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The Enlightenment | Paine and Misery

In Thomas Paine, the radical Enlightenment belief that all social and political ills were remediable found...

21 March 2016

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Donald Trump is an existential threat to American democracy

PHOTO: Trump is no fluke, or freak. He's the Republican Party's monstrous creation. (Reuters: Carlos Barria) Donald...

18 March 2016

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Are Elections Ruining Democracy?

The Flemish historian and writer David Van Reybrouck has recently triggered a minor sensation in the...

06 March 2016

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Julian Assange: UN decision reveals European democracies’ disdain for law

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been holed up at the Ecuadorian embassy in London for more...

10 February 2016

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Humility: Tsai Ing-wen on the Cardinal Democratic Virtue

Taiwan’s President-elect Tsai Ing-wen Hong Kong Free Press Greeted by the fizz of fireworks, flags, honking horns and...

21 January 2016

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Quantum Democracy: notes on rethinking territory in contemporary democratic politics [Spanish translation]

DEMOCRACIA CUÁNTICA: APUNTES SOBRE LA RECONSIDERACIÓN DEL TERRITORIO EN LA POLÍTICA DEMOCRÁTICA CONTEMPORÁNEA Resumen: Las crisis políticas...

20 January 2016

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Chaos, Populism, Arbitrary Power: an interview with Marc Chavannes, de Correspondent (Amsterdam)

22 december 2015 | Dit artikel is je cadeau gedaan door correspondent Marc Chavannes Vluchtelingen en chaos uit het zuiden...

15 January 2016

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INTERVIEW | State-authored textbooks monopolize interpretation of public memory

Monitoring democracy’ provides alternative to two parties’ oligopoly and voters’ indifference The South Korean government’s move to...

29 November 2015

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War Comes Home [Arabic Translation]

.حرب في قلب باريس"، عنوان خرجت به لو فيغارو على قرائها مولولة، مشاهد من ملحمة، جنود...

18 November 2015

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War comes home

The Paris carnage makes clear that the so-called ‘war on terror’ doesn’t work Eddie Mulholland “War in the...

16 November 2015

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