Europe and Russia
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“Paint Your Town Red:” An Interview With Councillor Matthew Brown
BY MELANIA PARZONKA – How did Preston, an impoverished city in Northern England, transform into one of the best places to live in the country? We talk to Councillor Matthew Brown, a proponent of community wealth building and the figure behind the “Preston model,” about his newly published book “Paint Your Town Red.”
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History, Memory, and the Art of Protest in Belarus
Last week, the shocking arrest of dissident journalist Roman Protasevich threw Belarus, often called “Europe’s last dictatorship,” into the global spotlight once again. It’s the latest episode in a long struggle led by demonstrators, online activists, and artists against the regime.
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Orbán & Co. – A Beginner’s Guide to Dismantling Democracy Through Media
BY SZYMON BUTRYN – “Perhaps, upon opening this text, you may have hoped for a detailed explanation of the independent media struggle itself. What you have read instead is a beginner’s guide for dismantling newly established democracies.” Read our newest article about the crackdown on national and private media in Hungary and Poland.
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“Created by the Poor, Stolen by the Rich:” The Rise and Fall of the European Super League
BY TÁRLACH RUSSELL – The Super League fell apart in 48 hours due to pressure from UEFA, FIFA, and supporters’ clubs. The blatant money grab is a further move away from football’s working-class origins.
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Britain Cuts Aid to Yemen—But Keeps Funding Saudi Bombs
BY ED HARVEY – Rather than cutting military aid to Saudi Arabia for its war in Yemen, Boris Johnson has cut British humanitarian aid to the beleaguered region.
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Was the Soviet Union Racist? A Discussion With Alexander Verkhovsky
Was the Soviet Union racist? We ask Alexander Verkhovsky, a member of Russia’s Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights, whose organization “SOVA” is registered as conducting activity of a foreign agent under Russian law.
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A Nazi Chemical Cartel and the “Other” Nuremberg Trials
BY MARTHA PAPAPOSTOLOU – The Nuremberg Trials give us a sense of comfort: the victors of the war chose justice over vengeance. But they did not leave us with as blank a slate as one may think. Martha Papapostolou explains.
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Migrant Voices in a Global Moscow
Central Asian migrant labor has fueled Moscow and other major Russian cities since the oil boom of the 2000s—a pattern dating back to the Soviet era. As Jeff Sahadeo demonstrates, Cold War Moscow was more than just “spies and hockey players, ballerinas and babushkas.”
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A Passage to India?
BY ED HARVEY – As post-Brexit Britain reshuffles its foreign policy priorities, Ed Harvey discusses the ultimate obstacle in the UK’s relations with India: its colonial past.
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What the History of the Roma Can Tell Us About the Dangers of Surveillance Futures
BY ÉMILIE HERBERT-PONTONNIER – Governmental surveillance of citizens’ daily lives has reached a new high—raising fears that it’s here to stay. For the Roma community, such intrusion is nothing new.
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