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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionWhat the assassination of Lokman Slim tells us about LebanonIn a country where impunity is the rule, those who murdered Slim can be sure that everyone will know who they are,...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Could the Kosovo story end in Greater Albania?If Kosovo makes practical moves towards unification with Albania, the government in Belgrade will come under strong...
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Published in: openIndiaTear gas is touted as safe against protesters. So why is it killing so many Kashmiris?Dozens of civilians have been killed by tear gas in the region – and their deaths are being brushed under the rug.
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Published in: Home: OpinionAfghanistan, North Korea – and Tunisia: a security briefing for Joe BidenBiden’s first executive orders have done a lot, but he can’t order away all Trump’s cack-handed legacy – or silence...
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Published in: Rethinking PopulismPrecarity, populism, and prospects for a green democratic transformationThe proper Left alternative to the class struggle is subverting capitalism by mobilizing an ever wider and more...
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Published in: Home: OpinionThe far right’s rise within armed forces is a global threat to democracyThe suspected involvement of soldiers and police in the US Capitol riots echoes infiltration moves by extremists in Europe.
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionViolence, patronage, and criminal governance in VenezuelaThe context of a recent blod bath in two Caracas' slums tells a complex story of how violence gets out of control.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Thirty years in the shadow of the WallWhat have we (l)earned, what are we revealing/hiding, what can we see? In three pieces.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Lead poisoning risks in a Greek refugee camp: environmental racism as a dangerous new normal?Once-shocking drownings in the Mediterranean have become dangerously normalized. Will environmental racism become...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaDo you remember Cuba’s dedication to Angola?Cuban blood left its stamp on the conscience of the world after the Angolan Wars of 1975-1988. Corporate politicians...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta“Who dies the most? The people from the Colombian Pacific”Don Gu is a cultural manager from Tumaco, Colombia. He has been working with children and young people for over 25...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionEurope in 2021Portugal assumes the EU presidency at a crucial moment. Amid a fluid scenario and systemic risks, the way Europe...
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Published in: Home: OpinionWill Iran’s Revolutionary Guard provoke Trump into going out with a bang?As domestic rioters offer distraction, the risk looms from overseas of a messy war to welcome Biden.
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionThe good, the bad, and the ugly of the US Capitol insurrectionThe scenes of the insurrection in the United States Capitol last Wednesday, January 6, will go down in history as...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionDonald Trump, the scorpion, and the assault on the shining city on the hillThe assault on the Capitol shook American democracy for a few hours. The lesson democracies should learn is: Beware...
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Published in: Home: OpinionThe pundits who said we had little to fear from Trump were wrong. So what now?The outgoing president’s instincts were always authoritarian – which is why, even now, speaking out is vital.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaFour years later, Colombia's Peace Agreement advances at a snail's paceMore than four years after the signing of the Peace Agreement in Colombia, democraciaAbierta looked at the progress...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSyrian prison literature and human rights: an interview with Shareah TaleghaniLiterature about prison has actually assisted international campaigns in the release of individual detainees.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Universal anxietyNothing, certainly not language, escapes the bug.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionParliament’s security experts slate British government pandemic planningA high-level committee “notes a striking absence of leadership of the UK’s biological security”. So why haven’t you...
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