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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Dangerous thoughtlessness of a coronavirus political cartoon
A cartoon associating mask orders with the Holocaust bears the hallmarks of shallow ‘culture war’ thinking.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Responsibility of the Swedish left for Sweden’s COVID-19 tragedy
Why have the Swedish authorities not taken more vigorous steps to slow the spread of a virus that has taken such an...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Chronicles of culturological quackery
The concept of culture as a 'driver of societies' that has become the lucky charm of nationalists, has its origins...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaTo postpone the election of the President of the Inter-American Development Bank is a priority
The Latin American Reflection Roundtable issues a declaration on the future of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
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Published in: ourEconomyCreating the digital commons after COVID-19
The pandemic has accelerated the growth of the data economy and the digital giants who dominate it. It's time to...
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Published in: 50.50The people locked down and locked out in the cold during the pandemic
Millions are unable to survive the pandemic or the rules to contain it. Their stories make a compelling case for a...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionRegulators must crack down on big tech’s anti-repair practices
Tech giants are using their dominant positions to shorten the lives of electronic goods. This is bad for consumers...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The defeat of the 'real' neo-Ottomanists
It was difficult to miss the irony of commentaries on the “triumph of neo-Ottomanism” on 24 July, when Erdoğan was...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The spirit of the Commune
“When it is proposed to protect members of the public from those monuments… all Presidential hell breaks loose.”
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Brexit – a perspective from the Global South
“Brexit means ‘opportunity’ for many in the Global South – particularly, African polities – and I shall explain why.”
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Covid-19 and the perception of freedom
Criticisms of the “Chinese solution” adopted by Italy have come from both sides, national and international.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Whatever happened to Dunkirk spirit?
What is it? Can we learn from it, and could it "see us through coronavirus"?
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Don't take music for granted – what I learnt from the Spanish singer Leiva
His music brings hope in times of Covid, but his message highlights the financial plight of this collapsing business.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Why uncertainty requires a new politics
Governments haven’t found the magic formula for predicting the way people and diseases will interact with each other.
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Published in: HomePeter Geoghegan on dark money and returning home to Ireland
openDemocracy's investigations editor talks about how Ireland has changed since he left as a young man, and why we...
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightHow to laugh away the far-right: lessons from Germany
In the many instances where far-right activity attempts to exhibit solemnity, gravity, or strength, a well-aimed...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?What is morally wrong with discrimination? A Kantian analysis
Each one of us is an end-in-itself, a citizen within a “kingdom of ends,” as Kant put it.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: InvestigationDid we abandon our most vulnerable old people to COVID-19?
Special report on the ‘silent tragedy’ of coronavirus deaths in care homes.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Bulgarian protests: battles over anti-corruption?
The ‘Anti-corruption’ fight in Bulgaria that erupted again on July 9, 2020, is caught in a clash between two...
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Published in: 50.50UK government criticised for “inconsistent” restrictions on pregnant women’s check-ups
Maternal health advocates demand answers after pubs and shops reopen but some women in England’s least-hit areas are...