Archive: Opinion

Gold mining project threatens livelihood of communities in Northern Ireland

Opinion

23.08.2021

Extractive industries are too often indifferent to the impact that their work has on communities and the environment.

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Barcelona City Council’s fight to shield flamingoes from rent-seeking flights of fancy

Opinion

5.08.2021

If the City Council wins, municipalism will have demonstrated that it is probably humanity’s, and the environment’s last resort.

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What we can learn from the online public shaming trend

Opinion

29.06.2021

The recent surge of social justice activity can help us run better campaigns – if you see it from a practical standpoint.

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More than 500 people gather in Vigo to welcome the Zapatistas

Opinion

25.06.2021

DiEM25 member Nikos Kolokotronis writes about the arrival of the Zapatistas in Europe on June 22, 2021: "Squad 421".

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Neoliberalism is feeding a culture of individualism and the pandemic is making it worse

Opinion

22.06.2021

João Hermeto on how neoliberalism has destroyed the collective force of social relations that constitute our social lives.

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Spanish Citizen’s Climate Assembly could still deliver — if the government allow it

Opinion

14.06.2021

Despite the fact that the Spanish Government itself has declared a climate emergency, it refuses to take concrete measures.

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Deliberative Democracy and Israel‘s Monocultural ‘National Us’

Opinion

24.05.2021

Rosemary Bechler, mainsite editor at OpenDemocracy, on polarisation, the Monocultural National Us, and Israeli exceptionalism.

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The Left really is out of touch — two months in the Navy showed me why

Opinion

7.05.2021

If the Left is serious about re-connecting with the working class, it needs to start discussing difficult points.

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Ever Given Capitalism?

Opinion

30.04.2021

Political organisation is vital to enable the move to post-capitalism. Some wind or a virus alone cannot subdue transnational power elites.

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