The government shutdown has made headlines worldwide, not just in the USA, with many discussing the financial struggles faced by the …
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I have been returning to George Orwell’s 1984 quite often recently: “Power is not a means, it is an end. One …
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On January 10, Nicolás Maduro took another step in perpetuating and expanding his power, carrying out a masquerade in the form …
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At a time when extreme and harmful nationalism is on the rise at an alarming rate, it is important to reflect …
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“It seems to me that this failure of the economists to guide policy more successfully is closely connected with their propensity …
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In German law, under paragraph 219a, it is explicitly forbidden to advertise abortion as a gynaecologist or practising doctor. At a …
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These words weren’t uttered by Gandhi or Mandela, though often misattributed to either of them. While quite common (and sadly, cliché), …
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The expression ‘“Love is Blind” was coined by Chaucer in his 1405 “Merchant’s Tale”, and was yet further immortalised, by Shakespeare’s …
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It’s Christmas once again, the most wonderful time of peace and joy for all mankind. Naturally. the Speak Freely editors have …
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France is seeing large-scale protests against massive hikes in petrol prices, sparked by tax increases. Is the anti-tax uprising sustainable or …
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The core of Mary Wollstonecraft’s literary career was to envision a social and political order in which women were treated as …
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Last month, those attending the ESFL Regional Conference in Tbilisi, Georgia were lucky enough to listen to a talk from Matt …
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When Vox, Spain’s right-wing populist party, gathered 10,000 people in a rally in Madrid last October, it made the headlines in …