Nèdeem Elmahjoub's blog

"Orteguista ,  rather than Sandinista ,  [is]  a linguistic distinction that has become a common indicator of Ortega’s divorce from the FSLN’s founding values. Where the Sandinista Front was established as socialist, the Ortega government has  privatized  Nicaraguan industries and made welfare services contingent upon party allegiance." Activists speak out about Nicaragua's crackdowns

"More than seven years after the beginning of the popular uprising in Syria, which increasingly turned into an international war, the causes of this eruption are often forgotten. When they are discussed, the vast majority of authors reduce the uprising to a struggle against authoritarianism while neglecting its socio-economic roots almost entirely." Syria: the social origins of the uprising