The openMovements series invites leading social scientists to share their research results and perspectives on contemporary social struggles. Portrait of Niccolò Machiavelli by Santi di Tito.Wikicommons/ Vecchia Cancelleria. Some rights reserved.On Sunday, June 26, new elections are held in Spain. After the failed attempt to form government, the biggest news to come out of the …
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Remember how back in April Donald Trump Jr. tweeted a photo of himself wearing a green T-shirt that said “Very Fake News” in big block letters? It was a visual reminder of the Trump administration’s official stance: Any story that the Trump campaign had colluded with Russia during the 2016 presidential election was simply the result …
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“To Airbnb or not to Airbnb?” More often than not, people are posing that question to themselves as travelers and potential guests. But as the home-sharing service has gone from “startup novelty” to “disruptor” to “legitimate alternative,” more curious parties are asking the question in the context of hosting. Most frequently, hosts look to supplement …
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Click:China space company "There is little possibility of vigorous debate of the kind that Sir John Chilcot thinks so necessary." Credit: Dan Kitwood/PA Wire/Press Association Images. All rights reserved.The Iraq inquiry report, which took seven years to complete and was finally published on 6 July 2016, turned out to be more robust and independent than …
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“Only you can prevent wildfires.” We all know the mantra well because it’s been Smokey Bear’s slogan for the past 73 years. Whether you’ve seen him holding a fire danger sign at the entrance of a national forest or praising fire safety on TV, he deserves more attention than ever in light of a recent …
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Nigel Farage in front of his Breaking Point poster. Philip Toscano/Press Association. All rights reserved.If you woke up this morning in a British city, you can see this happening right in front of your eyes. From the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham – one of the most diverse cities in the UK – the Tories …
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Head to any world-class art museum, and you’ll see plenty of statues from the age of antiquity. The figures, especially the Greek ones, tend to be either scantily clothed or completely naked — marble breasts bared for all the world to see. But if you’re a woman visiting a museum with a hungry baby that needs to …
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File photo: Ayman al-Zawahri and Osama bin Laden, 1998. Mazhar Ali Khan/AP/Press Association Images. All rights reserved.The combined Russian-Syrian bombardment of eastern Aleppo continues to be intense and often indiscriminate. In this the operation resembles the destruction of Grozny in the two Chechen wars of the 1990s. Strong opposition in western states includes a demand …
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KOD Warsaw, February, 2016. Flickr/Jaap Arriens. Some rights reserved.The Polish political scene has been deeply polarised since the government led by the right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party took office last autumn following its decisive victory in the October parliamentary election. The catalyst and main focus for this has been a bitter political and legal …
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Tiny houses. We all love them, with their wee-size frames fit for a forest gnome and their Instagram-worthy décor that makes us want to throw away all our belongings—except for one decorative pillow, three books by Jack Kerouac, and forty-five potted succulents. We also love them for their supposed cost effectiveness. Many of us daydream …
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