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Politics and its Discontents: Thinking Beyond The Conventional
We are regularly told, both by governments and their corporate confederates, that these are tough times, and that only patience and a freer hand for business will bring about eventual relief. To the seasoned observer, such a prescription is utter nonse…
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By now we have all seen the terrible image of the drowned three-year-old Syrian refugee on the shores near a Turkish resort. The juxtaposition couldn’t be any more telling of desperation confronting world indifference. What perhaps isn’t as widely known is the fact that the boy, Aylan, and his bother
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