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Published in: Global ExtremesTerrorism not in my name
How should one respond to terrorism carried out in one’s name?
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Published in: Global ExtremesHow to build resilience to violent extremism
Given the terrible injustices endured by so many, why aren’t more turning to terrorism?
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Published in: Global ExtremesTo face the rise of extremism we need words as much as actions
Religious and political responses to the Christchurch attack can tell us a great deal.
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Published in: ourEconomyImpoverished economics? Unpacking the economics Nobel Prize
When the world is facing large systemic crises, why is the economics profession celebrating small technical fixes?
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Published in: ourEconomyTo salvage multilateralism we need a Global Green New Deal
It's time to reclaim the policy space lost to footloose capital by creating a new public realm at the global level.
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Published in: ourEconomyWhy we must reform the IMF – before it’s too late
The fund’s legacy of austerity must be replaced by a new social contract based on shared prosperity and a just...
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Published in: Home“No one is too young to make a difference”: stories from the global climate strike
Young people recount how they protested, in the face of poverty, conflict and toxic air pollution, for action on...
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Published in: 50.50Join our Tracking the Backlash investigative project
We are looking for skilled and passionate investigative and production editors to join our team. Deadline for...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA new chance for climate justice?
New climate movements are talking of equity, not just urgent action. They need to get even bolder about global...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAngels, murderers and worshippers – how are young people to make sense of the media response to Christchurch?
Words matter - so why are media studies being stripped from our English curriculum just when our young people need it most?
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAfter Christchurch, the political class must stop positioning racism as a democratic demand
Politicians, media and some academics have spent years peddling narratives that racism and Islamophobia are the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThere is nothing shocking about the massacre of Muslims in New Zealand
It is easy to ignore the context that made this crime possible.
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Published in: 50.50‘Religious freedom’ claims used to defend FGM in courts in four countries
Cases come as rights advocates warn such arguments are increasingly being ‘weaponised’ against women’s and LGBT equality.
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Published in: HomeTuol Sleng: prison-museum of Cambodia's genocide
A visit to the Khmer Rouge's death chamber seeds reflection on past and present alike.
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Published in: Home“Just be fair”: when does journalism undermine its own reputation?
“I don't think I have ever seen another media organisation targeted by the full force of the State, as WikiLeaks...
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Published in: Home“Motivated by justice”: defending the world’s courageous people
Australian human rights lawyer and member of the legal team defending Wikileaks since 2010, talks about the hacker...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaWest Papua's struggle for independence
West Papuans have it much harder than Scots or Catalans. In West Papua it is illegal to fly the independence flag. Español
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Published in: HomeFox/Sky: story so far – how will it end?
By next year, the UK’s biggest broadcasting company, Sky (including Sky News), will be owned by a US media giant:...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Milo Yiannopoulos, product of the crisis of post-modern politics
A troll who might as well be the new prototype of the 21st-century politician, what Milo does to us is what we have...
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Published in: HomeTowards Nazi Australia
When the militarized interests of the nation trump the rights of citizens to challenge the actions of our government...