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Not TINA (There Is No Alternative) but TAPAS: THERE ARE PLENTY OF ALTERNATIVES
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Princeton Study Observes Group Consciousness Has Physical Effects On World During Large-Scale Events
For the first time in scientific history researchers have discovered that group consciousness (i.e. collective consciousness) elicits physical changes in the physical world around us. Researchers made the discovery in a groundbreaking study from Princeton University's PEAR Laboratory (Princeton
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August 4, 2016 4:10 PM
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Techno-feminisms are, once again, on the ascent. The Xenofeminist Manifesto, published in 2015 by the collective Laboria Cuboniks, is a provocative and elaborate example for the renewed exhortation for gendered bodies to merge with technology, rationality and the sciences in order to defeat white supremacist patriarchal capitalism. Cornelia Sollfrank, a practising technofeminist artist with a long history and rich experience in building and contributing to cyber-feminist-net-art platforms and organisations, and Rachel Baker, a former ‘net artist’ currently involved in collaborative feminist performance and writing practices, are curious: What drives the resurrected hype around techno-feminisms? What is new about the future 30 years after Cyberfeminism? Will the current techno-feminist virus take hold? Or has recent history resulted in an aesthetic immunity to the strategy of “seductive semiotic parasites?”
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Of all the people currently in leadership positions in a major political party anywhere in the world, Jeremy Corbyn is the only one who…
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August 4, 2016 4:04 PM
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Workers in the UK have suffered the biggest fall in wages among the world's richest countries since the financial crisis, research suggests.
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July 23, 2016 1:18 AM
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The 50th anniversary issue of Intereconomics is out, and I have a contribution which summarises how I think the Eurozone could succeed without deeply probl
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July 23, 2016 1:18 AM
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Electoral success for Democrats in November will hinge on muting Republican nationalism with economic populism centered on raising wages.
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July 22, 2016 5:34 AM
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The European Commission is currently conducting an inquiry into judicial and media reforms introduced by the Law and Justice government in Poland. Aleks Sz
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July 22, 2016 5:31 AM
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No matter the outcome of their current turmoil, the CEO of Yahoo cannot lose. Why do we keep putting up with these kind of scenarios?
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July 22, 2016 5:31 AM
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Why has the European Trade Union Confederation found it necessary to ring alarm bells in defence of basic trade union rights in the EU?
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July 22, 2016 5:30 AM
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Yesterday the US Federal Reserve’s monetary policy committee (FOMC) decided to keep its policy interest rate unchanged. The FOMC reckoned that global economic growth was slowing and it would be risky for the Fed to hike rates at this time because its policy rate sets the floor for all interest rates on bonds and mortgages…
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July 22, 2016 5:30 AM
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I used to enjoy researching European integration because the subject struck me as a rich laboratory for distilling evidence on the dark undersides of natio
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July 22, 2016 5:30 AM
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It’s no secret that wealth inequality has grown, both in the US and abroad over the past several decades (after moderating somewhat in the post-WWII era).
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July 22, 2016 5:29 AM
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Something interesting has emerged in voting patterns on both sides of the Atlantic: Young people are voting in ways that are markedly different from their
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July 22, 2016 5:29 AM
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In February 1991, presidents of three nascent European democracies convened at a castle near Budapest to proclaim their common desire to return to Europe.
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July 22, 2016 5:29 AM
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The Troika is in Athens and will not leave without deep cuts to pensions, even though the country is back in recession. Far from last summer’s media glare,
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July 22, 2016 5:28 AM
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“Greece has at last returned to economic growth.” That was the official European Union storyline at the end of 2014. Alas, Greek voters, unimpressed by thi
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July 22, 2016 5:07 AM
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The one border we all cross, so often and with such well-rehearsed reflexes that we barely notice it, is the threshold of our own home. We open the front door, we close the front door: it’s the most basic geographical habit, and yet one lifetime is not enough to recount all our comings . . .
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July 22, 2016 4:48 AM
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The journalist walked off after claiming his co-panelist and host were trying to ‘deflect’ attention from the fact that Omar Mateen deliberately attacked gay people.
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July 22, 2016 4:45 AM
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It is important the vision of EU labour law as a ceiling of rights is discarded, and an alternative as a ‘safety net’ embraced once more.
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July 22, 2016 4:44 AM
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The latest UK wide opinion polls warn of a real danger that the Leave campaign will win a small but decisive majority in the referendum to be held on June
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July 22, 2016 3:36 AM
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Those of you who have been following the discussion on modern imperialism on my blog will know it was kicked off by two books: one by John Smith called Imperialism in the 21st century and one by Tony Norfield called The City - London and the power of finance. The discussion on my blog was…
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June 29, 2016 4:24 PM
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Howard Zinn Is There Hope in This Desperate Time by Noam Chomsky
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