The New Wave of NGOs in Slovakia and East-Central Europe
January 16, 2014 | The new NGOs are designed to both provide direct service and to put pressure on the increasingly authoritarian Slovakian government.
Articles by John Feffer
The Sun Also Rises: Resisting Militarism in Japan
January 15, 2014 | It’s a critical time to support Japanese efforts to oppose Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s nationalist refashioning of his country.
Reasons To Be Cheerful
January 8, 2014 | Before we get cynical about 2014, let's recount the good news from 2013: declining U.S. militarism, a resurgence of diplomacy, and a more forceful global discussion about inequality.
German Resistance: A Matter of Principle
January 8, 2014 | German Parliament member Reinhard Weisshuhn, once an East German dissident, seeks to provide an infusion of human rights into current German politics.
Our Top 13 from 2013
December 30, 2013 | Our top pieces from 2013 touch on nearly corner of the world.
Hungary’s Relative Income Equality Hides Other Inequities
December 30, 2013 | Hungary’s inequality is manifested in education, health care, transportation, and ― prejudice against Roma.
Kim the Third
December 18, 2013 | No one performs Shakespeare in the theaters of Pyongyang. Instead, he is enacted in the corridors of power.
The Twilight of Leadership
December 11, 2013 | We don’t have many Nelson Mandelas left, and we don’t really like the more pedestrian politicians that we’ve been saddled with.
Korea’s Domestic Cold War
December 4, 2013 | South Korea's conservative government is rolling back free speech protections and going after progressive activists and political parties.
Running Off to War
November 20, 2013 | As in the 1940s in Palestine, some opposition recruits have gone to Syria motivated by extremist ideologies and with the intention to commit acts of terrorism. But most have more prosaic reasons for fighting.