The age of protest: ‘a great wind is blowing’
by Rashmee
Posted on November 6, 2021
“A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache,” Catherine …
Read MoreAmerica is being ‘Africanised’, says Africa
by Rashmee
Posted on June 8, 2020 / The Focus
It was The Elephant, a four-year-old African website, that made the connection between George …
Read MoreHow to read Trump’s threat to bring the army on to America’s streets
by Rashmee
Posted on June 2, 2020 / The Focus
It was Peter Thiel, Donald Trump’s only Silicon Valley supporter before the 2016 US presidential …
Read MoreNew year, same old issues as Macron pursues reform agenda and French unions push for war
by Rashmee
Posted on January 3, 2020
New year, same old issues. France’s president promised on new year’s eve that he would …
Read MoreSaturday rearview: Reset on capitalism, protests everywhere, the ‘Love Actually’ election
by Rashmee
Posted on December 14, 2019
In a week crammed with a British election and the first round of peace talks …
Read MoreA year in protests. It underlined our interconnectedness
by Rashmee
Posted on December 13, 2019
As the year hastens to an end, journalists like me are trying to discern the …
Read MoreThe only real link between Chile, Lebanon, Algeria, Hong Kong is the word ‘protest’
by Rashmee
Posted on November 3, 2019
The editor of Open Democracy, the UK political website, pointed out a crucial point the …
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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK