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Published in: openSecurityTiananmen Square: official silence, public restivenessIn the twenty-five years since the Tiananmen Square massacre, China’s party-state appears to have stabilised its...
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Published in: openSecurityThe Euro-sceptic Trojan horse: challenging the EU from withinEuro-sceptic political parties exploited public insecurity to make gains in the elections to the European Parliament...
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Published in: openSecurityVenezuela: taking the counter- out of revolutionVenezuela is politically polarised and so is much of the coverage of it. But just as the violence is now...
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Published in: openSecurityStriking behaviour: Chinese workers discover a weapon against labour-market turmoilIn theory, workers in China are promised security through official trade union representation and the rule of the...
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Published in: openSecurityUkraine: what next?There was a way out of the Ukraine crisis this week, through dialogue and accommodation. But the regime, backed by...
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Published in: 50.50Breaking up with lame: protests in BosniaOn the fifth day of ongoing demonstrations in Sarajevo, a routine is establishing itself and there is a feeling of...
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Published in: openSecurityTurkey: trade unionism on trialAs the Erdogan government in Turkey takes an increasingly authoritarian turn, trade unionists have been in the...
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Published in: openSecurityHow was he to know? The cracking of the Ukraine regimeUkraine’s parliament has abandoned the law to curb public protests only recently introduced and the prime minister...
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Published in: openSecurityCivil society under threat: could international law help?In the name of ‘traditional values’ and raisons d’état, authoritarian governments and dictators around the world are...
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Published in: openSecurityFrom utopia to dystopia: technology, society and what we can do about itThe superficial post-war dream that technology would solve the world’s social problems has transformed into a...
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Published in: HomeThailand, the politics of justiceThe contrasting treatment of those accused of verbal insults of the monarch and those responsible for violent...
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Published in: 50.50Building a culture of love: replacing a culture of violence and death
What unites people's movements from the Arab 'spring' to Occupy, is a new consciousness that a good life, with...
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Published in: 50.50Anti-deportation campaigns: ‘What kind of country do you want this to be?’A new musical, Glasgow Girls, showcases the power of anti-deportation campaigns as both an expression of human...
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Published in: oDRIs Putin afraid of the Caucasus?Russian lawmakers have given preliminary approval to a law to allow governors to be appointed in the country’s 83...
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Published in: HomeThe 'politics' in Ethiopia's political trialsThe Ethiopian regime is using the legal system to eliminate dissident voices and drag protesters to court under...
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Published in: 50.50No more 'machismo': domestic violence in the political arenaDomestic violence in Spain can’t be blamed on ‘machismo’ argues Liz Cooper. When the statistics show Spain is just...
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Published in: 50.50Seeking asylum, ending destitution
If "destitutes" across the UK can stand up and act together we can make a difference: we are ready to meet the...
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Published in: HomeNew pope Tawadros on the horns of a dilemmaThe newly chosen pope of Egypt’s Coptic Christians assumes his leadership in a country ruled by the first Islamist...
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Published in: 50.50Code Pink, the Taliban and Malala Yousafzai
The US antiwar movement is failing to develop a politics that is critical of both US imperialism and fundamentalist...
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Published in: 50.50Everyday feminism vs everyday sexismA debate about the feminist economy cannot be brought to the school gates, but a discussion on sexting, advertising...
