The European Parliament is meeting this week, and the committee that will decide the future of the controversial new Copyright Directive will meet next, and depending on what they do, it might be the end […]
The two most effective state weapons against democracy are the police and the media. As Serge Halimi wrote in his billiant article Forgotten France rises up (read here) French journlaists have been warned ‘Journalists must […]
With increasingly corrupt state and corporate media, as well as growing inequality, with people having three jobs to survive and little time for politics, democracy is being rapidly eroded. New politics and new media are […]
No one likes a lying asshole Read here
Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown’s Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown’s Master of Public Affairs program, share their take on the week’s news. Today’s topics include the California […]
Climate breakdown could be rapid and unpredictable. We can no longer tinker around the edges and hope minor changes will avert collapse. Read here
This is a brilliant piece. Once democratic institutions break down, so does democracy. The current mainstream discourse concentrates on the latter, ignoring that political parties and the media have abandoned democracy assuming there was no […]
Facebook is a company that has lost control—not of its business, which has suffered remarkably little from its series of unfortunate events since the 2016 election, but of its consequences. Read here
Talking about elites isn’t just the realm of conspiracy theorists. In fact, it’s a vital component of left-wing politics. Read here
Facebook and Google are modern utilities – and natural monopolies – so they need a utility regulator. Leighton Andrews is Professor of Public Service Leadership and Innovation at Cardiff Business School, a former Welsh Government […]
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