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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionYou can't understand the world without learning about empireAs academics, we teach about empire, slavery and colonialism because without them, the world makes no sense.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Coronavirus and the crisis of globalisation: dangers and answers“We must demonstrate the superiority of democratic governance over authoritarianism, bringing about a set of...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaBrazil’s coronavirus Hunger Games: Indigenous communities and their struggle for survivalThe health threat to Indigenous peoples cannot be analysed in a context apart from the Bolsonaro administration's...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionMy Jewish roots taught me that you can’t avoid the pastMoving forward requires accepting who you are
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Published in: Home: OpinionOsman Kavala and the Snails: watch, enjoy, share
The world’s first lockdown opera, ten minutes of delight against oppression
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Published in: Home: OpinionNetflix's ‘Unorthodox’ paints a misleading picture of Orthodox JudaismMore balanced representations of Orthodox Jews are needed to combat stereotypes.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWhy does England vote Tory?Progressives will never dominate English politics without confronting Churchillism.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaSeparate but equal: the historical roots of the current US protestsThe protests we see today in the United States, the anger, the toppling of statues that exalt the historical...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionChurchill must fallAnd he can take his British nationalism with him.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaFor a Social, Ecological, Economic and Intercultural Pact for Latin AmericaThe pandemic is a tragedy for many people, whose pain we share. But the pause imposed on global capitalism due to...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The need to contextualise monuments, avoiding indifference and ambiguityControversial statues should be dealt with according to their individual contexts.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Antifascist culture in isolationAfter 1933, a left-wing culture that had encompassed socialist workers, artists and intellectuals alike was driven...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: OpinionHow to dismantle a democracy: the case of BulgariaNot only fascistic xenophobes are capable of killing democracy. Semi-literate macho males bereft of any...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWhat monuments does Britain need?What goes up matters more than what comes down. Here’s where I’d start.
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Published in: openMovementsCreating a hyperlocal infrastructure of care: COVID-19 Mutual Aid GroupsCOVID-19 mutual aid groups revolve around caring for neighbours as a hyperlocal infrastructure. This can have a...
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Published in: HomeHart Island: New York City’s dark shadowBeing Hart Island, the proposed park – given the racist title ‘Negro Coney Island’ – was to be solely for black...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Four invisible enemies in the first pandemic of a “datafied society”COVID-19 lays bare the nuances of a society undergoing digital data transformation in nearly every field of human...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionThe statue of Colston must be left in the waterThe toppling is a work of art, which celebrates a global movement.
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionHow black people face and use violence in the US and BrazilViolence has, to some extent, given political agency to blacks in the United States, whereas nonviolence has kept...
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Published in: openMovementsWe are all in this together: from global pandemic to global solidaritiesTo be effective, social movements’ actions must be grounded in effective organisational dynamics and democratic...
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