CRITICAL VOICES IN CRITICAL TIMES
Since the Arab uprisings of 2011, the world has witnessed a stream of popular protest movements, the acceleration of extreme inequality, precarity, migration, unhinged populisms, and a planetary tipping point. "Critical Voices in Critical Times" engages the ideas and works of critical thinkers, artists and activists to make sense of the present moment and think about how to put affirmative ideas into practice. The long-form interviews are available on the North Africa and West Asia (NAWA) section of openDemocracy. Critical Voices videos shot, edited and produced by Linda Herrera
Alain Badiou on the Egyptian Revolution
Alain Badiou talks about the 2011 Egyptian Revolution and why he views it as an event marking the "Rebirth of History."Seven years on he raises questions about the meaning of revolution today, political vision, and the understanding of failure and success.
Gramsci and Egypt: An Interview with Peter Mayo
Asef Bayat- Revolution without Revolutionaries
Mireille Fanon-Mendes France on Fanon 1/2
Mireille Fanon-Mendes France on Race & Islam 2/2
Antonio Gramsci: Son of Sardinia
Democracy Dialogue Channels in ENGLISH, ARABIC, URDU, KOREAN, CHINESE
Democracy Dialogue is a channel that features vignettes from an historic encounter between Mohamed ElBaradei and Rajmohan Gandhi during the turbulent post-revolution period in Egypt in 2012, and videos about the lives and ideas of revolutionary thinkers like Antonio Gramsci and Mahatma Gandhi.
Trailer Democracy Dialogue
Ideas vs. Ideology- Mohamed ElBaradei & Rajmohan Gandhi
In this historic encounter in Egypt in 2012 between Mohamed ElBaradei, Nobel Laureate and former head of Egypt's opposition coalition, and Rajmohan Gandhi, historian, peace activist, and grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, they argue that ideas, not ideologies, are needed to forge more democratic alternatives.
Divide & Rule with Rajmohan Gandhi
Gandhi in Egypt
Seeds of Change:Growing up in the Nasser Era
Education and Global Security
The Nuclear Video with Mohamed ElBaradei
Global Studies in Education Study Abroad
Students from the Global Studies in Education program (GSE) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) traveled to Malta and Sicily for the study abroad course, "Refugees & Education in the Mediterranean” led by Professor Linda Herrera. Video by Tara Bayat