting for a Better Past!
New York police violently attacking unemployed workers in Tompkins Square Park, 1874. Credit: Matt Morgen, Library of Congress Archive Link copied! “By imparting new meaning […]
After Ten Years of War, Women Face a Dark Age in Yemen
Shorooq, a displaced from woman from Saada, at Dharawan camp in Sana’a. ©Laura Silvia Battaglia Link copied! It was August 2022, sometime around 3 a.m., […]
Bodies in Revolt: The Everyday Resistance of Iranian Women to State Oppression
The women of Iran are not waiting for permission to be free. They are already living their freedom in acts both grand and small, in whispered acts of rebellion and in bold, fearless steps into the public eye.
The Woman Who Talks With the River
She talks with the river about life in the city, herself, her kids, the past, the present, like with a best friend. When sad, she shares it with Drina. When happy, too. Drina is the first to know what is happening in her life. The river knows her fears, her dreams, her truths.
On Digital Memory: Syria Taught the World the Value of Digital Evidence, and Just How Easily It Can Be Erased
For many researchers, journalists, analysts, and activists, the Syrian Civil War taught hard lessons about how easily a dictatorial fascist regime can target and erase digital memory. But the fight to preserve the memory must go on.