Author Archives: laurence

Statement regarding arrest and harassment of Mr Austin Mackell, Ms Ailya Alwi and others in Egypt On 11 February 2012 independent journalist Mr Austin Mackell (Australian), and his long time translator Ms Ailya Alwi (Egyptian), were arrested as they arrived … Continue reading →

Contents Volume 4 issue 1, single file complete PDF (9 MB) Volume 4 issue 1, single file complete without images PDF (3.8 MB) ISSN 2009-2431 Editorial The season of revolution: the Arab Spring and European mobilizations. Magid Shihade, Cristina Flesher … Continue reading →

Contents Volume 3 issue 2, single file complete PDF (EN) ISSN 2009-2431 Editorial Feminism, women’s movements and women in movement. Sara Motta, Cristina Flesher Fominaya, Catherine Eschle and Laurence Cox (pp. 1 – 32) PDF (EN) Articles: feminism, women’s movements … Continue reading →

The link on this page enables you to download the audio file (14.3 mb, .WMA format) of the Sisters of Resistance interview. Just right-click on the link and choose “Save as” / “Save link as” to save it to a … Continue reading →

A special section of issue 4/1: “The season of revolutions: the Arab Spring” See the full “Arab Spring” call for papers European mobilizations section editor: Mayo Fuster Morell <mayo.fuster@eui.eu> and west European editors. For submissions please see the editorial contact … Continue reading →

Special issue editors: Elizabeth Humphrys, Peter Waterman, Alice Mattoni, Ana Margarida Esteves Once, the labour movement was seen as the international social movement for the left (and it was the spectre haunting capitalism). Over the last century, however, labour movements … Continue reading →

Feminist strategies for change Activist debate – call for contributions (extended deadline) In the heyday of the second women’s movement, feminist utopias and strategies for a world without patriarchy were the stuff of lively debate and defined different kinds of … Continue reading →

Issue editors: Rana Barakat, Abdul-Rahim al-Shaikh, Magid Shihade [includes special section "A new wave of European mobilizations?"] In December of 2010, a man in a small town in Tunisia set his body ablaze. Muhammad Bouaziz’s act of self-immolation, and the … Continue reading →

Contents Volume 3 issue 1, single file complete PDF (EN) ISSN 2009-2431 Editorial Repression and social movements. Cristina Flesher Fominaya and Lesley Wood (pp. 1-11) PDF (EN) Articles: repression and social movements A surveillance studies perspective on protest policing: the … Continue reading →

Volume 2 issue 1 (May 2010) ISSN 2009 – 2431 Table of contents (i – iv) [PDF] Editorial Alf Nilsen, Andrejs Berdnikovs, Liz Humphrys, Crises, social movements and revolutionary transformations (pp. 1 – 21) [PDF] Activist interview Ashanti Alston in … Continue reading →