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Published in: TransformationThe corruption of happiness
Anger and injustice need hearing, not treating. Unhappiness can be healthy.
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Published in: TransformationIs passionate work a neoliberal delusion?
The rise of the creative economy encourages self-interest over collective action in the arts, but all is not lost.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMoney where your mouth is: Salaita, freedom of speech, and the new market of education
I'd like to unpack the widespread idea that one's freedom of speech is relinquished when it is used in the form of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCairo: a history of people’s right to the city
A social and historical introduction to people’s struggle over the right to the city in Cairo, Egypt.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPalestinian resistance, the necessity of three fronts
Something must be done about Israel’s number one ally, the Palestinian Authority, otherwise what we are witnessing...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIraq crisis: divide-and-rule in defence of a neoliberal political economy
The 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 struggle for freedom and food sovereignty: a letter of solidarity to the farmers of Syria
The loss of control over processing agricultural goods, such as turning grains into flour, have made it easier for...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe proud neoliberalisation of Iraqi-Kurdistan
Kurdish nationalism in Iraqi-Kurdistan has been transformed from an ideology that strengthened resistance to the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaArab Spring countries need to think outside the neoliberal box
Arab countries should be wary of applying new neoliberal economic policies, since it may have been adherence to...
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Published in: HomeThe roots and grassroots of the Syrian revolution (Part 2 of 4)
In Part 2, the author dispels the myths used by the Syrian regime to legitimise itself. Is anything left of the...
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Published in: TransformationBenefits Street: how austerity transformed makeover TV
Benefits Street was born from coalition government rhetoric: no one should receive 'anything for nothing'. The...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe danger of common sense
'Common sense' is key to how we negotiate politics collectively. Rather than fighting the right on its own populist...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKRadical Library Camp: in the fight over information, librarians start to get organised
They say that ours is the age of information. Libraries gave us power. But now, the forces of neoliberalism are...
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Published in: TransformationA relational society - The Kilburn Manifesto
Today, social responses to peoples' needs are being pushed to the margin by the reframing of all tasks in terms of...