At home in another Europe
CONTROL: In increasingly authoritarian Hungary, two women face several hardships in their adoption of a young Roma child.
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A woman’s struggle with reality
WOMEN OF EUROPE: Sweden’s former Foreign and Vice Prime Minister Margot Wallström believes we currently live in a world of autocrats, where Nordic welfare values have poor conditions.
The agonising campaign for truth
CONTROL: A chilling glimpse into the murderous reality of China’s suppression of meditation movement Falun Gong.
The tentacles of totalitarianism
JUSTICE: Standing up to a brutal regime, an Uzbek woman never breaks hope in fighting for family justice.
Taking care of business: Jonathan Perel on Corporate Accountability
INTERVIEW: Modern Times Review talks with Argentina’s Jonathan Perel on his Berlinale-premiered new film, Corporate Accountability
Courage beyond the call of duty
JOURNALISM: In the Philippines, one brave woman and her team of journalists fight to maintain the power of truth over lies.
A world in stable motion
MIGRANTS: In 2018, the Collège de France established its own professorship in migration studies. Francois Héran was chosen to fill it, and the book Migrations et sociétés is an extended version of his accession lecture.
From the frontlines of the war on refugees
REFUGEES: Chinese artist and filmmaker Ai Weiwei follows up his documentary Human Flow with a reportage from the warzones that await refugees in Europe. The Rest is about the millions who came for shelter but found none.
Foreign political shadow play
GEOPOLITICS: Laurent Larcher calls for openness, value proposition and debate on French foreign policy. The author claims that France’s power elite conceal their real agenda behind meaningless statements and secrecy.
Authoritarian or Democratic?
At the Oslo Freedom Forum’s (OFF) press conference, a question from the audience makes tempers flare.
A moral duty to tell
Israeli lawyer Michael Sfard presents a new take on human rights battles within the occupied Palestinian territories.
The untold story of ‘the red gold’
By using production of tomato paste as an example, The Empire of Red Gold gives an astonishing insight on the uncomforting workings of globalism, and the means of production that has up until now never been revealed.