Now as then, the US supported forces that wanted to change the political situation in Venezuela.
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Music created the networks, identities and spaces of trust that made collective political action possible in Sudan’s 2019 revolution.
A partisan judiciary, arbitrary power, officials beyond the reach of the people – these are the grievances that drove a revolution.
A British ban stripped thousands of skilled mariners of their livelihoods overnight – and gave Washington a chance to turn the tide.
Decades before the United States, France outlawed slavery during the French Revolution – only to see it reimposed by Napoleon within a decade.
Much historical focus was on those who died fighting for Irish independence but researchers now have tools to dissect the impact of this period on those who survived
In his recent speech at Davos, Canadian prime minister Mark Carney drew on Havel’s book challenging compliance in an age of untruthfulness. What does it say?
Information is still getting out despite an almost total internet blackout, especially with the help of diaspora groups. That poses a big problem for the government.
While illegal takeovers of state have declined globally, Africa has now seen at least 10 successful coups since 2020.
Historian Julia Gaffield discusses her recent biography on Haiti’s first leader, whose life she argues was unfairly tarnished by biased verdicts of history.
Native American communities were elaborate consensus democracies, many of which had survived for generations because of careful attention to checking and balancing power.
Haiti is descending into anarchy, causing the gang leader behind the violence to emerge as the country’s most powerful leader.
When parliament blocked a radical MP from taking his seat in parliament, Burke warned that ignoring the people’s democratic will could have disastrous consequences.
Colonialists daily reinforced a hierarchy that allowed white people to abuse Africans.
Before a revolution can take place, the oppressed first have to recognize that they actually do not have many rights.
As a passionate and partisan defender of Allende’s socialism, Guzmán’s films celebrate popular protest and struggles for democracy and equality in Chile.
It is easy to feel jaded in a time of catastrophe but there is a compelling moral argument for us to work towards a better world.
A scholar of religion looks at how faith helped guide the labor rights icon in his organizing endeavors.
He was an important philosopher, mathematician and social reformer of his time. But Richard Price was subsequently written out of history.
The storming of the presidential palace in Sri Lanka is a moment of powerful symbolism – one with many historical precedents.
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