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Ideological rigidity is not only keeping us from making inroads with mainstream society and growing our numbers—but effectively preventing us from accomplishing any actual policy goals.
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The message of Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 is simple: The continent must democratize, rapidly, or it will collapse into authoritarianism and fascism.
With Yanis Varoufakis at the helm of a recent weekend gathering in Madrid, workshops and debates fed into a concluding statement that called for no less than a democratic revolution across Europe.
On Saturday, the "largest demonstration in a generation" marched in London in a bid to #StopTrident, making clear the public's widespread opposition to re-launching the U.K. nuclear program.
Mel Strickland and a dozen other activists cut through a security fence at London's Heathrow Airport last July and occupied one of the runways for six hours in an effort to slow the ravages of climate change.
On January 6, the BBC stage-managed the resignation of MP Stephen Doughty live on its afternoon Politics Show, and Prime Minister David Cameron used the news to deflect attention away from the flood crisis in North England.
Housing prices in London have risen by 50% in the last five years – and when the UK property bubble goes boom, it will be proportionally bigger than the U.S. housing bust at the onset of the financial crisis in 2007.
Along with the infamous former politician and criminal bank chief Rodrigo Rato, 66 other Spanish bankers and politicians will face trial in 2016 for crimes committed before and during the financial crisis.
Madrid's city council is prioritizing money for "social sustainability" and diverting €500 million into public spending, while Barcelona's city council has turned empty properties from banks into social housing.
With national elections looming Sunday, descriptions of the party as the "best of a bad bunch" have become more common — especially among the country's vibrant citizen movements.
“They are trying to bury us – but they forget when you bury a seed it is only going to flourish,” says Zoe Konstantopoulou, the former President of Greek Parliament.
Ideological rigidity is not only keeping us from making inroads with mainstream society and growing our numbers—but effectively preventing us from accomplishing any actual policy goals.
If any of us hope to stop Donald Trump from becoming the 47th president of the United States, it will have to be done from the ballot box, not the courts.
Journalists have a responsibility to plainly tell the truth about how truly different the Democrats and the Republicans are today, especially with both democracy and the rule of law at stake this November.
From Hungary and Poland to Italy and Spain, today's anti-abortionist movements are feeding one another—while also driving a growing counter-movement.
Agriculture, the service economy, sexual exploitation, manufacturing, construction and domestic work drive today's enslavement around the world.
Ideological rigidity is not only keeping us from making inroads with mainstream society and growing our numbers—but effectively preventing us from accomplishing any actual policy goals.
If any of us hope to stop Donald Trump from becoming the 47th president of the United States, it will have to be done from the ballot box, not the courts.
Journalists have a responsibility to plainly tell the truth about how truly different the Democrats and the Republicans are today, especially with both democracy and the rule of law at stake this November.
From Hungary and Poland to Italy and Spain, today's anti-abortionist movements are feeding one another—while also driving a growing counter-movement.
Agriculture, the service economy, sexual exploitation, manufacturing, construction and domestic work drive today's enslavement around the world.
Agriculture, the service economy, sexual exploitation, manufacturing, construction and domestic work drive today's enslavement around the world.
Ideological rigidity is not only keeping us from making inroads with mainstream society and growing our numbers—but effectively preventing us from accomplishing any actual policy goals.
Journalists have a responsibility to plainly tell the truth about how truly different the Democrats and the Republicans are today, especially with both democracy and the rule of law at stake this November.
If any of us hope to stop Donald Trump from becoming the 47th president of the United States, it will have to be done from the ballot box, not the courts.
From Hungary and Poland to Italy and Spain, today's anti-abortionist movements are feeding one another—while also driving a growing counter-movement.
Ideological rigidity is not only keeping us from making inroads with mainstream society and growing our numbers—but effectively preventing us from accomplishing any actual policy goals.