Uprisings

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  Op-Ed

  Venezuela: Where the Wealthy Stir Violence While the Poor Build a New Society

  April 28, 2014 - 

  Documentary filmmaker Dario Azzellini argues the protests in Venezuela represent a vicious attack on the country’s social progress under Hugo Chávez, spurred on by anti-Chavista politicians in affluent regions.  More

  By Dario Azzellini

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  Dispatch

  Postcards from Venezuela

  April 21, 2014 - 

  As violent anti-government protests rage on in Venezuela, artist Esperanza Mayobre shares a set of postcards with images, anecdotes and reports she describes as “stories told to myself in order to explain my lost country.”  More

  By Esperanza Mayobre

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  Feature

  Before the Fall: Photos and Video of Ukraine’s Euromaidan Protests

  March 4, 2014 - 

  As the standoff in Ukraine continues over Russia’s occupation of the Crimean Peninsula, artist Tomas Rafa provides an intimate portrait of the recent battles that unfolded in the “Euromaidan” protests in Kiev. These photographs and video offer a rare on-the-ground look at the fiery front lines.  More

  By Tomas Rafa

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  Feature

  20 Years After NAFTA, Many Worlds Are Possible

  December 16, 2013 - 

  Caleb Duarte and Mia Eve Rollow from EDELO (En Donde Era La UNO/Where the United Nations Used to Be) explore the effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement in Chiapas, Mexico’s poorest state and the site of the Zapatista revolution sparked by the agreement.  More

  By EDELO

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  Uprisings

  From Santiago Streets to Parliament Seats, Chile’s Student Revolution

  December 16, 2013 - 

  After years of protests against an education system established by Pinochet’s military dictatorship, Chile has elected student activists to Congress and returned Michelle Bachelet to the presidential office. What’s next for the nation’s student movement?  More

  By Federico Zukerfeld