Politics

Check our wiki on this topic

Ideology

Wiki

Ideology is any set of socially structured ideas guiding behavior and thought in particular domains of life.

Metapolitics

Wiki

Metapolitics started from the idea of ‘the primacy of culture over politics as the premise to a revolution in the spirit of ‘right-wing Gramscism’ (Griffin, 2000).

Hidden transcipts

Wiki

Hidden transcripts is a concept often used in discussions of power and resistance, and it refers to forms of resistance and dissent that are kept out of sight for those in power.

A Nation of Immigrants or a Nation of Laws?

Column

Rosalyn Negrón

30/09/2019

8 minutes to read

The very American phrase "nation of immigrants, nation of laws" now characterizes very different and polarized Americas.

Golden Dawn in Greece: a discussion with Dimitris Psarras

Interview

Sabine Pappas

04/09/2019

Discussing Greece's Golden Dawn party with Dimitris Psarras

brexit, migration, EU, breaking up families, nationality, boris johnson

How EU families in Britain are coping with Brexit uncertainty

Column

Nando Sigona

10/09/2019

5 minutes to read

Brexit is usually thought of in terms of the nation and the EU. Less attention is spent on the impact of the Brexit negotations on mixed families and the uncertainty it creates.

AOC, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, maiden speech, CSPAN

How AOC turned C-SPAN into a media hit

Column

Jan Blommaert

03/09/2019

6 minutes to read

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez congressional hearing interventions have turned C-SPAN's traditionally unspectacular broadcasts into a highly successful hybrid media format.

#YoVotoMM: Mauricio Macri, bots and dirty campaigning in Argentina

Column

Juan Eduardo Bonnin

13/09/2019

6 minutes to read

A series of bizarre tweets ruined a Twitterstorm in favor of the president of Argentina, Mauricio Macri. Either a bot campaign which went wrong, or a 2.0 dirty campaign strategy?

(De) constructing Jair Bolsonaro’s presidential campaign

Article

Ulisses Sawczuk da Silva

30/09/2019

15 minutes to read

Bolsonaro has harnessed new and legacy media in building an image of authenticity. This sucessful media strategy has helped catapult him to the presidency, despite his tendency towards offensive statements and hyper nationalism.

Turkey's Struggle for Media Freedom: Medyascope

Article

Ugur Dulger

16/09/2019

10 minutes to read

Medyascope.tv is one of the rare examples of alternative journalism which incorporates many digital platforms and operates in a discourse of freedom instead of opposition.

ico maly, algorithmic activism, algorithmic populism, algorithmic culture

Ico Maly on algorithmic populism in Babylon's Burning

Video

The Editors

20/06/2019

Babylon is Burning has invited Ico Maly (Tilburg University) in the studio to talk about what he calls 'algorithmic populism' and activism in the digital age. How has digitalization affected politics and activism?