Category: Articles
“Almost Impossible for Locals to Live”: Barcelonians Fight Against Touristification
The various associations do not stop with the problem of tourism. They are pushing for a comprehensive rethinking of the city, highlighting how touristification has tremendous consequences for residents, primarily on the cost of living and housing prices, making it almost impossible for locals to live in the city.
The Cost of Popularity: Lisbon’s Housing Crisis
In 2023, Lisbon received 5.6 million foreign visits, a record-high number. Behind this glamorous facade, the city is facing one of its fiercest battles: a housing crisis.
Exarcheia Under Siege: The Battle Against Gentrification in Athens
The fight against the transformation of the neighborhood is a daily struggle made by people who only arm themselves with the strength of their political convictions to fight. By their daily presence in the neighborhood, and by their sheer determination, they manage to resist property developments, sometimes successfully, sometimes at a loss.
The Politics of Force: Militarized Care and Disaster Recovery in Acapulco
The involvement of the National Guard in Acapulco’s reconstruction is part of a broader shift toward militarization in Mexico, representing a significant transfer of power to the armed forces and solidifying their role as major political and economic players in Mexico for the foreseeable future.
Facing the Human Cost of Ecocide: The Environmental Destruction of Gaza Will Last Generations
The destruction of Gaza’s environment is more than an ecological disaster. It has created deadly conditions that will keep killing Palestinian civilians even if the bombs stop falling.
Squashed by Climate Change and Turkey’s Ecocidal Warfare, Northern Syria Fights the ‘Worst Drought in 70 years’
The fragile state of Syria’s ecology and agriculture has been weaponized by the warring factions of the civil war, often without a clear military objective, targeting the environment and civilian population. For neighboring Turkey, ecocidal attrition has become a prominent feature of its cross-border operations.
The Three Dimensions of Militarism in the Climate Crisis
Where we shirk internationalism and a clear-eyed analysis of the violent political economy in which the climate crisis is unfolding, we do so at our collective peril.
The Budapest Trial: How Hungary Exploits a Dubious EU Mechanism to Chase Anti-Fascists Across the Continent
The Budapest trial is already becoming a symbol of the deterioration of civil rights, frantic anti-extremism, and growing authoritarianism across Europe. It exemplifies alarming tendencies within the European Union.
Denial, Bargain, Acceptance: How Far-Right Ideas Took Root in The Conservative Doctrine
The boundaries that once separated right-wing extremism from traditional conservatism are no longer there and they seem to be gone for good. This is a defining feature of the current “fourth wave” of far-right politics.
From Lasers to Lavender: Will Israel’s Dual-Use Technology Lead To Dual-Use Societies?
There is an ongoing attempt of genocide in Palestine, making the territories an ideal place for Israel to test its latest weapons, which it sells to armies across the world. Each time the war waged against Palestinians changes from low to high intensity, IDF begins a new round of testing of the latest available tools.