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LGBT activism in the Western Balkans: a regional fight for rights
For decades, countries that were formerly part of Yugoslavia have been politically, economically and culturally intertwined; a shift in one …
Beyond the apocalypse: an interview with Marina Garcés
We are living through an accelerated worsening of the material conditions of life. The intrinsic crisis of capitalism, based on …
Meet the young creatives standing up to the mafia in Italy’s poorest region
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The Athens container archipelago
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In Madrid with a street vendor, the police and a ‘blanket of freedom’
It is a sunny Saturday morning in October and the clock in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol shows almost half past …