by Julian Gottlieb A cadre of academics have reignited their hope and optimism about the future of political activism amidst…
Category: Research
“Far from the Official Lights of Facebook Walls and Pages”: Backstage Activism and the Enduring Significance of Internal Communicative Dynamics within Digital Social Movements
by Emiliano Treré In 2012, after one year as a lecturer in Mexico, an unexpected event changed both the face…
Contemporary Protest and the Legacy of Dissent by Stuart Price and Ruth Sanz Sabido
-by Stuart Price and Ruth Sanz Sabido Our goal in editing Contemporary Protest and the Legacy of Dissent was to…
Paths of “Empowerment” Swept under the Starry Rug
by Marina Fuser Patricia Arquette’s speech upon receiving the Oscar for best supporting actress (Boyhood) was met by an enthusiastic…
Articulating Dissent: Protest and the Public Sphere
by Pollyanna Ruiz The mainstream’s current lack of familiarity with the organisational strategies of coalition movements has resulted in a…
Decolonizing Coexistence: Beyond Hebdo
By Marina Fuser This was a disturbing weekend for humanity: from Paris to Nigeria, from Lebanon to São Paulo, we…
Networked Critical Masses
by Dan Mercea I am going to start this opinion piece with an oft-heard claim: democratic participation is deteriorating to…
Consumption Today: Thoughts on the ‘Buy Nothing Day’
by Eleftheria Lekakis Consumption today overtakes our everyday spaces. Advertising penetrates our vistas. We are increasingly asked to rebrand ourselves,…
“We’re doing it slow” – Community Archives as Protest Spaces
by Anne Kaun (Södertörn University) Community archives as self-organized spaces storing and working with ephemera, posters, books, pins, fanzines and…
“Yes! We Have Bananas”: The upcoming World Cup and issues of Racism in the football field
Marina Fuser is a doctoral researcher at the University of Sussex in Film Studies. She is currently at UC Berkeley,…
‘Study Hard and Don’t Meddle in Politics’: Media Representation of Taiwan’s 318 Student Occupation
Emilia Chi-Jung Cheng is a research student in Film Studies at the University of Sussex. Her research deals with issues…
Coffee Activism
Eleftheria Lekakis is Lecturer in Global Communications in the School of Media, Film and Music at the University of Sussex….