Behind the Scenes of the Senate’s Approval of PDL 3 — An Interview with Laura Molinari
To discuss the process that led to the approval of PDL 3, as well as to assess the political landscape following the vote and the future challenges facing the movement for abortion rights in Brazil, we interviewed Laura Molinari, co-coordinator of the “Neither Imprisoned Nor Dead” Campaign.
Examining the first year of Leo XIV´s papacy: a conversation with Stefano Fabeni
We once again invited Stefano Fabeni to assess the political paths, breakthroughs and ambivalences at play during the first year of the first North American pope. We thank him for his time and enlightening insights!
The power of anti-gender politics and its effects on human rights
by Sonia Corrêa [1] Anti-gender politics: Why the name and how to define it today? In September 2025, there is little doubt that the relentless
Éric Fassin on the specter of a new McCarthyism: “Democracy is collapsing like a house of cards”
Question: Two weeks ago, we witnessed a new and fierce attack on academic freedom in the United States. The University of Berkeley that is considered
Bergoglio, his legacies, and what comes next: An interview with Stefano Fabeni
As soon as US-born Robert Prevost was chosen to be the new head of the Catholic Church at a conclave held in May 2025, SPW
The rise of Georgia Meloni: An interview with Massimo Prearo
SPW: There has been a lot of talk abroad about Giorgia Meloni, the far-right politician who made a meteoric rise in the polls, becoming Italy’s
An interview with Massimo Prearo: The Zan Law failure, the neo – Catholic movement and Vatican’s Politics:
In the last Special Issue of last year we did a brief assessment of Vatican politics. Concomitantly, we published an article by the Italian political
Interview with Judith Butler: Knowledge against fear
Why there is no such concept as a “gender ideology”? And whose interests does it serve to? There is no ideology of gender, for that
Lena Lavinas: “We’re watching a politics of dismantling”
Lena Lavinas is an economist and full professor at the Economics Institute of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. In 2017, she published the
Judith Butler: “To deny the humanities leaves us adrift in a world driven by economic forces alone”
First of all, could you please tell me briefly about the creation of GENDER INTERNATIONAL? Why have you come up with this idea? How many