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Published in: openDemocracyUKHow do we ensure that Project Hope overcomes Project Fear?
Caroline Lucas’s speech to The Convention: Think Anew, Act Anew, Another Vote is Possible, London, 11 January 2019
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Terrorism policing: the YPG/YPJ, an ally abroad but a danger at home?
The erratic treatment members of the YPG/YPJ receive at the hands of Europe’s counterterrorism networks doesn’t look...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Gentrification in Porto: will the city turn into a hotel?
Tourism is booming in Portugal, but so is housing speculation. Gentrification has been causing the displacement of...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaDemocracy is facing strong headwinds in 2019
Jair Bolsonaro’s inauguration as president of Brazil marks the beginning of the political year. The redrawing of the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Polarisation with no ideological solution in sight
The increasing political polarization, a problem of the entire western world, is based on misconceptions to which...
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Published in: HomeSmall-town feminist activism in Poland
On Monday, October 3, 2016 the landscape of social movements in Poland changed. What surprised many observers and...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Which municipalism? Let's be choosy
What exactly are we talking about when we refer to the “new municipalism” or “municipalist transformation” as...
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Published in: HomeWhite is the new black: populism and the academic alt-right
“It is our duty to expose this moral agenda for what it is, not by 'deplatforming' them – only adding victimisation...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Austerity is stupid, and why the powerful don’t like to admit it
We need a Progressive International whose narrative deeply penetrates this warped version of reality.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?A People’s Vote without a People’s Debate won’t bring about Another Europe
An open letter to Another Europe Is Possible on the democratic component fatally lacking from the Brexit process hitherto.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?‘Gilets jaunes’: the meaning of the confrontation
As the ‘gilets jaunes’ movement continues after President Macron’s speech, the French philosopher examines its...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Europe faces a "welcoming crisis" when it comes to migrants and refugees. It's not fair.
"Anti-migrant sentiment is at fever pitch." Seeing ourselves as others see us.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK‘Deserving’ settlement in post-Brexit Britain: challenges posed by the settled status scheme
It's striking that the difference between the proof of continuous residence under the settlement scheme and the EU...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWe need a People’s Government, not a People’s Vote
A People’s Vote with a Tory Government in occupation would also be a People’s Vote of the right, by the right, and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe conceptual paradox of trusting in Brexit
What the UK government is asking for is not trust but blind faith – literally like turkeys knowing they will be on...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Common Travel Area (CTA): complacent talk about migration
Whether the UK leaves the EU or not, and no matter under what terms, the fight to uphold higher standards in public...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The Swedish model dismantled: premature closure of the Gender Equality Agency
The cleavage was between pleas to continue the work to reduce segregation and further equal rights and gender...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Global Compact for Migration – missed opportunities for Europe
The way in which far-right politicians took advantage of the Global Compact as a tool for political posturing can be...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Estonia’s populist and radical right: how radical are they?
Many political observers have noticed how the most recent anti-immigration protests relating to the debate on the UN...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The yellow vests, or the discrediting of representative democracy
Even though the most scathing criticism is directed at the president of the republic, it is the entire political...