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Research shows four in five experts cited in online news are men

Laura Jones, King’s College London for The Conversation Who gets to speak? Who do we listen to? And whose opinions do we respect? These questions are always important, but even more so now, as the UK faces an uncertain future,…

Campaign against Killer Robots: Parliamentary actions in Europe

Original article here This round-up looks at recent parliamentary actions in Europe in support of the call to ban fully autonomous weapons, also known as lethal autonomous weapons systems. These initiatives provide more evidence of the growing support for starting negotiations…

Free markets and the decline of democracy

By JOHN WEEKS 18 July 2018 for openDemocracy What is the source of the 21st century tendency to authoritarianism? The central purpose of neoliberal re-regulation is to remove economic policy from control by representative democracy. It is difficult to find…

Pictures speak louder than words, but Chomsky warns us not to get distracted

Trump and Prime Minister Theresa May But Chomsky tells us the importance of seeing the plan behind the showman’ act https://www.facebook.com/brandon.weber.author/videos/1885494718179689/  

The ‘stolen babies’ trial in Spain finally shines a light on a scandal that cannot be forgotten

Federico López-Terra, Swansea University for The Conversation It is June 6 1969 and Spain is living through the final years of Franco’s dictatorship. At a clinic in Madrid, a woman gives birth to a baby girl she will never see…

Angry Trump Baby Takes Flight as UK Protests Tell President He’s Not Welcome

“The Crooked Rigged System threw everything it could at Me. But I am the most successful baby at everything I do (unparalleled)—I told you I would fly and here I am!” by Jake Johnson, staff writer, Common Dreams   The Ego…

UK Government preparing for Anti-Trump protests as “if London was burning down

“We need to show the world what millions of people in this country think of the bigotry and the hatred that he represents,” said one organizer by Jake Johnson, staff writer for Common Dreams As U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s “embarrassing…

#TheyAreKillingUs: 5 keys to understanding the systematic murder of social leaders in Colombia

DEMOCRACIAABIERTA 9 July 2018 (also in Spanish) After months of continuous protests by hundreds of activists and organizations against the unpunished murders of social, community, ethnic and rural leaders, the situation is still out of control Colombian society, following the…

US-China trade: China is building bridges with the world while the US puts up walls

Yuka Kobayashi, SOAS, University of London for The Conversation China first built its famous Great Wall in the Qin dynasty during the third century BC. Never has there been a greater symbol of protectionism. But today China is outward facing…

Helsinki Calling!

Gathering at Kansalaistori Square: July 16th at 2 pm Start of the march: at 3 pm  Programme at Senate Square: 5 to 7 pm.  On July 16th, Finland will host a summit between US president Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir…

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