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Published in: HomeThe diverse revolt of Turkish youth and the production of the political
Some of the banners read “we are not a political party, we are the people”, “we claim religion without AKP, Atatürk...
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Published in: HomeDoes Tunisia need Femen?
The first woman representing Femen in Tunisia has exhorted Tunisian women to “wake up” and realize they are living...
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Published in: 50.50"We want peace. We’re tired of war"
"If we live violence every day, how can we work for the development of our country so that we can benefit from human...
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Published in: ourNHSNHS reforms? What NHS reforms? A call for citizen journalism
Media failings and government distortions mean many people don't believe the NHS is being dismantled. It’s down to...
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Published in: HomeGridlock: the growing breakdown of global cooperation
Economic and political shifts in large part attributable to the successes of the post-war multilateral order are now...
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Published in: 50.50The future is 'smart' but is it equal? African women’s digital agency
As mobile and smartphone use expands across Africa, Fatimah Kelleher asks what role African women play in digital...
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Published in: HomeThis week's window on the Middle East - April 29, 2013
Arab Awakening's columnists offer their weekly perspective on what is happening on the ground in the Middle East....
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Published in: openDemocracyUKUK surveillance law: a warning, and a call for a different future
The British are being tracked, more than we have ever been. A new report sets out what this means for the everyday...
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Published in: HomeIs the press too big to fail? It's dumb journalism, stupid
Todd Gitlin, whose latest book is Occupy Nation: The Roots, the Spirit, and the Promise of Occupy Wall Street,...
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Published in: oDRLife on an Island
Russia may be a huge land mass, but Maksim Trudolyubov believes it is better to think of it as a pattern of islands,...
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Published in: HomeHow capitalism is turning the internet against democracy, and how to turn it back
As capitalist corporations have come to dominate the internet, is it possible to fulfil the genuine democratic...
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Published in: HomeChronicle of a lie foretold: or, how I failed to stop Spain’s rightwing press from intervening in the 2013 Venezuelan presidential election
I replied to individual tweets with my concerns. But I have 50 followers; they had hundreds of thousands. I was like...
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Published in: oDRDimon Don't Cry
The Russian Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev, doesn't like his online nickname “Dimon,” but whatever we think of...
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Published in: HomeTurkey’s unruly rule of law
After ten years of the aggressive, “Islam and democracy” experiment, Turkey is increasingly being torn apart between...
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Published in: HomeThis week's window on the Middle East - April 8, 2013
Arab Awakening's columnists offer their weekly perspective on what is happening on the ground in the Middle East....
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Published in: HomeA dramatic intervention
Of course, American support for costly drama is welcome, and helps keep the UK in the game, but the fact is that...
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Published in: HomeThis week's window on the Middle East - April 1, 2013
Arab Awakening's columnists offer their weekly perspective on what is happening on the ground in the Middle East....
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Published in: oDRKremlin games: when programming meets politics
THE CEELBAS DEBATE// Russia has a booming and influential video-game market. The authorities want to capitalise on...
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Published in: HomeEuropeans’ love-hate relationship with interdependence
Europeans both love and hate globalisation. They benefit from mobility across cosmopolitan Europe and there can be...
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Published in: HomeBanned in Russia
YouTube’s challenge to Russia’s controversial blacklist law could aid activists in fighting Russia's growing control...