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Published in: Global ExtremesThe EU’s “Islamism” bias and its “added damage” in Central and Eastern Europe
On the absurdity of a Western European extremism prevention program which indirectly strengthens right-wing...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSeven Ethiopians die in Lebanon while their consulate abandons them
The steady stream of coffins being shipped from Lebanon to Ethiopia, won’t be slowing any time soon.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWhat does the Prince Andrew scandal mean for the British monarchy?
From princes of reality TV to the #metoo era, does the Prince Andrew scandal point to a deeper crisis for the House...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Post-democracy: there's plenty familiar about what is happening in Bulgaria
Post-democracy is the latest wave of post-communist transformation – the result of state capture and the alienation...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe bible makes a comeback in Bolivia with Jeanine Añez
Jeanine Añez, the new interim president of Bolivia, replaces Evo Morales in a context of division and polarisation. Español
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Published in: openIndiaIndia’s Supreme Court rules that Hindu temple may rise from mosque’s rubble
The court says that a Hindu mob broke the law when it demolished a 500-year-old mosque – but Hindus can now build a...
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Published in: Global ExtremesIn defense of secularism
Polarization based on a politics of religious identity seems to be the most dangerous for democracies.
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightVOX and the rhetoric of gender violence
The far-right party’s behaviour has been very controversial, to say the least, in many aspects concerning women’s issues.
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Published in: ourBeeb: OpinionThe BBC has failed on diversity: why were the Lords too timid to say so?
A House of Lords committee ignores great proposals from Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder while refusing to judge whether...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionHow has Jeremy Corbyn allowed so many to be so hurt by anti-Semitism?
When it comes to Hamas, Hezbollah – and LGBT+ rights – Corbyn needs to think more about human rights and less about...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The fragile lightness of freedom: the Berlin Wall, thirty years on
What the fall of the Wall and the last thirty years should have taught us is that without freedom there is no...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: OpinionEurope failed immigrants after the Berlin Wall fell, now it risks doing the same
Thirty years on, European countries cannot once again respond to immigration with denial and barbed wire.
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightFunding the far right
How is public money disproportionately helping far right parties?
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The Tories are exploiting Jewish fears over antisemitism
“To get away with dog-whistle antisemitism and at the same time in the chase for votes shamelessly exploit Jewish...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?30 years after the Berlin Wall fell, the far right has come of age
The Nazis of my generation grew up. They have kids now. But they still carry the hate of their teenage years.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Europe's multi-billion border budget is a bonanza for the security industry
Thirty years on from the fall of the Berlin Wall, Europe has built hundreds of miles of new fences – with plans for more.
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Published in: ourEconomyWestern style ‘democracy’ in Africa is just a way of pushing the neoliberal agenda
The region has its own rich democratic traditions to draw from.
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Published in: Countering the Radical Right: OpinionAre we witnessing the rise of a new terrorist trend?
Manifestos and livestreaming seem to be the new trend in radical right terrorist attacks.
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Published in: ourEconomyThe world is in a revolutionary moment – how can the global left be a serious player?
We need not one but two internationales – a ‘movement of movements’ and a World Party.
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightJoker, the far right and popular culture
Why did the movie become a new cultural touchstone for the alt-right?