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Published in: HomeState of the polity in AustraliaCoal exports up, medevac repeal coming soon, Federal Police raids on the press. The Australian polity is showing...
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Published in: ourEconomyWe need to change who can analyse our data – as well as who owns itBuilding a digital commons will require new rules to govern data analytics, as well as new models of ownership.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?An autonomous Europe for a cooperative worldOnly as second best will the EU opt to act alone. By becoming better able to act, Europeans will, by definition, be...
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Published in: oDRA school of bitter experience: how Kazakhstan’s media regulations restrict journalist freedomThe Kazakh state is increasingly bringing the work of independent journalists under control. A new media law places...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Triple threat to transparency: a Brexit StoryAny discussion of propaganda and the 2016 European referendum starts with years of Euromythology and migrant-bashing.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?European politics: the ‘hidden hand’ and the ‘inevitable wave’As the European elections get under way, let us avoid conspiratorial geopolitics. Focusing on sinister figures is...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?It’s not so hilarious on the balconies of ItalyWhen a young woman embarrassed Matteo Salvini during another of his endless stream of selfies a week or so back: “do...
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Published in: HomeFacebook and Google pressured EU experts to soften fake news regulations, say insidersOn the eve of European elections, the tech giants stand accused of sabotaging the European Union’s fight against...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe people we might become: Personality and the organisation of knowledgeThe media has sold us collective hallucinations of ourselves, from Keynesian man to Thatcherite man (and woman). Can...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?PNL and ‘European Others’How France’s most successful rappers set about countering Europe's hegemonic narratives.
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Published in: HomeA Stanford professor admits getting it totally wrong about online educationFor years, Sarah Soule thought nothing could replace face-to-face interaction. In our latest podcast she...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Italy: real weapons of mass distractionMatteo Salvini’s rhetoric is getting ever more worrying as we approach the EU elections.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaPoliticisation of sports and sportisation of politics: A global dangerous trendThe globalising way of promoting sports as a way of thinking and a way of life really just serves the dominant...
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