Europe/Central Asia

• 
  Uprisings

  Spain: The Nameless Force Behind the Protests

  November 30, 2012 - 

  With 25 percent of the population unemployed and hundreds evicted from their homes every day, Spain’s economic crisis continues to deepen. Leonidas Martin contextualizes the country’s recent anti-austerity protests in this history of a new activist spirit.  More

  By Leónidas Martín

• 
  Video

  License to Kill, License to Expose Killings

  November 26, 2012 - 

  Just blocks away from London’s upscale department store Harrods, and its James Bond window display, sits Julian Assange in the Ecuadorian embassy. Thierry Geoffroy asks: Which spy is the hero, and which the criminal?  More

  By Thierry Geoffroy

• 
  Election Report

  Georgia: After Nine Years, A New Political Party Takes Power

  October 12, 2012 - 

  On October 1, Georgians went to the polls for parliamentary elections, deciding between the president’s United National Movement Party and the opposition Georgian Dream coalition, led by a billionaire art collector new to politics, Bidzina Ivanishvili.  More

  By Aaron Krach

• 
  Dispatch

  Spain: The Haçienda Must Be Built Repossessed!

  October 10, 2012 - 

  In Spain, anti-austerity protests are intensifying and demonstrators in Catalonia are demanding independence in unprecedented numbers. Here, Liam Gillick suggests Spain represents a unique micro-model of the entire European crisis.  More

  By Liam Gillick

• 
  Video

  Kassel: “Looking Good Meanwhile Selling Dope”

  September 3, 2012 - 

  While in Kassel, Germany, home to the influential Documenta exhibition, artist Thierry Geoffroy addresses rumors the European city surreptitiously mass-produces weapons that are then sold to repressive regimes.  More

  By Thierry Geoffroy