protocolmagazine1

The Forgotten Lesson of 'No Place to Hide'

Photo by Daniel von Appen on Unsplash In the 2014 book No Place to Hide by Glenn Greenwald, the esteemed free-lance journalist recounts his interviews in Hong Kong with the National Security Agency (NSA) whistle-blower Edward Snowden. Based on the data Snowden shared with Greenwald and his colleagues, they exposed the architecture of the post-9/11Continue reading “The Forgotten Lesson of 'No Place to Hide'”

What’s Next? The U.S. Women’s National Team’s Fight for Equal Pay

The U.S. Women’s National Team The United States Women’s National Team (USWNT) just celebrated a 2-0 victory over the Netherlands, winning their fourth World Cup. This win broke their own previous record of most wins in the tournament’s history; Germany trails them with two total World Cup wins. But despite their record-breaking achievements, one glaringContinue reading “What’s Next? The U.S. Women’s National Team’s Fight for Equal Pay”

What's Next? The U.S. Women's National Team's Fight for Equal Pay

The U.S. Women’s National Team The United States Women’s National Team (USWNT) just celebrated a 2-0 victory over the Netherlands, winning their fourth World Cup. This win broke their own previous record of most wins in the tournament’s history; Germany trails them with two total World Cup wins. But despite their record-breaking achievements, one glaringContinue reading “What's Next? The U.S. Women's National Team's Fight for Equal Pay”

Opinion: A Street Fight With Authoritarianism

Protestors clash with police, via Lam Yik Fei for The New York Times 22 years ago, Hong Kong was handed back to China. The Chinese promise was that they would allow us to have our own autonomy until 2047, upholding the ‘One Country, Two systems’ until then. The recent proposal of an extradition bill backedContinue reading “Opinion: A Street Fight With Authoritarianism”

Crisis y política: las repercusiones de la ignorancia de Trump sobre los paquetes de ayuda financier

Inmigrar desde Honduras, El Salvador, o Guatemala a los Estados Unidos no es una decisión fácil o feliz; es una decisión dolorosa y difícil en la que se deja atrás familia, cultura, violencia, peligro, cariño, y miedo en busca del “sueño americano” que promete una vida mejor para la persona tal vez algún día, conContinue reading “Crisis y política: las repercusiones de la ignorancia de Trump sobre los paquetes de ayuda financier”

Crisis y política: las repercusiones de la ignorancia de Trump sobre los paquetes de ayuda financiera a estadounidense para Centroamérica

The Biopolitics of Conservation

Millions of India’s indigenous tribal people are threatened by the invalidation of the Forest Rights Act. Source: Survival International The concept of biopolitics, first discussed in detail by the philosopher Michel Foucault, has been of great use to theorists and critics in understanding many aspects of modern political life. In this article, I want toContinue reading “The Biopolitics of Conservation”

Ein Profil des Südsudans

This is a translation of Calla Selicious’s article A Profile of South Sudan. Mit einem immer schnelleren und technologiegetriebenen Nachrichtenzyklus, belegen andauernde weltweite politische Krisen für immer weniger Zeit einen Raum im kollektiven Bewusstsein, mit Ausnahme des gelegentlichen heiß umstrittenen Themas. Themen, die besonders wenig Beachtung finden, neigen auch dazu, diejenigen mit wenig bis garContinue reading “Ein Profil des Südsudans”

The Haitian Rice Industry: Has Haiti Really Been Decolonized?

Slums in Pond-Sonde, Haiti. Source: NBC News We are living in a world so corrupt that the Global North can exert power, exploit and dominate the Global South. They are able to do this through the means of policies that claim they will ‘develop’ countries, so no one questions what they are doing. In reality,Continue reading “The Haitian Rice Industry: Has Haiti Really Been Decolonized?”

Illegal, Dangerous, and Discriminatory

A tweet by California’s Governor Newsom. Over the past five years, there has been a growing case against the use of lethal injections under the death penalty. In 2014, Clayton Lockett’s case garnered international attention for his execution that lasted 1 hour and 44 minutes from the time he was strapped onto the gurney toContinue reading “Illegal, Dangerous, and Discriminatory”