Juliana Barnet

LATEST ARTICLES BY Juliana Barnet

• World

  

  Venezuelan grassroots leader on earthquake: ‘Trump offers us crumbs from our stolen wealth’

  July 21, 2026 By Juliana Barnet

  Vanessa Pérez describes organized earthquake relief efforts and denounces U.S. intentions to take advantage of Venezuela's grief.

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• Culture

  

  Pride and Billy Elliot: same strike, contrasting portrayals

  July 5, 2024 By Juliana Barnet

  Both Billy Elliot and Pride are set during the pivotal 1984-5 Miners’ Union strike in northern England, where miners struggled for over a year against the implacable Thatcher government to win better working conditions.

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• Culture

  

  ‘Cantoras’: A novel about Uruguayan women struggling for freedom

  January 9, 2024 By Juliana Barnet

  We need to bring to life activist characters, whether central or secondary, who are each unique, complex, flawed, genuine and engaging.

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