THE BEAR FEAST
Every spring, in Prats de Molló, a small village in the French Pyrenees, an extraordinary ritual comes to life. Three men, dressed in sheepskin, smear their faces and arms with a mixture of oil and soot. They are the “bears.” Accompanied by their “hunters,” the bears descend into the village, leaving their marks and pouncing […]
TRANS-FORMA
What does it mean to be a woman? What does it mean to be a man? Is identity defined by genitals, hormones, or chromosomes? We live in a largely binary society that recognizes only two genders linked to two sexes. Yet contemporary thought reveals that gender is a social construction — fluid, diverse, and ever-changing […]
AGAINST OBLIVION
One of the central pillars of Zionist discourse has always been the denial of the Palestinian people’s presence in their own land. The slogan “a land without people for a people without land” stands as its emblematic expression — an ideological construction meant to justify the colonization and appropriation of Palestine by erasing its prior […]
CUBA AT A CROSSROADS
Cuba is living through a profound crisis — economic, ideological, and moral. The country that once devoted decades to building a non-capitalist model of society now finds itself opening, perhaps reluctantly, to the unstoppable tide of neoliberal logic. Recent government reforms have encouraged small and medium-sized enterprises and individual entrepreneurship — activities that were once […]
BREAKING THE SILENCE
In Guatemala, a group of Mayan women, known as the Defenders of the Body-Territory, are leading a struggle for healing, dignity, and land. They confront both patriarchal and colonial violence — forces that exploit not only their bodies but also the territories they inhabit. Through healing rituals with oils, candles, and flowers, the Defenders care […]
THE INVISIBLE RESISTANCE
Amid headlines and media coverage of the genocide in Palestine, another narrative emerges from the margins: one woven with courage and determination by Palestinian women, beyond the spotlight of cameras. The struggle for Palestinian national liberation has often been represented through images of men confronting militarized forces in the streets—a struggle that takes place mainly […]