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Published in: Countering the Radical RightThe memory of Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still aliveThose who defend statues meant to assert dominance have yet to learn the lessons of the past.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Three nights with the citizens of GironaA general strike had been called across Catalonia and somewhere down there, winding through the new town on the far...
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Published in: Global ExtremesWhy words matter: mainstreaming anti-Muslim discourseIt is no surprise that right wing extremists use similar language, it is however alarming that this language is...
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Published in: Global ExtremesThe answer to extremist violence is strong resilient communitiesWe do not need to keep minorities under surveillance or to create a climate of mistrust and prejudice.
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Published in: Global ExtremesThe Prevent database: counter extremism is watching youThe Prevent databases are not concerning because they are a new revelation; they are concerning because they are not.
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Published in: Global ExtremesWhither Poland? After the 2019 parliamentary electionsThe 2020 Presidential election will be the first indicator of how the Polish electorate is responding to the work of...
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Published in: Global ExtremesThe industry of preventing extremism – and the Radicalisation Awareness NetworkIs the prevention industry part of the problem rather than of the solution?
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Published in: Global ExtremesDid the Hungarian local elections break polarisation and extremism?Hungary’s recent elections mark a breakthrough: the paralysing myth of Fidesz’s invincibility has been shattered.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Regimes of evil: colonization continuesIt is not even a secret. Turkish state authorities are doing this very openly, in front of the rest of the world....
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?EU after BrexitBrexit has weakened populists on the continent? This is wishful thinking. No longer willing to leave the EU, instead...
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Published in: TransformationCould more conversation overcome polarization in politics?Political differences won’t disappear, but we can do a much better job of working with and through them.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The Balkans Brexit falloutSome may wish the EU would simply honour its earlier commitment to integrate the Balkans region, but the time for...
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Published in: ourEconomyYanis Varoufakis: 'the only way of getting a hard Brexit off the table is by electing Jeremy Corbyn'The renowned economist speaks to ourEconomy about the coming UK general election and his plan for the global economy.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Irish border contradictions and chaos: how will Brexit affect Northern Ireland?Such an intractable situation suggests that since Brexit’s genesis, the UK’s only land frontier with the EU has been...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Spanish nationalism loses the plotThe English nationalism unleashed by Brexit is not the same as the Spanish nationalism unleashed by the Catalan...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Bringing government to the people: a citizens' assembly to democratise policy-makingPeople’s demand for greater popular sovereignty must be taken seriously – talking to the Belgian MP for Agora.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKPortugal's power-sharing success story has vital lessons for LabourPortugal shows that both pluralism and proportional representation don’t have to hold socialists back – indeed quite...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Right-wing authoritarianism in Britain: lessons from Hungary and PolandBritain is hardly living in splendid isolation. It has much to learn from several other European countries.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?What we know about nuclear weapons and the nuclear industry thanks to WikiLeaks“The Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded on 11 October. Why I support the nomination of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks.”
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Why a Nobel Nomination is utterly meaninglessWe frequently encounter the honorific Nobel prize nominee, almost always referring to the Peace prize. But what does...