Theresa May and the art of political forgetting: A special way to use and abuse history
Politicians are forever legitimising their actions by co-opting history to their side, often quite cynically so.
Dialogue
In defence of people smugglers
The abuses and exploitation that refugees face at the hands of human traffickers fail to explain or justify the level of opprobrium in the Western media.
Migración, integración y yihadismo
- World , En Español , Dialogue
Encontrar una solución a los apuros derivados de la inmigración significa reconocer y evaluar la correlación entre los asuntos de seguridad y supervivencia inmediatas y los asuntos sociales y culturales.
Corruption is the elephant in the room
Corruption weakens economies, deepens inequality and undermines democracy. And the citizens are always left to foot the bill. It’s time to say enough is enough.
Mélenchon could be the French Bernie Sanders, and that’s not a good thing
Already 16% of Mélenchon’s voters have apparently decided that if they can’t have his version of socialism they’ll happily vote for the national variety instead.
Is voting for the far-right a form of gambling?
For those staring oblivion in the face, betting on the chances of political change must feel like one more desperate jerk of the lever on the slot machine.
What to say to French people to try to stop them voting fascist
Richard Willmsen canvassed French people for the best arguments to make against voting for Le Pen.
The ideological psychopaths behind Trump, Putin and Brexit
What drives Steve Bannon, Vladislav Surkov and Dominic Cummings?
Stop romanticizing flexible employment
Dealing with of the living nightmare that is the “job market”, I’ve been recently exposed to “flexible” employment contracts. It ain’t all rosy.
A country of confused millennials
The massive support for Slovak fascists (ĽSNS) is a response to the country’s socio-economic division.
