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Angela Merkel urged to put European solidarity over German interests

Published in: 8 April 2020

500+ lawmakers and academics call for entire eurozone to share the cost of the pandemic with the use of euro bonds.

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The applause for society’s vital workforce rings hollow. Give them a raise instead

8 April 2020

Written by: Ståle Wig All articles by Ståle Wig

They deserve support in their fight for living wages and working conditions.
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France’s Far West: don’t let you take my kindness for weakness

8 April 2020

Written by: Chris Myant All articles by Chris Myant

“ The right does not intend that the ‘after Covid’ should correct the mistakes of the ‘before’.”
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Authoritarianism masking incompetence? The case of the Republic of Cyprus

7 April 2020

Written by: Gregoris Ioannou All articles by Gregoris Ioannou

Authoritarianism, left unchecked to shape the public discourse, can self-propel and legitimise itself, diverting the...
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COVID’s borders: between peer-to-peer surveillance and the “common good"

7 April 2020

Written by: Martina Tazzioli All articles by Martina Tazzioli

The vocabulary of war contributes to concealing the differential impact of COVID, which has just found its first...
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The impact of COVID-19 is all down to inequality

7 April 2020

Written by: Mariano Aguirre All articles by Mariano Aguirre

Coronavirus must change the neoliberal rationale, and rescue the social contract between the welfare state and the...
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Coronavirus: is this Snark in fact a Boojum?

4 April 2020

Written by: Albena Azmanova All articles by Albena Azmanova

On the future of capitalism after the pandemic.

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From corporate carewashing to genuine care?

Published on: 6 April 2020

Written by: Lynne Segal All articles by Lynne Segal

Written by: Andreas Chatzidakis All articles by Andreas Chatzidakis

The coronavirus crisis forces us to reconsider the business of business.

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The surveillance industry won’t save us from crises

Published on: 6 April 2020

Written by: Edin Omanovic All articles by Edin Omanovic

Turning to the security industry isn’t the solution: it’s a symptom of the problem.

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COVID-19: on the epistemic condition

Published on: 6 April 2020

Written by: Xiang Zairong All articles by Xiang Zairong

Indigenous cosmologies have always argued that we must treat the world as an interconnected, living organism with...

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Climate: institutional collapse and a new agreement to win

Published on: 6 April 2020

Written by: João Camargo All articles by João Camargo

The postponement of COP-26 in Glasgow announced this week confirms the defeat for a longstanding impotent institutionalism.

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Eyes wide open: Europe’s choices

Published on: 6 April 2020

Written by: André Barata All articles by André Barata

Written by: Renato Miguel do Carmo All articles by Renato Miguel do Carmo

Written by: Luísa Schmidt All articles by Luísa Schmidt

Written by: Maria Filomena Molder All articles by Maria Filomena Molder

Written by: Viriato Soremenho-Marques All articles by Viriato Soremenho-Marques

The margin for error is now zero. The choice lies between the pains of a new birth of civilisation or the...

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Airbnb has been rocked by COVID-19. Do we really want to see it recover?

Published on: 4 April 2020

Written by: James Muldoon All articles by James Muldoon

It's time to consider alternatives to the profit-driven models of platform capitalists.

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A widening data divide: COVID-19 and the Global South

Published on: 3 April 2020

Written by: Stefania Milan All articles by Stefania Milan

Written by: Emiliano Treré All articles by Emiliano Treré

COVID-19 shows the need for a global alliance of experts who can fast-track the capacity building of developing...

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Clapping for anti-modernism and nationalist submission

Published on: 2 April 2020

Written by: Geoffroy de Lagasnerie All articles by Geoffroy de Lagasnerie

Dissident remarks on the current period.

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Splinters: April – short essays on the here & now

Published on: 1 April 2020

Written by: Splinters collective All articles by Splinters collective

This month: "Genocide is Not an Essential Service!"... Family likeness... THE WEST IS WINNING: Pompeo's address......

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“After coronavirus” – Macron's promise

Published on: 31 March 2020

Written by: Chris Myant All articles by Chris Myant

“Bruno le Maire explained solemnly that France was a rich country… We can spend in this moment of crisis… But spend on what?”

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How data-mining companies are set to gain from the Covid-19 pandemic

Published on: 31 March 2020

Written by: Ivan Manokha All articles by Ivan Manokha

Their business model, challenged by numerous activists and analysts, is likely to gain further public acceptance, to...

Published in: Can Europe Make It?: Opinion

A letter in support of Albin Kurti's acting government

Published on: 30 March 2020

Written by: Frank Ruda, Gabriel Tupinambá & colleagues All articles by Frank Ruda, Gabriel Tupinambá & colleagues

Intellectuals and academics stand in solidarity with Albin Kurti and the citizens of Kosovo in these difficult times.

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Enlarging the context on COVID-19: Europe and Africa

Published on: 30 March 2020

Written by: Mehari Taddele Maru All articles by Mehari Taddele Maru

Written by: Fabrizio Tassinari All articles by Fabrizio Tassinari

As the dust on the first brutal phase of the pandemic settles in Europe, containment of the pandemic cannot succeed...

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‘The Experiment of Development’: the source of our progress has become the source of our downfall

Published on: 30 March 2020

Written by: Michael J. Oghia All articles by Michael J. Oghia

As the United Nations celebrates its 75th anniversary amidst a global pandemic, interconnected challenges and...

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Privacy, public health and the pandemic

Published on: 30 March 2020

Written by: Martin Eiermann All articles by Martin Eiermann

What we have to guard against is the diffusion of emergency logics across time and space, not the redefinition of...

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Stop blaming ordinary people for the UK’s pandemic failures

Published on: 28 March 2020

Written by: Adam Ramsay All articles by Adam Ramsay

Boris Johnson has presided over a public policy disaster. Now, he wants you to blame your neighbours. Don't.

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#Clapforcarers: why grassroots solidarity against Coronavirus matters

Published on: 27 March 2020

Written by: Paolo Gerbaudo All articles by Paolo Gerbaudo

As people see that we all depend for our safety on the state and its health system, they realise that contra...

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New dimensions of terrorism: tracking right-wing inspired lone wolves

Published on: 25 March 2020

Written by: Florian Hartleb All articles by Florian Hartleb

The significance of the American position should not be underestimated, for they are also host to many of the most...

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France: is there such a thing as “Islamist separatism”?

Published on: 25 March 2020

Written by: Abderrahim Hafidi All articles by Abderrahim Hafidi

What does it mean when the French president Emmanuel Macron warns of "Islamist separatism"?

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Three months into France’s phoney war

Published on: 24 March 2020

Written by: Chris Myant All articles by Chris Myant

Even with the example of China grappling with the epidemic before it, Europe managed to leapfrog into pole position...

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