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Irish women continue to fight for their reproductive rights

October 31, 2017October 31, 2017 Caitlin Reder0

Although the Republic of Ireland is a modern, western European country, with liberal values and an improving economy its female reproductive rights can be compared to those in countries such

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Conflict and Security Opinion Politics

The Modernity Question of IS

July 10, 2016July 12, 2016 Rosa de Rijk0

The UN has estimated that over 25,000 people from over 100 countries have joined IS. Without the possibilities modern media offers, IS would have never attracted this many souls to

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Opinion Politics

Songs of Protest

May 26, 2016May 26, 2016 Rosa de Rijk1

In the 1970s hippies embraced the countercultural voices of their generation and protest music was very hip. Now, protest music has a crusty punk rock or dread-locked folk singer imago.

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Conflict and Security Europe Opinion

Political Cartoons: There’s Some Method to the Madness

April 28, 2016April 29, 2016 Rosa de Rijk0

Before my Core Module, Visual Global Politics, I did never really pay attention to them, I thought they were just some faint dull jokes. However, when I delved into the

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Human Rights Politics The Americas

How Martin Luther King Almost Didn’t Have a Dream

March 10, 2016March 9, 2016 Rosa de Rijk0

Martin Luther King, Jr., the man whose dream we’re all familiar with, became known as one of the world’s greatest orators because of the “I Have a Dream” refrain of

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Conflict and Security Miscellaneous Politics The Americas

No More Singing Protest

September 19, 2015September 18, 2015 Coen Berkhout0

I had the pleasure of watching the documentary Searching for Sugar Man last week. A movie that focuses on the life of the biggest rock icon America has never had. Despite a

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Economics and Finance Miscellaneous Opinion Politics The Americas

On Banks, Occupation, and Building a Better Tomorrow…

May 11, 2015May 11, 2015 Coen Berkhout0

Before the 1970s, banks were just that – banks. They did what banks were supposed to do in a capitalist state economy. What that is? They took unused funds from

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Europe Miscellaneous

Prague: A History of Self-Immolation

April 10, 2015April 21, 2015 Coen Berkhout4

Almost every year, Czech students set themselves on fire near Wenceslas Square in Prague. It must be said that, in most cases, this is not a suicidal act. More specifically,

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Economics and Finance Europe Politics

Escalation of Violence: ECB Opening in Frankfurt

March 23, 2015March 25, 2015 Sahra Sheikhdon0

More than 10.000 people filled the streets of Frankfurt for a peaceful protest on Wednesday, in regard to the event of the European Central Bank unveiling its new headquarters in

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Conflict and Security The Americas

A Venezuelan Spring: Undermined by Fragmentation and Geopolitical Stakes?

May 21, 2014June 1, 2014 Guest Contributor0

By José-Manuel Heinze Power cuts, shortages of goods, staggering inflation, corruption and crime rates ranking among the highest on the continent, have become common features in the record of Venezuela.

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