TAG: political economy

US Supreme Court Succession: what’s at stake and comes next after RDG?

Trump’s Selection of Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court Is Part of a Larger Antidemocratic Project – The New Yorker Barrett Clerked for Scalia. Conservatives Hope She’ll Follow His Path. – New York Times Conservative Dark Money Group Plans to Spend More Than $2 Million to Boost Trump’s Supreme Court Pick – Mother Jones […]

Pedophilia, moral panic and abortion rights in Latin America and Brazil

After six months into the pandemic, a striking feature of the condition under which we are working is that time has not expanded, as initially many of us had predicted, but rather shrank. Although we are fixed in one place, the complete virtualization of work and sociability has triggered […]

To drink or not to drink – that is not the question: Alcohol consumption in India and South Africa in the time of COVID 19

by Dr. Debjyoti Ghosh* “That’s the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink. If something bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget; if something good happens you drink in order to celebrate; and if nothing happens you drink to make something happen.” ― Charles Bukowski, “Women” For thousands of […]

Science, political crisis and the lives of people

by Lorena Moraes* Last weekend, the largest Brazilian national survey on Covid-19 suffered resistance in a number of cities, most of them located in the country´s hinterland. The cities selected for the survey are described as “sentinel cities” – i.e., the main urban centers of various sub-regions of the country, according to criteria defined by […]

The Non-Essential Transphobia of Pandemic Disaster Politics

by Dr. Jacob Breslow You might think that in this particular moment, when there are so many lives to grieve, and when hundreds of millions of people globally are desperate for vital medical and financial support, that it is not an appropriate time to “politicize” allegedly “non-essential” issues like transgender rights and transfeminism. This sentiment, […]

Sexual politics in times of pandemic

March and early April 2020 It has been very challenging to prepare the SPW announcement for March/April 2020 due to the abnormality, risks, and losses caused by the dizzying spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. In this troubled context, we thought that it was not sufficient to compile and organize, in our usual categories, the substantial […]

Engineered antibody, by Anna Dumitriu

Anna Dumitriu is a British artist who works with BioArt, sculpture, installation and digital media to explore our relationship with infectious diseases, synthetic biology and robotics. Her work attempts to interweave the scientific, cultural and personal implications of infectious diseases, using tools and techniques from microbiology and synthetic biology in the laboratory and studio to […]

ABIA statement: democracy in Brazil and COVID-19 health policy

The Brazilian Interdisciplinary AIDS Association (ABIA) expresses deep concern regarding President Jair Bolsonaro’s latest changes in the Ministry of Health and regarding his active support for a demonstration in favor of a military coup d’état that was held on Sunday (April 19th) before the Army headquarters in Brasilia. As usual, after being criticized, Bolsonaro tried […]

Bukele: A ‘caudilho’ Dies and A Messiah is Born in El Salvador

SPW begins a series of brief analyses of the Covid-19 crisis in contexts that are generally under-reported by the mainstream press and which are characterized as regressive in relation to gender and abortion policy. The second article in this series is about El Salvador. We thank educator Amaral Arévalo for his collaboration! by Amaral Arévalo* […]

Coronavirus in Kashmir: news and analisys (April and May update)

Use of UAPA Against Journalists is Last Nail in Coffin for Press Freedom in Kashmir – The Wire ‘Third World Region of a Third World Country’: How Kashmir Struggles With the Coronavirus – The Wire Is Covid-19 Overshadowing Regular Treatment in Kashmir? – Mena FN Kashmir Tensions on the Rise as Residents Face New Lockdown […]

Coronavirus in North Africa and Middle East: news and analysis (April and May update)

Mena countries COVID-19: Impact on MENA Countries – Arab Reform Initiative COVID-19 in the Middle East: Is this pandemic a health crisis or a war? – Global Voices Fighting COVID-19 goes hand-in-hand with shuttering newspapers across the Middle East – Global Voices Across the Middle East, many women face a double threat: Abuser inside, virus […]

Hungary and coronavirus: authoritarianism (April and May update)

Hungary Hungary rolls back legal protections, puts trans and intersex people at risk – Ilga Europe Hungary votes to end legal recognition of trans people – The Guardian Hungary prepares to end legal recognition of trans people – The Guardian Hungary Rejects Opportunity to Protect Women from Violence – HRW Hungary Backs Out of International […]