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Military Dictatorship in Brazil, Armed Resistance, and the Political Unconscious

Krystian Woznicki — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:48:49 +0000

In her discussion of two recent films from Brazil, “I’m Still Here” and “The Secret Agent”, Bruna Della Torre detects a partial erasure of the history of the Left. This erasure relieves the present of the burden of distinguishing between a legitimate armed struggle against an illegitimate state and an illegitimate armed struggle against a legitimate one.

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Making Babies, Making Money: Reproductive Bioeconomies in Neo-Authoritarian Capitalism

Krystian Woznicki — Wed, 27 May 2026 08:19:56 +0000

Reproductive technologies and their associated forms of commodification and profit-making emerged in the 1980s. Since then, these technologies have evolved into a global fertility industry that constitutes a highly dynamic economic sector today. In her article, Susanne Lettow maps the emerging trajectories of reproductive bioeconomies in neo-authoritarian capitalism and suggests a path for critique and resistance.

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The Alternative University: Higher Education as a Tool for Democracy?

Krystian Woznicki — Mon, 25 May 2026 07:49:31 +0000

In the face of the planetary polycrisis, anyone who wishes to speak of social transformation and democratization cannot avoid addressing the role of higher education. Education, in general, and higher education, in particular, are rightly considered prerequisites for overcoming our predicament. However, the spaces where educational processes occur are increasingly being co-opted by the very forces that caused the polycrisis. As Mariya Ivancheva argues in her contribution to the “Deep Democracy” series, it is therefore high time to focus on educational institutions as sites of struggle.

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Organizing Contradictions: How to Reignite a Debate About Ways to Overcome Capitalism?

Magdalena Taube — Fri, 22 May 2026 07:25:40 +0000

To overcome capitalism, we must accept the magnitude of the task at hand and abandon certain illusions. We should engage with the political goals of classical socialists, such as the rule of the class-conscious proletariat and revolutionary upheaval. These goals were integral to the thinking of Karl Marx and Rosa Luxemburg, yet today they are often ignored or dismissed too easily because they are currently unthinkable and even incomprehensible. However, this may be the only way to achieve socialism. Or perhaps not. In any case, to pose these questions meaningfully, we must first develop agency and awareness, as Felix Ahls argues.

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Students Against Mining: What Does the Student Movement in Serbia Have in Common with Anti-Extractivism?

Krystian Woznicki — Wed, 20 May 2026 07:54:57 +0000

For almost a year and half, one of the largest student movements in Europe has been transforming Serbia’s society. The protests, which have drawn hundreds of thousands of people, are not just a form of resistance against an authoritarian regime. As Nina Djukanović argues, through collaboration with other groups, such as environmental organizations and local anti-mining movements, a new vision of development and democracy is emerging.

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Ukraine’s Sovereignty Movement, Donbas Miners’ Strikes, and Democracy-Building

Krystian Woznicki — Mon, 18 May 2026 06:47:55 +0000

The practice of democracy does not necessarily occur within the institutions that comprise a democratic state. In light of this, it is important to examine some of the less obvious moments in the history of democracy-building, particularly in countries like Ukraine, where the forgotten miner strikes of the 1980s and 1990s paved the way for democratization. In her contribution to the “Deep Democracy” series, Emily Channell-Justice reconstructs their political potential.

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Bonya vs. Putin: When a Beauty Blogger Stands Up to the Kremlin

Krystian Woznicki — Wed, 13 May 2026 09:56:51 +0000

A viral moment tends to spark political hope. But does it ultimately reveal more about the desire for change than the likelihood of it? Regzena Erdyneeva discusses the reception and impact of a viral Instagram video in which beauty blogger Victoria Bonya criticizes the Kremlin.

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From Abya Yala to Kurdistan: Women Struggle Against the Destruction of Life

Krystian Woznicki — Tue, 12 May 2026 07:34:36 +0000

An international meeting was held in Bogotá to expand the global women’s and feminist movement. The goal was to discuss alternatives to the intertwined forces of capitalism, colonialism, and patriarchy, which are devastating our bodies, forests, and rivers under the guise of progress. Niloofar Golkar reports.

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Direct Democracy and Protest Movements: Towards the Democratic Protagonism of the Working Masses

Krystian Woznicki — Mon, 11 May 2026 07:30:56 +0000

In the capitalist system, economic processes are separated from democratic oversight, and the concept of a self-regulating market prevails. When the economy determines the living conditions of the majority yet the majority lacks democratic participation in economic decision-making, the legitimacy of democracy becomes a fundamental and often overlooked issue. Against this backdrop, Katarina Peović argues for a democratic protagonism of the working masses in her contribution to the “Deep Democracy” series.

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Beyond Hunger Inc.: Building Solidarity Based on the Right to Food

Krystian Woznicki — Wed, 06 May 2026 08:11:14 +0000

Corporate-backed food aid programs have become the standard response to hunger. However, Kayleigh Garthwaite argues that we must recognize these programs as a symptom of the systemic failures that produce hunger. At the same time, we must work to build a society based on prefigurative practices rooted in collective care, shared responsibility, and local control.

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Lost in Securitization: Migration, Race, and Death at Europe’s Eastern Border

Krystian Woznicki — Mon, 04 May 2026 08:07:16 +0000

This year marks the fifth anniversary of the start of the ‘border crisis’ in Poland’s eastern borderlands and, consequently, the eastern border of the European Union. Kasia Narkowicz places this ‘border crisis’ within the broader context of the political economy of migration, revealing its roots in overlapping and intersecting racialized violence.

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