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Cinema, citizenship and the promise of the internet: a personal view from the Third World

Published on: 21 February 2012

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Piracy is typically portrayed as the vice of only those who wish to steal media for the sake of self-indulgent...
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Buyer Beware: David "snake oil" Cameron does not know his product

Published on: 18 February 2012

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Cameron must limit Scotland's choices because financial autonomy for Scotland would arguably have a more profound...
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The debate on Englishness can no longer be avoided

Published on: 26 January 2012

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An increasingly assertive English nationalism; the prospect of an independent Scotland; the economic crisis.... the...
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The one sure way to reduce prostitution: heroin prescription

Published on: 5 January 2012

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We are at a point in the drugs policy debate now where it is no longer heretical to critique conventional wisdom;...
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The 'Democratic Recession' has turned into a modern zeitgeist of democratic reform

Published on: 21 December 2011

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It is no coincidence that the wave of protests comes in the wake of a 'democratic recession'. People are...
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A prayer for Denmark

Published on: 13 September 2011

Written by: David Volodzko All articles by David Volodzko

Denmark's 2011 election is upon us. Considering that the nation has been run by a right-wing coalition for ten...
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Iceland's economic downturn is a ”freedom of speech” upturn

Published on: 17 June 2010

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Iceland approves bill that turns the recession-plagued island into a "new media heaven"
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The Pope in Portugal

Published on: 16 May 2010

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Students mobilise against a secular republic's partiality to the Catholic church
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From Diego Garcia, Peros Banhos and the other Chagos Islands - people speak out

Published on: 22 April 2010

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The people of Diego Garcia, Peros Banhos and the other Chagos Islands speak out on Britain’s proposal for a Marine...

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