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Published in: 50.50‘Muslim women are stuck between Islamophobes and Islamic fundamentalists’From France to Malaysia, Muslim women’s rights activists are challenging those who ask them to ‘choose between being...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Open letter to the women of the world from Leyla Güven"All the women of the world need to be saying enough to fascism, enough to dictatorship!"
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Published in: TransformationPraxis in a polarized world: the dilemma of activist scholars on the leftIf progressive academics want to work with ‘the people,’ then we’ll have to meet ‘the people’ where they are.
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Published in: TransformationWhy should we care about stories?A system that privileges rationality over emotion is a system that protects the status quo. Stories have no such qualms.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKNational dialogue: post-Brexit, we need a UK-wide coming togetherNational dialogues operate outside the permanent institutions of government; moving beyond the Westminster bubble to...
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Published in: openIndiaResilient Hinduism has endured upheavalsIt was not always like this. Hinduism neutralised competing elements by absorbing them. This faith tradition was...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?On the hollowness of the contemporary radical populist right and what to do about itFor decades, radical right-wing populism has been accompanied by a narrative warning of the fundamental threat these...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Remainers! beware demographic argumentsWe need to change minds with a positive message like DIEM25’s proposal of a European Green New Deal.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaNow streaming: censorshipHow should companies like Netflix respond when repressive governments order the removal of critical content?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPolitical protest not for sale!Why the Homeland Hack is not a commodity.
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Published in: openIndiaRising roar of faux faith in poll-bound IndiaRead the newspapers, listen to the TV “debates” and see the WhatsApp-trained ignorant armies clash day and night.
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Published in: 50.50“We create space for freedom”: battling sexism in Ukraine’s mediaGender stereotypes are widespread in the Ukrainian media. I talked to activist Oleksandra Golub about campaigns to...
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Published in: TransformationTechnology with limitsHow can we tame technology to do what we need and then let it go so that we can be more connected to each other in real life?
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Pro-Europe and anti-EU? Reviewing the far right’s view of EuropeThe far right’s claim to be attached to ‘Europe’, not the EU, suggests that ‘European identity’ may pose a challenge...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaHas social media changed Brazil?Bolsonaro's election does not stem only from the use of social media, yet social media was indeed paramount to allow...
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Published in: TransformationCould we force politicians to tell the truth?Politics is pre-truth not post-truth. Does the regulation of advertising provide some answers?
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Published in: HomeLeaving the white nationalist movement with Derek BlackWe talk to Derek about what catalysed this change, if others are likely to follow in his footsteps and the role...
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Published in: TransformationWhen crafts become activismA new generation of craftivists are channeling homespun energy into social justice.
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Published in: openIndiaSowing division: caste is crucial in Indian electionsOf course, politicians did not create the powerful Hindu caste system. They merely exploit this fault-line,...
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Published in: TransformationAre we prepared to pay the price for farmworker justice?“We need an awakening of consciousness for everyone to understand how important we are as workers of the land.”
