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Designed conflict territories
As the traditional role of the commons is lost to proprietary, securitised technology and authoritarian control, could designed conflict territories provide a radically different social platform where...
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Fallujah revisited
Saudi Arabia’s virulently sectarian geo-policies are behind the resurgence of Al Qaida in Iraq. Iraq, more than two years after the US withdrawal, and nearly a decade after the US forces ousted Al...
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The BRICS of collapse? Why emerging economies need a different development model
They have pursued GDP growth with little or no investment in human, social and natural capital. This does not bode well for the future of the world economy. Ever since the investment bank Goldman Sachs...
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The Swiss vote to curb immigration, and what it means for Europe
On February 9, Swiss voters narrowly approved the reintroduction of quotas on immigration, damaging Swiss-EU relations in the process. Why did the Swiss vote this way? Does it have anything to do with...
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Shadow banking, or why black holes are important in the global financial system
The shadow banking sector is now integral to the global financial system. Its architects are constantly seeking to evade oversight and control through the use of offshore accounting and forbidding...
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North Korea: elite shame, world test
A credible United Nations report on North Korea demands a humane and practical response to its people's degradation, says Kerry Brown.The United Nations report on conditions in North Korea published on...
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Climate politics: a melting glacier...
A new political tone on climate change in Britain is matched by a breakthrough in understanding the retreat of tropical glaciers. The great floods across parts of southern England may have abated, but...
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What is the fifth estate?
For the first time since 1848, a renewed Europe from the bottom up is possible: with the new social coalitions of the Fifth Estate. ‘A spectre is haunting Europe’: the spectre of the Fifth Estate,...
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Government brushes aside NHS Free Trade Treaty Concerns
MPs raise concerns about the impact the forthcoming trade treaty, TTIP, will have on the NHS - but Minster Without Portfolio Ken Clarke says it will make no difference.The government refused to exempt...
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Buy low, sell low: the secret to a healthier economy
To raise the quality of life, we must lower the cost of living for one another, and that’s what ‘buy low, sell low’ economics has to offer. This is the fourth article in our series on the role of money...
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Crimea – from playground to battleground
Journalistic speculation about Crimea becoming independent is rife. However, the real dangers lie elsewhere…On 27 February the Crimean crisis escalated as armed protesters, denounced by the Ukrainian...
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Four reasons for throwing down a gauntlet to El Sisi
With increasing workers strikes, gas shortages and daily power cuts in addition to a dwindling economy and tourism industry, Egypt’s presidential hopefuls, including Sisi, should be aware that using...
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Thursday 27th February 2014
Crimea – from playground to battleground Crimea: from playground to battleground In the wake of political transition in Kyiv, journalistic speculation about Crimea becoming independent is rife....
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Secret government contracts undermine our democracies. Let's stop them
How do we know that the money we collectively give to our governments is being properly spent? We don't. A new campaign seeks to change that.The British government has just awarded a contract to manage...
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Podcast: 2014 matters: poverty, power and inequality in Scotland and a...
What would Scottish independence mean for global justice? A panel came together in Dundee to discuss what the referendum means for Scotland's place in the world.OurKingdom needs to raise £4000 to...
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The birth pains of Scottish democracy and the anguish of ‘posh Scotland’
Hugo Rifkind has called on posh Scots to speak out in the independence debate, but it's not their voices that are missing.Many strange things will be written about Scotland this year. Some will be...
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Preserving policy space in an independent Scotland
Last week’s attempts at arm-twisting Scotland over sterling and European Union membership have backfired. But an independent Scotland should want no part in either surrendering monetary sovereignty or...
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Understanding and confronting financialisation
The growth of finance over the last forty years has changed capitalism profoundly. It is time for its critics to grasp the nature and significance of these changes. Only then will the supremacy of...
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Firefighting for democracy in Ukraine
Recent US and EU demonstrations of support for democracy in Ukraine are eloquent proof of how political short-term goals keep overriding the need for long-term strategic thinking.The crisis in Ukraine...
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Why Ukraine is still not (yet) Russia
Most observers thought that any threat to the Sochi Olympics would come from disarray to the east and the south, in the fractious Caucasus. But, as it happened, strife came calling from the West.The...
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