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What's happening in Zimbabwe - and what might happen next?
Society, Politics & Law

What's happening in Zimbabwe - and what might happen next?

...world’s great powers have stood aside in this Shakespearean drama. The Mugabes were swiftly put under house arrest in the presidential palace the Chinese helped build, an opulent structure crested by blue Chinese porcelain tiles that looks like the Temple of the Dawn in a kung fu movie. Without explicitly approving a military coup – and despite their reservations...
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Brexit: an economic strategy from the left?
Society, Politics & Law

Brexit: an economic strategy from the left?

...World Trade Organisation imposes similar limits on subsidies members can pay to domestic industries. The UK would have to more than triple the amount it spends on state aid to even match the proportion of GDP which Germany spends on subsidising its public companies. And it is worth reminding Labour that French railways and German municipal energy are examples of exactly...
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Review: Building and Dwelling - Ethics for the City
Society, Politics & Law

Review: Building and Dwelling - Ethics for the City

...world – a flexible accommodation of rising sea levels. Adjusting to nature rather than dominating it, the task is to live with the inevitability of rupture and to design cities that are reparable. Finally, Sennett proposes that living in an open city rests on ‘a kind of limited fraternity’ (160), in which people assemble to do things rather than to be together....
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Why Glasgow’s ‘Bolshevist Uprising’ in 1919 wasn’t quite the red threat to UK many believed
History & The Arts

Why Glasgow’s ‘Bolshevist Uprising’ in 1919 wasn’t quite the red threat to UK many believed

...World War I had ended. In numerous cities around Europe, returning soldiers were taking to the streets to demand working conditions worthy of their wartime sacrifice. Berlin and Paris saw uprisings, while there were riots in London and Belfast. Then there was Glasgow, which stands out as arguably the most volatile and militant city in the UK in the first few decades of...
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On the inside of the rebellion against climate change
Nature & Environment

On the inside of the rebellion against climate change

...how XR and continued disobedience are not likely to impact on the British political system. Given the damage that Brexit has caused the UK’s reputation, a change to politics along the lines proposed by XR would be a timely moment in World History with the UK leading in the evolution of a political system that could give humanity a chance to avert climate catastrophe....
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Why do transgender students need safe bathrooms?
Education & Development

Why do transgender students need safe bathrooms?

...house near campus so they can go home to use the bathroom. As we mark World Toilet Day by campaigning on behalf of the billions of individuals who lack access to safe, clean sanitation, remember that among those denied access to safe bathrooms are transgender students.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Mortgage vs rent
Money & Business

Mortgage vs rent

...World War, so that causes massive short-term localised distortions. Well I personally think one of the solutions is to do what they do more on the continent, which is allow companies to give tax breaks to people like insurance companies and other funds who hold large funds to finance build-to-let. There are plenty of funds in the UK, insurance companies and their pension...
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Has Twitter's role as a political influence been overstated?
Digital & Computing

Has Twitter's role as a political influence been overstated?

...expanded intersectional critique of social media and the public sphere. In our plans of action we to need to address what it means to be a politically active digital citizen and how political, cultural, and economic parity can be achieved in a world mediated by platforms. This article was originally published at the LSE Impact of Social Sciences blog under a CC-BY licence...
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