Resistance

The Baltic states have a robust tradition of cultural resistance that continues to influence politics and society to this day.

Kateryna Botanova on rediscovering connections through war and destruction.

Despite decades of crackdown, Iranian artists continue to produce political works.

In the Ecuadorian Amazon, a women-led Indigenous guard is fighting against illegal miners while striving towards a future beyond extractivism.

What is the political power of emotions in the battle over freedom?

In an increasingly polarised world, how do we mobilise majorities around the politics we desire, rather than the ideas we oppose?

With extreme right-wing forces gaining ground across Europe, how can cultural events embody democratic resistance?

Faced with resistance to their energy-intensive data centres in northern Europe, Big Tech companies are looking south. Can Spain take this gamble?

Serbia’s democratic and ecological struggles are inseparable – and can only be solved by reclaiming its political institutions.

After 40 years of neoliberalism tearing at the social fabric, what form will the 21st-century counter-movement take?