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Published in: Can Europe Make It?When policing becomes political: lessons from France’s gilets jaunes
In America, police brutality is a partisan divider, while in France it could be a political bridge.
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightMerkel’s dilemma: Germany’s polarising ‘Turkish issue’ returns
To prevent such developments, mainstream parties need to shape political discourse, instead of being shaped by it.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEthio-Lebanese corpse disposal inc.
The Addis Standard uncovers the bilateral effort to cover-up Ethiopian deaths in Lebanon.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaMinister Weintraub and the metamorphosis of Brazil
The rule of law is deteriorating in Brazil before our eyes, and in some North-Eastern states such as Pará, it is...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIn Lebanon: new waves of hatred with little solidarity
The needed solidarity with Mashrou’ Leila has unintentionally overshadowed the thousands of Palestinian voices...
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightThe ups and downs and clashes of Western civilization
Ethnocentric, sexist and racist ideologies demonstrate why it is important to de-colonise the study and teaching of...
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightWhy the radical right love their intellectuals
There is much we can learn from the 1920’s and 1930’s. For example, it was not only his ideas that made Nae Ionescu...
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightCancel Morrissey? – controversy over music and free speech
These controversies persist because Morrissey has been able to continue to make statements in interviews, and to...
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightShades of Islamophobic hate
Mosques and Islamic centres across the UK have recently seen an increase in hate crimes, leading to increased...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The ‘new right’ is not a reaction to neoliberalism, but its offspring
The neoliberals’ impact on the “new right” is nowhere clearer than in the British hard right’s attempt to enforce a...
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Published in: 50.50The American dark money behind Europe’s far right
From Britain to Hungary to Italy, the far right is on the rise. openDemocracy investigations over the past year have...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Srebrenica genocide: a mirror for all Europeans
This happened with the complicity of a passive international community which knew what was happening but chose to look away.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaDeath at the Mexico-US Border: from reaction to engagement
Yet again, a photograph erupts into the collective sightline: a picture of a father and child who drowned whilst...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaBeing a hyphenated Palestinian: an identity game of hide and seek
In a context of fragmentation and disconnect, what is the link that binds us all to claim our membership to a...
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Published in: openIndiaIndia: a general election, emerging model of power, and populist resistance
Make no mistake; a social war is being fought between capital and the subaltern classes who are behind the populists...
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Published in: HomeMentoring the radical right: talking to a Channel referral and his mentor
“There is no doubt in my mind that by far the most important and effective element of Channel is mentoring.”
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Published in: HomeDon't throw the word 'fascism' around with abandon
What this tells people is that you’re either with us or against us. And if you’re against us then you’re fair game.
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Published in: HomeState of the polity in Australia
Coal exports up, medevac repeal coming soon, Federal Police raids on the press. The Australian polity is showing...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKOf Tory leadership bids and “suspect populations”
From Theresa May to Sajid Javid, Johnson and his rivals – and from Shamima Begum, to Prevent, to the “hostile...