Why we need a feminist foreign policy to stop war
“Feminist foreign policy” appears to be the flavour of the month. While we are still trying to understand what that means, we have Margot Wallström to thank for popularising the…
The Protesting Cheerleaders At Trump’s Alma Mater
On September 17, a bright fall afternoon in Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania football team hosted Lehigh University for its home opener. Before the game, while the Penn band performed…
Dialogue in Libya: challenges and conditions of success
R. Byhre/Demotix. All rights reserved.Libya is entering its fourth year after the announcement of the country’s liberation on October 23rd 2011, two days after Muammar Qaddafi was killed. This date…
Mark Hamill Writes Heartbreaking Tribute To Carrie Fisher
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A Greek rebellion
June 29, 2015 Athens, Greece. Flickr. Some rights reservedBackground Discontent A bare two years ago, we witnessed an outbreak of global discontent. Mass protests took place in a host of…
The Way This Emotional Obamacare Facebook Debate Abruptly Ends Is Almost Too Good
As Republicans debate exactly how they will repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, their biggest hurdle may be supporters who have no idea what’s about to happen…
Neoliberal realpolitik: choking others in our name
July 9: ATM queue near Greek pro-EU rally with homeless man. Demotix/Chrissa Giannakoudi. All rights reserved.The project of Europe has transformed from one of collective liberation from war, poverty and…
Political dissidence as care for the soul: reflections on Jan Patočka
Europe, the very idea is a series on the philosophical notion of Europe and what reflection upon it can lend to the sphere of concrete politics. Czechoslovaks carry their national…
Trump Adviser Says Media Should “Keep Its Mouth Shut”
Remember Steve Bannon? We can’t blame you if you were trying to forget. The Alt Right loving, former Breitbart News executive with a flair for white nationalist ideas, was an…
Yanis Varoufakis, James Dean of the European left
Yanis Varoufakis and Euclid Tsakalotos on motorcycle. Demotix/Panayiotis Tzamaros. All rights reserved.Yanis Varoufakis will perhaps be remembered as the James Dean of the European left wing: a man who unwittingly…
Malibu Property Owners Fined Millions For Blocking Public Beach Access
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So much for free speech: Southampton University and the pro-Israel lobby
Whose voices are we hearing? Flickr/Farrukh. Some rights reserved.An academic conference, International Law and the State of Israel: Legitimacy, Responsibility and Exceptionalism, was due to start this Friday but the…