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- Analysis and testimonies / Democracy / Europe
- 06 Oct 2017
Catalan Independence: 5 Things to Think About
Headlines and commentary across both Eastern and Western media have mainly focused on the Catalan independence referendum and the actions of Spanish police and the Spanish government’s attempts to disrupt […]
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- Analysis and testimonies / Democracy / Europe / Media Watch
- 04 Oct 2017
The Gross Dishonesty of the Mainstream Media on Catalonia
Due to social media, the mainstream media can no longer hide what happens. But they can attempt to frame our perceptions of it. What happened yesterday in Catalonia is that […]
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- Analysis and testimonies / Democracy / Europe
- 30 Sep 2017
Joan Tafalla: “In Catalonia, it is all in the hands of the popular initiative”
The recent years of economic crisis in Spain have had two major consequences in the political landscape: the arrival of progressive political movements and the collapse of the two-party system. […]
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- Analysis and testimonies / Democracy / Europe
- 11 Aug 2017
The 2017 French Elections: A Grim Farce
Renowned Marxist Samir Amin analyses the decline of Western democracy, particularly in France, with very high abstention rates, landslides proclaimed by the media and an unprecedent dictatorship of financial capital. […]
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- Analysis and testimonies / Democracy / United States
- 10 Aug 2017
Trojan Horses and Color Revolutions: The Role of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED)
This article is a chapter from Rogue State: A Guide to the World’s Only Superpower by William Blum published in 2005. How many Americans could identify the National Endowment for Democracy? […]
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- Analysis and testimonies / Democracy / Europe
- 15 Jul 2017
Bouamama: “There is a France of the dominant and a France of the dominated”
Block the extreme right. Fine. And then? In a context of ideological confusion, Emmanuel Macron has taken centre stage, attached to his podium and displaying his spellbinding ideas: “civil society”; […]
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- Analysis and testimonies / Democracy / Economy / North-South relations
- 20 May 2017
Nestlé and the end of the Brabeck era
“The twentieth century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: the growth of democracy; the growth of corporate power and the growth of corporate propaganda as a […]
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- Analysis and testimonies / Democracy / Europe
- 20 Apr 2017
The Mélenchon Factor
The establishment’s panicked reaction to Mélenchon should convince us that he stands a real chance of winning. It seems that every week of the French presidential elections has new […]
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- Analysis and testimonies / Democracy
- 09 Apr 2017
Emerging fear-states
Meinen Freunden: Bewegung! What is happening In America and Europe bears study and reflection. On the surface, we see a rightist drift, as fearful, resentful publics empower forms of politics […]
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- Analysis and testimonies / Democracy / United States
- 15 Nov 2016
USA : Welcome to the Trump show
The rise to power of the “real Donald Trump” has been met with fear and horror by most observers. Beyond his firebrand discourse against the elites and a campaign centered […]
