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Published in: democraciaAbiertaColombia trapped in an old nightmareOn Thursday the 29th of August, Colombia awoke in the midst of an old nightmare. The echoes of a war more than 50...
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Published in: ourEconomyShould we feed hungry children, or the war machine?Every dollar of public money financing US militarism abroad is a dollar that could fight hunger, homelessness, or...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe perils of improvising policy: from the Balfour Declaration to BrexitAs we experience the consequences of the referendum on Britain’s membership in the EU, we might fruitfully revisit...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaOil, war, and corruption in Brazil: understanding “Curitiba’s conspiracy”The seemingly never ending number of cases of corruption within the oil industry can help explain Curitiba's...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaNecropolitics: the exercise of uncontrolled power in VenezuelaIn 2017, 26% of homicides died at the hands of security forces. In 2018 this increased to 33%, meaning that 1 in 3...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAs the DSEI arms fair starts today, campaigners cry foul over UK’s boost for Israeli governmentThe UK government has officially invited the Israeli government to the DSEI arms fair despite a recent UN report...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaReimagining Palestine in the future: an interview with Saleem HaddadPalestine is a rich canvas for science fiction: it is the frontier where tools of subjugation, occupation and...
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Published in: HomeUS and UK struggle to find friends against Iran – and Iraq wants its sky backIs it 2003 all over again – but with Iran and Iraq on the same side this time?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe “deal of the century” is already on the ground before being on paperMany recent developments signal an early implementation of the “deal of the century” despite Palestinian rejection.
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Published in: HomeThe ISIS comeback is happening – but the west isn’t learning any lessonsISIS is winning support, gaining territory and launching attacks far and wide, while western military strategy...
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Published in: openIndiaRegulating Kashmiri lives“How the Kashmir siege coincided with my PhD defence and how my parents who were eagerly waiting for it all these...
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Published in: HomeBritish navy goes all in with Trump against IranAre Boris and Donald the new Blair and Bush? Movements of the UK’s handful of destroyers suggest they might be.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The Mask of AnarchyWritten on the occasion of the Peterloo massacre at Manchester, which took place two hundred years ago.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKPeterloo led eventually to electoral democracy – but there’s one big bit of unfinished businessNew evidence shows that it’s the Right that tend to benefit from the UK's unequal electoral system. The Left is...
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Published in: HomeIn this new Sudan, will the elite protesters stand up for suffering Darfur?The capital’s protest leaders made a deal with the military. Non-Arabs in Sudan’s periphery fear that their freedom...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWar is no solution to the US-Iran standoffNothing other than direct talks can offer a prospect for a solution to the crisis.
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Published in: HomeThe international community must intervene on KashmirKashmiris need self-determination, not military occupation.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe ‘fallen’ Miss Venezuela: a tragedy of sexual slavery and traffickingNot only are girls and women who fled Venezuela in urgent need of protection from non-state actors involved in...
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Published in: ourEconomyTurkey does imperialism: Turkish foreign policy in the Middle EastTo understand Turkey’s actions in the Middle East, we need to grasp its precarious place in world capitalism.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe on-going slaughter: police violence in VenezuelaThe recent UN report caused shockwaves in the international community by setting out a previously unknown number of...
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