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Published in: 50.50How women’s role in Belarus protests captured global media attention
From solidarity to stereotypes, women protesters against Lukashenka have captured the attention of both mainstream...
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Published in: oDR: Opinion"Belarus will never be the same"
The number of social groups involved in the Belarusian protest movement guarantees a broad front, but it also makes...
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Published in: 50.50Dark money, dirty politics and the backlash against human rights
This extract of Peter Geoghegan’s new book ‘Democracy for Sale: Dark Money and Dirty Politics’ traces Victor Orbán’s...
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Published in: ourEconomyHow the agricultural lobby is sabotaging Europe’s Green Deal
It has already succeeded in keeping binding pesticide reduction goals at bay.
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightIn Greece, a new far right movement is taking the stage
‘Greeks for the Fatherland’ seems to be here to fill the gap left by the legal troubles of Golden Dawn.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionCan Europe become a key player in the code war?
After years of watching the battle for digital competitiveness from the sidelines, European leaders are preparing to...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Voice, not exit. Portraits of protesters
Who are the Bulgarian citizens in the streets, aspiring to reconquer a state captured by post-democratic elites?
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?As courts re-open, Britain’s renters must confront the power of landlords
“Alas, many middle class people are now invested in this relationship of domination.”
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Europe’s love affair with fossil fuels
A return to the old ‘normal’ will only lead us further along the path to the next looming catastrophe – that of...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Spirit or reason? Muslim public intellectuals in the German and European far right
The wide space available for non-white, Muslim-background figures in the European far right is key in helping the...
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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.”