Edinburgh, 2 & 3 March, Augustine’s church
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The world is in crisis: the richest 1%
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Faraday House, 48-51 Old Gloucester Street, London
The welfare state is under attack, workers’ rights are being eroded and poverty and inequality are
On 26 February, in Helsinki, Counterpoint launches the third pamphlet in its series of narrative pieces on the country-specific conditions that explain the emergence of populism. Johanna Korhonen describes how
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The political track has been declared effectively non-existent. A ‘grand bargain’ is needed but unattainable, with conflict frozen into international and regional stances. Violence is creating new on-the-ground political realities. What work should be done now to create and build upon opportunitie
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What started as a protest to protect a green space with a few trees in Istanbul met a brutal police response and grew to become much more. Celam Burak Tansel and Gulay Turkmen-Dervisoglu explain the situation, John McSweeney tells us this isonly the beginning, Dimitar Bechev adds perspective on wh
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