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Published in: ourEconomyCelebrating poverty: the IMF in EgyptUnder IMF reforms, a third of Egyptians are living in poverty. But western institutions are celebrating their ‘success’.
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Published in: ourEconomyWestern style ‘democracy’ in Africa is just a way of pushing the neoliberal agendaThe region has its own rich democratic traditions to draw from.
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Published in: ourEconomyPost-capitalists must understand the role of migration in global capitalismReal transformation can only happen if those in the global north join forces with migrants and exploited workers in...
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Published in: ourEconomyOutsourcing exploitation: global labor-value chainsThrough their control over supply chains, multinationals based in the global north exploit workers in the global south.
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Published in: ourEconomyImperialism in a coffee cupWhy is it that just 1p of a £2.50 cup of coffee goes to the farmer who cultivated and harvested the coffee beans?
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Published in: ourEconomyDecolonising the economyA new ourEconomy series focusing on the global economy and global justice.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaGandhi, Palestine and zionism: a book reviewIn India it is the season for rediscovering Gandhi, and everyone from politicians to intellectuals are doing it in...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTo stand up for the powerless in Syria, the Left must embrace complexityThe Syrian uprising has divided the international Left between those who support Assad and those who support the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSingling out Israel: a perspective from the leftHow did the struggle for Palestine gain such prominence on the left? The answer might tell us something about...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCharlie Hebdo and western denialThe recent attacks in Paris were the latest round in a conflict of violence, not of “values”. The primary...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaOil politics and the battle for KobaneDecades of energy colonialism in the Middle East come face to face with a democratic challenge in Rojava (Syrian Kurdistan).
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Published in: openDemocracyUK30 years on: Ethiopia and the business of hunger30 years after images of Ethiopian famine haunted British TV screens, they still shape how we see Africa - and...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaScottish Green solidarity with the Kurdish peopleWe must support the people of Kobane in their fight against ISIS and Turkey's plans to install a buffer zone, both...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWestern blind spot: the Kurds' forgotten war in SyriaA victory for the Kurds and their allies in Syria is a victory for all who want a future that is dictated neither by...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Islamic State and the global Great GameThe unravelling of Iraqi society set the context for the emergence of the Islamic State-led insurgency in Iraq. But...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIsrael - the last of the settler coloniesExamining the history of colonialism suggests that Israel today is more analogous to apartheid South Africa or...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIraq crisis: divide-and-rule in defence of a neoliberal political economyThe roots of the most recent crisis in Iraq can be traced to the US-led invasion of 2003 and western meddling in...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe proud neoliberalisation of Iraqi-KurdistanKurdish nationalism in Iraqi-Kurdistan has been transformed from an ideology that strengthened resistance to the...
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