http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/index.php On trouvera ici une sélection des articles d'information et d'analyse publiés sur le site www.mondialisations.org du GERM, qui rendent compte de la richesse et de la diversité des figures des mondialisations contemporaines, ainsi que des débats qu'elles suscitent. FR Sat, 02 May 2026 22:34:34 Sat, 02 May 2026 22:34:34 germ.mondialisations@gmail.com (GERM) germ.mondialisations@gmail.com (GERM) 5 http://voxeurop.eu/fr/2019/elections-europ-ennes-et-quilibre-entre-les-sexes-5122812 Women across Europe don't tend to vote as much in European elections, compared with men, posing questions on the growing gender gap in both politics and representation in the European Parliament. Mon, 25 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000 http://voxeurop.eu/fr/2019/elections-europ-ennes-et-quilibre-entre-les-sexes-5122812 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41916&lan=EN Mon, 05 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41916&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41898&lan=EN New Delhi �" Democracy is in crisis. Fake news �" and fake allegations of fake news �" now plagues civil discourse, and political parties have proved increasingly willing to use xenophobia and other malign strategies to win elections. At the same time, revisionist powers like Vladimir Putin’s Russia have been stepping up their efforts to interfere in elections across the West. Rarely has the United States witnessed such brazen attacks on its political system; and rarely has the world seen such lows during peacetime. Wed, 22 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41898&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41864&lan=EN Millennials have faced a litany of charges in the media from displaying traits of narcissism, self-entitlement and laziness to killing off traditional attitudes to marriage, vacations, and even causing the future demise of Home Depot. They are infantilised and derided, branded as a generation of �oePeter Pans” who shun responsibility and fear growing up. Tue, 31 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41864&lan=EN http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-democracy-decline/? Lately, voters in established democracies seem eager to shake things up. Brexit revealed underlying cracks in the European Union. An anti-immigration backlash led to a wave of right-wing populist victories in Europe. And U.S. voters elected President Donald Trump, who has lavished praise on several strongmen leaders. Last week, he sided with Russia President Vladimir Putin over the U.S. intelligence community (he later said he misspoke�"and then walked back his walk-back). On the surface, these shifts in governments show precisely what a functioning democracy is capable of�"voters dictate what they want at the ballot box. But not all elections are equal. Mon, 23 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-democracy-decline/? http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41787&lan=EN We have come a long way in the eight months since Facebook, Google, and Twitter executives appeared before Congress to answer questions about how Russian sources exploited their platforms to influence the election. But if there is one thing that the search for solutions has made clear, it is that there is no silver bullet. Mon, 09 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41787&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41722&lan=EN Liberal democracy was supposed to be the end of history, remember? The last political product you’d ever need to buy because it’s so convincingly good. But just look at it now. In most countries it works at half cock, being undermined by mass abstention and populism; or else its existence is threatened by oligarchs and autocrats who see it as a useful means to legitimise their regimes. Wed, 20 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41722&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41689&lan=EN In �oeMistaken Identity,” Asad Haider argues that contemporary identity politics is a �oeneutralization of movements against racial oppression” rather than a progression of the grassroots struggle against racism. Haider, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Santa Cruz, puts the work of radical black activists and scholars in conversation with his personal experiences with racism and political organizing. He charts out the process through which the revolutionary visions of the black freedom movement �" which understood racism and capitalism as two sides of the same coin �" have been largely replaced with a narrow and limited understanding of identity. Sun, 27 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41689&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41669&lan=EN Slavery is our main shame, because for centuries we bought and sold millions of human beings brought forcefully from Africa, and treated as "things." Once liberated, those human beings received no compensation, land or tools for work, or housing; they live in the favelas of our cities. Blacks and mestizos constitute the majority of our people. As Jesse Souza very well showed, the contempt and hatred directed against the slaves has been transferred to their descendants of today. Mon, 04 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41669&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41665&lan=EN Sandra Moran is Guatemala’s first openly lesbian member of the Congress. She organized the country’s first lesbian group in 1995, and was elected in 2015. She is well-known for her vocal support for women’s rights, indigenous women’s rights and LGBT rights in Guatemala. UN Women supports the leadership of women in politics and peacebuilding in Guatemala through various initiatives, including through the flagship programme Women’s Political Empowerment and Leadership. Fri, 08 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41665&lan=EN http://elpais.com/elpais/2018/05/21/inenglish/1526921032_857532.html The Catalan issue has shattered the essential agreement of our democracy: territorial unity based on decentralization and self-government. It has also created enormous doubts about the quality of our political model. More than once I have heard the assertion that the wave of anti-establishment sentiment that has affected many countries over the last decade, expressing itself through various forms of populism, nationalism, xenophobia and other radical assaults against the established order, had not affected Spain substantially, or at least not sufficiently to shake the structures of power in any significant way. Sun, 20 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://elpais.com/elpais/2018/05/21/inenglish/1526921032_857532.html http://cafebabel.com/fr/article/en-roumanie-des-citoyens-funky-contre-les-derives-du-gouvernement-5b05453af723b325c3728951/ Despite warnings from the EU, the government seems to do exactly as it pleases. �oeThere is a side that thinks: 'Who are they to tell me what I must do in my own country?' in Poland and Hungary,” Elena explains. If Romanians are mainly pro-Europeans, then disenchantment with European values is making its way into society. �oeThe European dream was not well managed in this country. People had high hopes, but no one told them that it would take decades before western European standards could be achieved,” she says. The president of Funky Citizens meets regularly with members from Polish and Hungarian associations, and their meetings are increasingly becoming 'group therapies'. �oeThese three countries have proved that they had very pro-European civic societies, but unfortunately, European institutions communicate only with governments. We feel a bit neglected.” Thu, 17 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://cafebabel.com/fr/article/en-roumanie-des-citoyens-funky-contre-les-derives-du-gouvernement-5b05453af723b325c3728951/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41569&lan=EN The town of Banff on the northeastern coast of Scotland is a peaceful place, with just 4,000 residents and a picturesque bay that flows into the open sea. Fifty miles from the nearest big city, the air is fresh and the pace of life is slow. But for one young man, the town’s seaside location offered no contentment. He was stockpiling weapons and planning an act of terrorism. Connor Ward lived in a gray, semi-detached apartment building a short walk from Banff’s marina, where dozens of small boats are docked and fishermen depart each day on a hunt for mackerel or sea trout. Inside his home, 25-year-old Ward was plugged into a different kind of world. He was reading neo-Nazi propaganda on the internet about an imminent race war. Thu, 03 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41569&lan=EN http://www.thenation.com/article/can-yanis-varoufakis-save-europe/ The idea of a unified Europe didn’t always elicit the current mixture of exasperation, boredom, and rage, in politicians and ordinary people alike. In fact, there was a time when the European Union seemed like a great initiative, especially on a continent ravaged first by two hot wars, then broken in half by a cold one. A permanent peace between neighboring nations founded on a common market and sealed with freedom of movement for all might have required bureaucratic impositions, but it also functioned as an insurance policy. Thu, 03 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.thenation.com/article/can-yanis-varoufakis-save-europe/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41564&lan=EN Open letter to the citizens and the heads of State and Government of the European Union In this period of economic recovery and relative stability, we Europeans are forgetting that not so long ago we stood on the edge of an abyss, and that our reality is still crippled by geopolitical and financial uncertainties, with record-high debt levels in Asia and America capable of triggering another worldwide economic crisis. Wed, 09 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41564&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41550&lan=EN When it comes to great names in French anthropology, many people know of Claude Lévi-Strauss, who passed away in 2009. Others might cite Lévi-Strauss’s late colleague Germaine Tillion or Françoise Héritier, whose work on gender has marked generations of young researchers worldwide. Few would immediately think of Georges Balandier, who passed away in October 2016. Yet Balandier was an eminent specialist in African studies, and left his mark on the history of anthropology. Tue, 23 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41550&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41526&lan=EN In 2004, then-senator Barack Obama wowed the country with an address at the Democratic National Convention designed to unite the country and tear down partisan divides. �oeNow even as we speak, there are those who are preparing to divide us, the spin masters and negative ad peddlers who embrace the politics of anything goes,” he said. �oeWell, I say to them tonight, there’s not a liberal America and a conservative America; there’s the United States of America.” Tue, 03 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41526&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41521&lan=EN By May 2018, it will be have been 130 years since Brazil formally abolished slavery; however, the legacy of three centuries of exploitation is still tangible to this day. According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, 74% of the bottom 10% of Brazilians (in terms of wealth) are black. Black Brazilians are also 23.5% more likely to be victims of homicide than Brazilians of other races, controlling for age, education, gender, marital status and place of residence. The month of March commemorated both International Women's Day and the lesser-known International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, both calling for a reflection on the advances and challenges for gender and racial equality. Wed, 11 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41521&lan=EN http://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/how-trump-is-helping-to-save-our-democracy/2017/09/22/539b795e-9a1f-11e7-82e4-f1076f6d6152_story.html?utm_term=.783b8a2480ef The election of Donald Trump could be one of the best things that ever happened to American democracy. We say this even though we believe that Trump poses a genuine danger to our republican institutions and has done enormous damage to our country. He has violated political norms, weakened our standing in the world and deepened the divisions of an already sharply torn nation. But precisely because the Trump threat is so profound, he has jolted much of the country to face problems that have been slowly eroding our democracy. And he has aroused a popular mobilization that may far outlast him. Many of the trends that led to Trump’s election have been with us for years; he has created a crisis by pushing them to their alarming endpoints. Political norms, for example, have been decaying for decades, but Trump has eschewed norms altogether. One reading is that there will be no going back from the diminished public life he has created, and it’s certainly true that the breaching of norms often produces a cascading effect: Behavior previously considered inappropriate is normalized and taken up by others. Yet Trump’s sheer disregard for the normal practices and principles of presidential behavior has cast a spotlight on the vital role that norms play in regulating and protecting our democracy. Only when norms disappear are we reminded of how important they were in the first place. Fri, 22 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/how-trump-is-helping-to-save-our-democracy/2017/09/22/539b795e-9a1f-11e7-82e4-f1076f6d6152_story.html?utm_term=.783b8a2480ef http://thewire.in/171850/venezuela-crisis-populism/ The Oxford Dictionary of Sociology defines populism as any political movement which seeks to mobilise the people against a state which is too powerful or controlled by vested interests. Too often, states have been captured by populists towards furthering a particular set of interests in the garb of the interests of the people. In this sense, no democracy is complete with its quota of populism. Indian democracy is no exception. Populists have become the ruling strata in many countries with nationalist-populist, ethnic-populist, racist-populist and masculine-populist with high degree of xenophobia and anti-immigrant rhetoric buttressing the stance. Populists have attacked institutions that have come in their way. They have made votes work in their favour because they know how to rouse frenzy on issues and mobilise the votes. Wed, 30 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://thewire.in/171850/venezuela-crisis-populism/ http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/41037-myths-of-globalization-noam-chomsky-and-ha-joon-chang-in-conversation Since the late 1970s, the world's economy and dominant nations have been marching to the tune of (neoliberal) globalization, whose impact and effects on average people's livelihood and communities everywhere are generating great popular discontent, accompanied by a rising wave of nationalist and anti-elitist sentiments. But what exactly is driving globalization? And who really benefits from globalization? Are globalization and capitalism interwoven? How do we deal with the growing levels of inequality and massive economic insecurity? Should progressives and radicals rally behind the call for the introduction of a universal basic income? In the unique and exclusive interview below, two leading minds of our time, linguist and public intellectual Noam Chomsky and Cambridge University economist Ha-Joon Chang, share their views on these essential questions. Thu, 22 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/41037-myths-of-globalization-noam-chomsky-and-ha-joon-chang-in-conversation http://www.thenation.com/article/daring-to-dream-in-the-age-of-trump/ We have to question not only Trump but the stories and systems that ineluctably produced him. It’s not enough to superficially challenge him as an individual, foul and alarmingly ignorant though he may be. We have to confront the deep-seated trends that rewarded him and exalted him until he became the most powerful person in the world. The values that have been sold to us through reality TV, get-rich-quick books, billionaire saviors, philanthrocapitalists. The same values that have been playing out in destroyed safety nets, exploding prison numbers, normalized rape culture, democracy-destroying trade deals, rising seas, and privatized disaster response. (...) The persistence of these other stories should remind us that, while Trump is the logical culmination of the current neoliberal system, the current neoliberal system is not the only logical culmination of the human story. Which is why part of our work now�"a key part�"is not just resistance, not just saying no. We have to do that, of course. But we also need to fiercely protect some space to dream and plan for a better world. This isn’t an indulgence. It’s an essential part of how we defeat Trumpism. Tue, 13 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.thenation.com/article/daring-to-dream-in-the-age-of-trump/ http://www.socialeurope.eu/2017/04/the-politics-of-nostalgia/ Western democracies are facing a new threat: pessimism. Recent surveys reveal that 65 percent of Europeans and North Americans think the world is getting worse and that younger generations will be poorer than previous ones, with a mere 6 percent considering that things are better and will continue to get better. This sinister sense of decline is not only affecting our economies and individual behaviour (by dissuading investment and increasing stress), but it is also leading to unprecedented political consequences. Fri, 21 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.socialeurope.eu/2017/04/the-politics-of-nostalgia/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41107&lan=EN Turkish voters had a clear-cut choice when they cast ballots on Easter Sunday in a referendum on 18 constitutional amendments already approved by the National Assembly. A �oeYes” vote would change their country’s political system and usher in a new era in Turkish history. More than a century of parliamentarianism would be replaced by an alla turca presidential system that is tailor-made for the current incumbent, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Given Turkey’s considerable experience in writing constitutions, most legal experts deem the amendments, which voters endorsed by a razor-thin margin, regressive at best. Those who drafted them seem to have ignored 150 years of Turkish history, not to mention the most fundamental lessons of liberal democracy. Tue, 18 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41107&lan=EN http://www.alainet.org/es/articulo/184394 One element that has rapidly become globalized is the crisis of democracy. In Europe, which is proud of its political systems, austerity policies have brought about the generalized discredit of these systems centred around two major political parties. When they both adopted these anti-social economic policies, they rapidly went into crisis, with lost votes and a growing lack of interest in elections, given that both parties promote similar policies. Some alternatives have begun to emerge -- on the extreme right and on the left -- that put these systems into shock: from the right with an authoritarian formula, from the left looking to broaden and renew democracy. Mon, 27 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.alainet.org/es/articulo/184394 http://iwallerstein.com/resist-resist-why-and-how/ What Resist as a movement needs to keep in mind is the fact that we are in the midst of a historic structural transition from the capitalist world-system in which we have lived for some 500 years to one of two successor systems �" a non-capitalist system that preserves all of the worst features of capitalism (hierarchy, exploitation, and polarization) and its opposite, a system that is relatively democratic and egalitarian. I call this the struggle between the spirit of Davos and the spirit of Porto Alegre. We are living in the chaotic, confusing situation of transition. This has two implications for our collective strategy. In the short run (say, up to three years), we must remember that we all live in the short run. We all wish to survive. We all need food and shelter. Any movement that hopes to flourish must help people survive by supporting anything that minimizes the pain of those who are suffering. But in the middle run (say 20-40 years), minimizing the pain changes nothing. We need to concentrate on our struggle with those who represent the spirit of Davos. There is no compromise. There is no �oereformed” version of capitalism that can be constructed. Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://iwallerstein.com/resist-resist-why-and-how/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40920&lan=EN For some years now, we have been witnessing the emergence of relational, crossover, participatory power. This is the territory that gives technopolitics its meaning and prominence, the basis on which a new vision of democracy �" more open, more direct, more interactive - is being developed and embraced. It is a framework that overcomes the closed architecture on which the praxis of governance - closed, hierarchical, one-way - has been cemented in almost all areas, resulting in high levels of disaffection towards traditional organizations: parties and institutions, unions and non-profit organizations, the media and the universities. What are the essential elements to understand this new scenario? How are power roles being reshaped? How do technology platforms contribute to this transformation? The answers to these questions are key to understanding this new ecosystem. Mon, 20 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40920&lan=EN http://www.voxeurop.eu/fr/2017/60-me-anniversaire-du-trait-de-rome-5120698 As the anniversary of the signature of the EU's founding treaties is approaching, a group of over 300 European academics and personalities are endorsing this appeal to relaunch European integration and inviting civil society, academia, young people and citizens to participate to the March for Europe in Rome on March 25. 25 March 2017 is the day of the 60th anniversary of the Rome Treaties which have made the EU project the most successful experiment of peace and integration ever. This date may go down history as yet another self-praising, boring, closed-door party of 27 EU leaders or as the germ of a first conscious, popular and patriotic European manifestation. Mon, 20 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.voxeurop.eu/fr/2017/60-me-anniversaire-du-trait-de-rome-5120698 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40880&lan=EN It is said that God is Brazilian. This is not the God of tenderness or the humble, but the Moloch of the Canaanite and Phoenicians, who devours his children. We are one of the most unequal, unjust and violent countries in the world. Theologically, we live in a situation of social and structural sin, contrary to God's design. It is enough to consider what happened in the jails of Manaus, Rondonia and Roraima. It’s pure barbarity: fury that beheads, pierces eyes and destroys the heart. There is not just violence in Brazil. We are grounded in violent socio-historical structures, based on the genocide of the Indigenous, humiliating colonialism and inhumane slavery. And these structures cannot be overcome without first overcoming this dreadful tradition. How to do that? It is a challenge that demands a colossal transformation of our social relationships. Is this still possible or are we condemned to be a pariah country? I see it as possible, on condition of following, among other things, these two paths developed by the grassroots: the creation of a people, beginning with the social movements, and the installation of a social-democracy, grounded in the people. Tue, 17 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40880&lan=EN http://www.socialeurope.eu/2017/01/ten-theses-fight-right-wing-populism/ In the United Kingdom, United States, Hungary, and Poland, right-wing populist alliances have shown that they can win majorities. This mass appeal is built upon a platform which is, however, not extremist. Right-wing populists accuse the corrupt, globalist establishment of exploiting the people. The naïve and delusional elite is blamed for exposing the people to Islamist terror and floods of immigrants. Right-wing populism pledges to give back to the people the power usurped by this oligarchic elite, and defend the defenceless against the forces of globalization. The alliance of Alt-right, white supremacists, globalization losers, and status quo conservatives has little in common in real terms, hence the populist agenda needs to stay deliberately vague. What brings this heterogeneous coalition together is the feeling of being forgotten in public discourse and excluded from social life. In the current atmosphere this message resonates both among those who fear social decline as well as all those who feel unrecognized by a libertarian society. Tue, 17 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.socialeurope.eu/2017/01/ten-theses-fight-right-wing-populism/ http://www.neweasterneurope.eu/articles-and-commentary/2235-whatever-happened-to-russia-without-putin The mass protests in late 2011 and early 2012 changed Russia, but not in the ways the tens of thousands who protested that winter had hoped. Rather than a flowering of �oedemocracy” as many desired, Putin has only further consolidated his authoritarian dominance over the last five years. Though crisis continues to plague Russia, five years after the people imagined a �oeRussia without Putin”, many today struggle to foresee a viable alternative to him. The Kremlin ultimately crushed any opposition through a mixture of co-option and coercion. But the defeat of Russia’s protest movement is larger than this. The Kremlin skilfully morphed Russian demands for recognition and representation from expressions of revolutionary desire to the basis of reactionary consolidation. One could call this Putin’s �oeNixonian moment”, where Russia’s �oesilent majority” became the source for a new consensus. For what followed in Russia is a story about recognition and representation, a chronicle about who is and who is not a legitimate manifestation of the �oepeople.” Wed, 11 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.neweasterneurope.eu/articles-and-commentary/2235-whatever-happened-to-russia-without-putin http://geopoliticalfutures.com/thinking-about-propaganda/ One characteristic of propaganda is that it is generally wielded for foreign policy goals more successfully by authoritarian regimes than by liberal democracies. There are two key reasons for this. First, authoritarian regimes control all of the state’s political bodies as well as the media. In a state where freedoms of the press and expression are significantly controlled, a top-level figure like Russian President Vladimir Putin or Chinese President Xi Jinping can carry out an information campaign for a specific purpose and expect that all the power of the state apparatus under control of the dictator or party will participate in disseminating the message. The Intelligence Community Assessment on Russian interference often avoids providing evidence to protect sources and methods, but one thing it does very clearly is identify various Russian media entities, their relationship to the government in Moscow, and how this shapes the content of their reportage. That is not how it works in the United States. The U.S. media is not monolithic, and though each source often engages in spin, a diversity of voices and agendas exists. Individuals can choose what media sources they consume and what kind of perspective they find convincing. Diversity of sources directly weakens propaganda’s potential effectiveness. Tue, 10 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://geopoliticalfutures.com/thinking-about-propaganda/ http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2017-01-10-katznelson-en.html Solidarity in liberal democracies is pluralistic, argues political scientist Ira Katznelson; it allows particularities of time and place while satisfying a widely held human interest. Democracy, too, takes a variety of forms and is best measured by historical standards. I'm sceptical of the argument that you must have strong cultural preconditions before you can have democracy. But I also think that in most of modern history, during the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries, we've learned that democracy is not the norm, or that healthy democracy is not the norm, and many democracies suffer either anxieties or fragility. So the question that really challenges us is a fundamental question of social science: under what conditions can democracy thrive? And you're asking whether one of those conditions is cultural. Perhaps. But what we see, or at least what I think we see, is that we've had relatively established and stable democracies in the last half-century under very different cultural conditions. Examples would be post-war Japan, post-war or post-independence India, post-Peron Argentina, post-military dictatorship Brazil and perhaps various post-communist regimes. When you add that they are not exactly democracies as we would like them, then we have to say much more about what we would like. Tue, 10 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2017-01-10-katznelson-en.html http://saveliberaldemocracy.com/2016/12/24/the-war-on-facts/ In the antiquities, a single-event evoked a fact; in modernity, a series of the same event does. This modern narrative of truthfulness and factuality through repetition is today under threat, not by religious claims but by feelings. Some claim we would be living in a post-factual world. What would the narrative of this be? As we have seen so far, after the Brexit referendum or the Trump election: sentiments become the base of argument. It lays the foundation for what becomes group identity in society �" a group of people perceives certain things they live through, experience, or endure as reality. In the post-factural camp Instincts and the reflexes deriving from feelings weigh heavier than a well pondered argument. The Greeks, however, would have despised this approach to reality. Doxa, plain opinion based on sentiment, was not revered highly. Its counterpart was episteme, knowledge. How do we make this distinction fruitful in a time where buffoons like Donald Trump and Nigel Farage exploit the fear of people, claiming doxa to be the new episteme by simply stating that people are fed up with facts? Sat, 24 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://saveliberaldemocracy.com/2016/12/24/the-war-on-facts/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40767&lan=EN Independent institutions are the most important enemy of populism. Populist leaders are control freaks. For populists, it is liberal democracy that leads to chaos, which must be �oeput in order” by a �oeresponsible government.” Media pluralism leads to informational chaos. An independent judiciary means legal chaos. Independent public administration creates institutional chaos. And a robust civil society is a recipe for chronic bickering and conflict. But populists believe that such chaos does not emerge by itself. It is the work of perfidious foreign powers and their domestic puppets. To �oemake Poland great again,” the nation’s heroes must defeat its traitors, who are not equal contenders for power. Populist leaders are thus obliged to limit their opponents’ rights. Indeed, their political ideal is not order, but rather the subordination of all independent bases of power that could challenge them: courts, media, business, cultural institutions, NGOs, and so forth. Mon, 02 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40767&lan=EN http://www.swissinfo.ch/democratiedirecte/dilemme-de-la-d%C3%A9mocratie-_quand-les-citoyens-disent--pas-dans-mon-jardin--/42787942 Switzerland’s system of direct democracy is strongly anchored at the local level. Occasionally, a small number of citizens can bring down a project of wider importance, such as a second national park. But is this a problem or a safeguard? Thu, 29 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.swissinfo.ch/democratiedirecte/dilemme-de-la-d%C3%A9mocratie-_quand-les-citoyens-disent--pas-dans-mon-jardin--/42787942 http://saveliberaldemocracy.com/2016/12/12/for-a-complex-democracy/ These forms of behavior by the �oenegative sovereign” express profound disillusionment: instead of voting in order to solve problems, people are voting in order to express dissatisfaction. And, as a logical counterpart, those who prefer to lead protests against problems instead of getting to work to solve them are being elected. Therefore, a candidate’s competence or lack of competence is such a weak argument. The decisive factor is to represent dissatisfaction better than others. The element that most resembles hope is an empty appeal to a completely different world order, such as the one invoked by Zizek’s pop-Leninism. This new reality would be the result of a process of self-destruction of the existing order, without giving us the slightest indication of what the new reality could consist of, which social protagonist would be capable of causing changes of such dimensions, and which form of action would be the most appropriate. Mon, 12 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://saveliberaldemocracy.com/2016/12/12/for-a-complex-democracy/ http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/12/speaking-truth-post-truth-era-161218111206262.html?utm_source=phplist235&utm_medium=email&utm_content=HTML&utm_campaign=Political+Anticipation+-+A+LEAP+Press+review+%28GEAB+special%29 It is the age of post-truth. The prefix post does not so much mean a chronological state after the truth as its absence, its being downgraded to a level where it becomes irrelevant and secondary to the act of emotionally appealing to deep grievances and a sense of insecurity and loss. Mon, 19 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/12/speaking-truth-post-truth-era-161218111206262.html?utm_source=phplist235&utm_medium=email&utm_content=HTML&utm_campaign=Political+Anticipation+-+A+LEAP+Press+review+%28GEAB+special%29 http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/dec/06/mcdonalds-democracy-corporate-globalisation-trump-le-pen-farage I do not mean that the presence of the burger chain itself is the cause of the decline of open, democratic societies (though it has played its part in Britain, using our defamation laws against its critics). Nor do I mean that countries hosting McDonald’s will necessarily mutate into dictatorships. What I mean is that, under the onslaught of the placeless, transnational capital that McDonald’s exemplifies, democracy as a living system withers and dies. The old forms and forums still exist �" parliaments and congresses remain standing �" but the power they once contained seeps away, re-emerging where we can no longer reach it. The political power that should belong to us has flitted into confidential meetings with the lobbyists and donors who establish the limits of debate and action. It has slipped into the diktats of the IMF and the European Central Bank, which respond not to the people but to the financial sector. It has been transported, under armed guard, into the icy fastness of Davos, where Friedman finds so warm a welcome (even when he’s talking cobblers). Tue, 06 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/dec/06/mcdonalds-democracy-corporate-globalisation-trump-le-pen-farage http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/38682-socialism-for-the-rich-capitalism-for-the-poor-an-interview-with-noam-chomsky Concentration of wealth leads naturally to concentration of power, which in turn translates to legislation favoring the interests of the rich and powerful and thereby increasing even further the concentration of power and wealth. Various political measures, such as fiscal policy, deregulation, and rules for corporate governance are designed to increase the concentration of wealth and power. And that's what we've been seeing during the neoliberal era. It is a vicious cycle in constant progress. The state is there to provide security and support to the interests of the privileged and powerful sectors in society while the rest of the population is left to experience the brutal reality of capitalism. Socialism for the rich, capitalism for the poor. Sun, 11 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/38682-socialism-for-the-rich-capitalism-for-the-poor-an-interview-with-noam-chomsky http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40666&lan=EN Is the demise of Renzi really a local affair? There is no doubt that a referendum on a constitutional change can be a matter of confidence in him, having personalized the issue to a point that it became basically a vote on the young Prime Minister. But if you look at the sociology of the vote, you find that the No vote was again coming from the poorest parts of Italy. [...] Voters living in the centre voted Yes, and those in the periphery voted No. Is this not similar to what has happened in Brexit and in the US elections? [...] This is important. It shows how politicians, even those as brilliant as Renzi, do not realize that there is a tsunami of resentment that has been out there for some years, has been ignored by the establishment, by the media and by politics. Finally, everybody is linking the next elections in the Netherlands in March, in France in May and in Germany in August, as dates when the populist, nationalist and xenophobia tides will rise even more. Wed, 07 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40666&lan=EN http://www.swissinfo.ch/democratiedirecte/bilan-du-6e-forum-mondial-de-la-d%C3%A9mocratie-_la-d%C3%A9mocratie-directe-est-la-solution--pas-le-probl%C3%A8me/42612142 Meeting in San Sebastián last week, experts from more than 30 countries discussed ways to fend off attacks against participatory democracy. [...] Set against a series of ballot box upsets �" notably in the United States, Britain and Colombia �" activists, state representatives and academics exchanged ideas about granting citizens a direct say in political decisions. Wed, 23 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.swissinfo.ch/democratiedirecte/bilan-du-6e-forum-mondial-de-la-d%C3%A9mocratie-_la-d%C3%A9mocratie-directe-est-la-solution--pas-le-probl%C3%A8me/42612142 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40617&lan=EN One of the major questions faced by the inheritors of the networked global uprisings of 2010--2011 is how to harness the demands and practices that emerged from these movements, and those that followed in their wake, to create new ways of doing electoral politics. A municipalist movement in Rosario, Argentina, may just have some of the answers Institutional politics is facing a crisis of legitimacy. [...] In this context, activists, social movements and new political organizations across the world are confronted with a common dilemma: how to engage electorally and politically within state institutions without being co-opted or corrupted by them. Tue, 15 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40617&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40583&lan=EN Although the digital is connected to social justice through its impact in specific sectors �" governance and democracy, education, health, labour rights, public services including welfare, gender equality, environment, and so on �" it cannot be understood and addressed from within each sector in isolation. In addition to a sector-specific understanding and response, it is important to address the phenomenon as a meta-level or infrastructural element as it envelops new and emerging social structures and dynamics as a whole. Most sectoral response has focused on practical applications (or, at best, specific adverse impacts) of the digital phenomenon, and not its structural constructs and directions, which in any case are difficult to articulate and address from within any one sector. Yet in its very form and the nature of its impact, the digital revolution calls for a holistic, cross-sectoral response. Tue, 08 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40583&lan=EN http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-failure-of-facebook-democracy In December of 2007, the legal theorist Cass R. Sunstein wrote in The Chronicle of Higher Education about the filtering effects that frequently attend the spread of information on the Web. �oeAs a result of the Internet, we live increasingly in an era of enclaves and niches�"much of it voluntary, much of it produced by those who think they know, and often do know, what we’re likely to like,” Sunstein noted. In the piece, �oeThe Polarization of Extremes,” Sunstein argued that the trend promised ill effects for the direction�"or, more precisely, the misdirection�"of public opinion. �oeIf people are sorted into enclaves and niches, what will happen to their views?” he wondered. �oeWhat are the eventual effects on democracy?” Fri, 18 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-failure-of-facebook-democracy http://www.swissinfo.ch/democratiedirecte/saint-s%C3%A9bastien--la-mecque-de-la-d%C3%A9mocratie_-de-la-participation-locale-des-citoyens-%C3%A0-la-cohabitation-mondiale-/42592202 Political Culture from Local Participation to Global Coexistence is the theme of this year’s Global Forum on Modern Democracy in San Sebastián/Donostia. The city in Spain’s Basque Country hopes the event will help strengthen local democracy in a region plagued by decades of separatist violence. Tue, 15 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.swissinfo.ch/democratiedirecte/saint-s%C3%A9bastien--la-mecque-de-la-d%C3%A9mocratie_-de-la-participation-locale-des-citoyens-%C3%A0-la-cohabitation-mondiale-/42592202 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40517&lan=EN �oeWhat we love will ruin us,” predicted Aldous Huxley in 1932. In Brave New World, he described a human race that, by 2540, has been destroyed by ignorance, a lust for constant entertainment, the dominance of technology, and an overabundance of material goods. With Donald Trump’s recent election as president, the United States seems to be fulfilling Huxley’s prediction more than 500 years ahead of schedule. America’s culture industry has long lent the country’s politics a tinge of Hollywood surrealism. Politicians are characters, from Jimmy Stewart’s morally incorruptible innocent in �oeMr. Smith Goes to Washington” (1939) to Orson Welles’s Trumpian mogul in �oeCitizen Kane” (1941) and Robert Redford’s earnest crusader in �oeThe Candidate” (1972), not to mention John Wayne’s many cowboys and rangers. Tue, 15 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40517&lan=EN http://www.swissinfo.ch/democratiedirecte/forum-mondial-de-la-d%C3%A9mocratie-2016_les-villes-osent-le-renouveau-d%C3%A9mocratique/42585838 At the Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy 2016, which starts in Basque Donostia / San Sebastián on November 16, some 200 experts are gathering to help push forward the development towards more local democracy. Reykjavik, Vienna, Seoul, Los Angeles and Bern: these are pioneering cities in terms of direct democracy. For several years now, increasing numbers of local and regional governments have committed themselves to citizen participation. Mon, 14 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.swissinfo.ch/democratiedirecte/forum-mondial-de-la-d%C3%A9mocratie-2016_les-villes-osent-le-renouveau-d%C3%A9mocratique/42585838 http://www.coredem.info/rubrique70.html When it comes to confronting corporate power, �oefighting by informing” is perhaps just as important as ensuring corporations submit to binding regulations and legal sanction. Not only because all these battles are ultimately inseparable, but also because information allows us to go even further, beyond a purely negative position, by highlighting alternatives to corporations. It is possible to take a different route, and we can do it without them. Tue, 11 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.coredem.info/rubrique70.html http://en.qantara.de/content/citizenship-law-reform-in-algeria-the-tug-of-war-over-identity On 26 July, the Algerian cabinet approved a law that activates Article 63 of the new constitution; in practice, only those with "exclusive Algerian nationality" can be appointed to the state's highest positions. What is primarily being targeted is dual Algerian-French nationality; a difficult problem to solve. Tue, 18 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/citizenship-law-reform-in-algeria-the-tug-of-war-over-identity http://www.ipsnoticias.net/2016/09/la-dificil-meta-de-no-dejar-a-nadie-fuera-de-los-ods/ One year after UN member states adopted the ambitious 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda their repeated vow to �oeleave no one behind” seems almost as idealistic and impractical as ever. 2016 has so far proved a difficult year for the UN’s objective of including the world’s most vulnerable and marginalised in development efforts. [...] �oeIf we’re serious about finding and helping those who are furthest behind that’s not a technical exercise that’s a deeply political exercise,” said [Danny] Sriskandarajah [Secretary General of CIVICUS]. Mon, 26 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ipsnoticias.net/2016/09/la-dificil-meta-de-no-dejar-a-nadie-fuera-de-los-ods/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40347&lan=EN U.S. tribes not only share the same narrative with the world’s Indigenous Peoples struggling for land and life�"the Dakota Access standoff is amplifying the global movement. Fri, 30 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40347&lan=EN http://www.cafebabel.co.uk/politics/article/happy-as-a-dog-with-two-tails-hungarys-anti-hate-party.html The government's anti-migrant campaign has had its desired effect: xenophobia, hatred and misinformation are at an all-time high. However, while the opposition party has remained quiet on the issue, a pro-migrant campaign has sprung out of nowhere with boundless optimism and positivity. Wed, 28 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.cafebabel.co.uk/politics/article/happy-as-a-dog-with-two-tails-hungarys-anti-hate-party.html http://www.voxeurop.eu/en/content/article/5106007-good-lobbying European citizens feel disconnected from EU institutions, and NGOs and civil society’s influence on European decision-making process cannot compete with the well-organised corporate lobbies. A new movement aiming at filling this gap is emerging, tells one of its founders. Thu, 01 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.voxeurop.eu/en/content/article/5106007-good-lobbying http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40218&lan=EN Thu, 01 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40218&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40188&lan=EN Whatever may be the immediate outcome of the deepest and longest crisis that the country has ever seen, Brazil will never be what it was. It will be better or worse but will never be the same. The crisis has wrecked the credibility of the whole political system, destroyed the legitimacy of Congress, provoked a loss of faith in the Legal System and brought the people to know that it is not enough to vote and win four elections for the presidential mandate to be respected. In a word, whatever one believed that the country had as a Republic has now come to an end. What was supposed to be a democratic political system, will no longer survive. Either Brazil will build a solid democracy �" in which case the present Congress, this Justice system, this media monopoly cannot continue to exist as they are now -- or the country will simply cease to live in democracy. Thu, 25 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40188&lan=EN http://www.voxeurop.eu/es/content/article/5102482-los-golpistas-han-regalado-erdogan-el-regimen-con-el-que-sonaba The day after the failed coup purges have begun among the military, the judiciary, the teachers and the press. The self-proclaimed ‘Hero of democracy’ seized the opportunity to bring the country to heel, says Turkish political scientist and columnist Cengiz Aktar. A coup d’etat was the only thing missing from the dark series of events that have rocked Turkey since last year, when the party of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the country’s strongman, lost its absolute majority in the legislative elections on 7 June 2015. His party, the AKP (Justice and Development), could only regain its majority once the elections were repeated in November, under a cloud of damaging violence. Thu, 21 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.voxeurop.eu/es/content/article/5102482-los-golpistas-han-regalado-erdogan-el-regimen-con-el-que-sonaba http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40055&lan=EN Military coups �" successful or otherwise �" follow a predictable pattern in Turkey. Political groups �" typically Islamists �" deemed by soldiers to be antagonistic to Kemal Atatürk’s vision of a secular Turkey gain increasing power. Tensions rise, often accompanied by violence on the streets. Then the military steps in, exercising what the soldiers claim is their constitutional power to restore order and secular principles. This time, it was very different. Thanks to a series of sham trials targeting secularist officers, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had managed to reconfigure the military hierarchy and place his own people at the top. While the country has been rocked by a series of terrorist attacks and faces a souring economy, there was no inkling of unrest in the military or opposition to Erdogan. Sun, 17 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40055&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40035&lan=EN From the beginning of time political leaders have followed the perverse adage �oesi vis pacem, para bellum”, that is, if you want peace, prepare for war. The absolute power of men has always been exercised from a position of imposition and dominance. At the end of World War II during which the most abominable methods of extermination were used, President Roosevelt devised a great plan for democratic multilateralism. His design of the United Nations System inceded a series of institutions to ensure its relevance in areas such as food (FAO), education, science and culture (UNESCO), health (WHO), employment (ILO)… funds for children (UNICEF) and development programs (UNPD)… The UN System would have undoubtedly ushered in a new era if it had been possible to implement the brilliant preamble of the United Nations Charter: �oeWe, the Peoples… are determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war”. Wed, 15 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40035&lan=EN http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/04/america-tyranny-donald-trump.html Sun, 01 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/04/america-tyranny-donald-trump.html http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39598&lan=EN Mon, 28 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39598&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39317&lan=EN Within one month, the Bolivian democratic and cultural revolution will live transcendental moments of its recent history. First, on January 21 and 22, the anniversary of the Plurinational State and ten years of the change process are commemorated, and a month later, on February 21, there will be a historic vote which will symbolize the strength of the new Bolivian democracy against the fossilized neoliberal democracy. Thu, 21 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39317&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39189&lan=EN De Tocqueville’s nightmare is not yet the reality in the US, but it is close to what we see in Russia, Turkey, Hungary, and perhaps Poland. Even Israel, which, despite its many obvious problems, has always had a robust democracy, is moving in this direction, with government ministers demanding proof of �oestate loyalty” from writers, artists, and journalists. It is hard to see how traditional elites are going to regain any authority. And yet I think de Tocqueville was right. Without editors, there can be no serious journalism. Without parties led by experienced politicians, the borders between show business and politics will disappear. Without limits placed on the appetites and prejudices of the majority, intolerance will rule. Tue, 09 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39189&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39017&lan=EN This has been a bad year for parties in power faced with elections. They have been losing them, if not absolutely then relatively. Attention has been focusing on a series of elections where so-called rightwing parties have been performing better, sometimes much better, than parties in power considered to be leftwing. Notable examples are Argentina, Venezuela, Brazil, and Denmark. And one might add the United States. What is less commented on has been the reverse situation �" parties in power that are "rightwing" losing to forces on the left, or at least losing in percentages and numbers of seats they have obtained at the national and/or provincial levels. This has been true, in often quite different ways, of Canada, Australia, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Italy, and India. Wed, 06 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39017&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39007&lan=EN The future of the left is no more difficult to predict than any other social fact. The best way to address it is by way of what I term the sociology of emergences, which consists in paying special attention to signs from the present that can be read as trends or the harbinger of whatever will be decisive in the future. At present I propose to draw special attention to a fact that, given its uncommon nature, could portend something new and important. I allude to recent pacts signed by various parties on the left. Tue, 05 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39007&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38921&lan=EN But it is time to consider that the right wing in Europe (as well as in the United States), is going beyond nostalgia and xenophobia. Its growth in every European country is due to an expanding number of disaffected citizens, many of whom come from the working class and the poorest sections of society. They are citizens who once vote for the left, but have become frustrated with the decline of welfare structures, unemployment for them or their children, a state in retreat in favour of the market, growing social injustice, immigration felt as a threat, loss of national identity and strident corruption. This has created a new category of what could be called �oeeconomic nationalism” which wants to combat all forms of foreign intrusion, whether it be the European Union, immigrants, NATO or multinationals. The traditional parties are looked on as a self-referent mechanism of unaccountable elites, who are interested in perpetuation in power and do not deliver what citizens need. It is mix of xenophobia, nationalism, nostalgia for a past that was better, a call for an economy that enhances the nation without giving any space to foreign forces and institutions �" it is a container large enough to accommodate a growing part of the electorate. Tue, 15 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38921&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38912&lan=EN The rise of radical populist, eurosceptic and even europhobic trends, on the right and the left, highlights an economic and political crisis in European liberal democracy. The economic liberalism has not only been linked to an excess of neo-liberal reforms but also to the disaster of the financial crisis. The crisis in economic liberalism is reflected in a political crisis, a sufficiently clear symptom of which is the resurgence of populism and extremism in many European States. The basic principles of our regimes of freedom have to be revived and reasserted urgently, as the terrorist attacks in France have reminded us, since these have undermined the vital fundaments of liberal democracy: the right to safety and security, freedom of expression, freedom of the press, freedom of thought etc ... Mon, 14 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38912&lan=EN http://en.qantara.de/content/tunisia-after-the-terror-attacks-a-battle-for-freedom-and-dignity In the wake of the attacks on Sousse and the Bardo Museum, Tunisia has to stand up to those who oppose the nation's democratic development. The best way to counter the feelings that draw young people to extremism, writes Rachid Ghannouchi, chairman of the Ennahda Party, is to ensure participation, fair economic growth, and security without restricting the country's hard-won freedoms. On 4 July, the United States celebrated the attainment of freedom and independence as it does every year. In Tunisia, 4 July also marked a turning point on the path to freedom and democracy �" but not in the positive sense. On this day, Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi felt compelled, in response to the growing threat of terrorism, to declare a national state of emergency and curtail important personal freedoms. Fri, 07 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/tunisia-after-the-terror-attacks-a-battle-for-freedom-and-dignity http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38475&lan=EN Journalists in the Western Balkans work in a hostile environment that directly affects their ability to do critical, independent reporting essential to a democratic society, Human Rights Watch said. The 69-page report, �oeA Difficult Profession: Media Freedom Under Attack,” documents physical attacks and threats, including death threats, punitive lawsuits, and smear campaigns targeting journalists in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia. The report is based on interviews with 86 journalists, most of whom report on sensitive issues such as war crimes and corruption, in the four Western Balkan countries. Wed, 15 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38475&lan=EN http://en.qantara.de/content/parliamentary-election-in-turkey-erdogans-biggest-political-defeat Coalition, minority government or new elections? President Erdogan's AKP has lost its absolute majority in Turkey's parliamentary poll. What's more, a new party is now poised to enter parliament. What does this mean for the future of the country? The Justice and Development Party (AKP), which is very used to winning, has both won and lost on this occasion. It even captured significantly more votes than in its first parliamentary poll in 2002. But while in 2002, just over a third of votes cast was enough to secure an absolute majority of mandates in Ankara the situation is 2015 is quite different. Tue, 09 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/parliamentary-election-in-turkey-erdogans-biggest-political-defeat http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21648639-enduring-power-families-business-and-politics-should-trouble-believers �oeAS A democracy the United States ought presumably to be able to dispense with dynastic families,” wrote Arthur Schlesinger junior, one of America’s best-known historians, in 1947. Yet almost 70 years on, next year’s presidential election could well become a family affair. A Clinton or a Bush has been on the ticket in seven of the past nine races. Hillary v Jeb may offend against equal opportunity, but not the laws of statistics. How, people wonder, can this happen in a country that went to war to rid itself of a king’s hereditary authority? That is the wrong question. Around the world, in politics and business, power is still concentrated in the family. Power families and dynasties are here to stay. The question is how to ensure that they are a force for good. Sat, 18 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21648639-enduring-power-families-business-and-politics-should-trouble-believers http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38238&lan=EN There’s a very obvious remedy for governments that wish to restore the public’s trust: become transparent, honest and inclusive. This, however, is intrinsically difficult. Any government that managed it would not be a government as we know it, but something else entirely. Why are transparency, honesty and inclusion so difficult to achieve? Mon, 13 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38238&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38172&lan=EN Anna Nemtsova is a Russian journalist based in Moscow and a correspondent for Newsweek and The Daily Beast. She reports not only about Russia, but also on other former Soviet republics. Anna has worked for the Washington Post, Pulitzer Center, Russia Now, NBC News, and many others. Mon, 30 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38172&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38160&lan=EN Terrorism. In the wake of the recent attacks in Sydney, Paris and Baga, it’s a word that’s been on many people’s lips. After the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris, some have argued vehemently against trying to explain the context in which terrorism arises as an attempt to be ‘soft’ on terrorism. Tue, 17 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38160&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38061&lan=EN It’s true that in the last few years there has been an enormous decline on all fronts and in all areas. The world, Europe and Spain undoubtedly suffer its effects. Our political leaders have surrendered to the rules of the markets and obediently subject our society to �oeaustericide.” It is irrelevant that their formulas don’t work and that there’s no end in sight to their budget cuts. Spaniards are now �oecheaper” than a majority of the rest of Europeans. With the worsening of our standard of living we are also (paradoxically) more submissive, accepting whatever they impose. But not all of us, because a new type of citizen power is emerging that is so strong that it provokes much fear among members of the �oeestablishment.” Perfectly aware of what this means, they are attempting to stop this trend by any and all means at their disposal. Thu, 26 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38061&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38053&lan=EN To protect the EU against terrorist attacks and yet safeguard citizens’ rights, MEPs advocate de-radicalisation programmes, stepping up checks at Schengen area external borders, and better information exchange among EU member states. They urge member states to make faster progress on the Data Protection Package, so that talks could proceed in parallel with those on an EU Passenger Name Record proposal and thus deliver a full set of EU data protection rules. Wed, 11 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38053&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38043&lan=EN One month after the worst terrorist attack in Europe since Anders Breivik’s murder of 77 people in Norway, the contours of the response are becoming clear. Three areas stand out �" new counterterrorism laws and policies; the related, though distinct, efforts to curb radicalisation and recruitment into terrorism, and a focus on tackling rising anti-Semitism. While each area is legitimate, an examination of the details reveals troubling patterns and problematic gaps. To make these responses truly effective and consistent with human rights, more work and reflection is needed. Wed, 11 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38043&lan=EN http://en.qantara.de/content/the-wests-strategy-in-the-middle-east-hollow-alliance The fact that the West is reflecting on the best form of government for the nations of the Middle East is nothing new; it has been doing so in good orientalist tradition since Napoleon invaded Egypt. Nevertheless, Western notions of what constitutes the ideal form of governance for this region have never changed as frequently or as radically as they have in the past 15 years. For a while, fear of the "eastern masses" and a "genuine eastern state model" such as that of Ayatollah Khomeini meant that leaders in the US and Europe backed dictators who were inwardly staunch and outwardly reliable. Hosni Mubarak was a prime example of this. Gaddafi and Assad too looked as if they had the potential to grow into this role. Thu, 05 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/the-wests-strategy-in-the-middle-east-hollow-alliance http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38020&lan=EN The Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index ranks the performance of 180 countries according to a range of criteria that include media pluralism and independence, respect for the safety and freedom of journalists, and the legislative, institutional and infrastructural environment in which the media operate. Top of the list, as so often, are three Scandinavian countries: Finland, which has been in first place for five years in succession, followed by Norway and Denmark. At the other end of the scale, Turkmenistan, North Korea and Eritrea, in last place, were the worst performers. The 2015 World Press Freedom Index highlights the worldwide deterioration in freedom of information in 2014. Beset by wars, the growing threat from non-state operatives, violence during demonstrations and the economic crisis, media freedom is in retreat on all five continents. Thu, 12 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38020&lan=EN http://www.dw.de/opinion-freedom-of-the-press-includes-the-freedom-not-to-publish/a-18192309 The impulse was clear and broadly shared. After the heinous massacre of Charlie Hebdo journalists in Paris last week, media organizations and professionals around the world rallied around their slain colleagues in support of freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Many outlets reacted to the carnage by taking pictures of staffers holding "Je suis Charlie" signs which quickly became a global symbol of solidarity with the victims. In turn, this journalistic display of solidarity and support for press freedom became itself part of the ongoing coverage and debate of the larger Charlie Hebdo story. In the wake of the massacre, many outlets also chose to run Charlie Hebdo cartoons, while others did not. And again the decisions by media organizations to publish or not to publish cartoons have become part of the ongoing coverage of the larger Charlie Hebdo story and led to an engaged debate. To have this debate is not only legitimate, but useful. Wed, 14 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.dw.de/opinion-freedom-of-the-press-includes-the-freedom-not-to-publish/a-18192309 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37929&lan=EN �oeHungary shouldbetter ensure media freedom, combat widespread intolerance and discrimination, and improve the protection of the human rights of migrants” said Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights. While welcoming improvements to Hungary’s media legislation introduced since the adoption of a restrictive media package in 2010, the Commissioner remains concerned that media in Hungary suffer from an inadequate legal framework and political pressures. �oeThe mere existence of some provisions, such as severe sanctions, chills media freedom and pushed a number of media outlets towards self-censorship.” The extensive administrative regulatory powers of the Media Council coupled with its vulnerability to political influence and control also remain problematic. Tue, 16 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37929&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37919&lan=EN Tunisian efforts to ensure accountability for unlawful killings committed during the uprising four years ago were blighted by legal and investigative problems and failed to deliver justice for the victims, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Apart from the life sentence imposed on former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who remains abroad, a lengthy process before military courts resulted in lenient sentences or acquittals for those accused of causing the deaths of protesters. Mon, 12 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37919&lan=EN http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/14/charlie-hebdo-muslim-leaders-appeal-calm Muslims have reacted warily to Charlie Hebdo’s defiant cover depicting the prophet Muhammad. The French satirical weekly was accused of deliberately mocking the Islamic faith and warned that it could fuel further sectarian unrest. French Muslim leaders appealed for calm after the cover of the magazine’s special edition, which was an instant sellout on Wednesday (January 14) with long queues forming at newsstands across France, was leaked ahead of publication. Wed, 14 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/14/charlie-hebdo-muslim-leaders-appeal-calm http://en.qantara.de/content/france-after-the-attack-on-charlie-hebdo-much-more-is-at-stake-than-press-freedom After the murderous attack on "Charlie Hebdo", will the French succeed in joining hands with the country's Muslim minority to confront the Islamist movement at home, or will Muslims once again be made the scapegoat. Fri, 09 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/france-after-the-attack-on-charlie-hebdo-much-more-is-at-stake-than-press-freedom http://en.qantara.de/content/reactions-to-the-charlie-hebdo-attack-in-the-arab-world-radicals-killed-radicals In the wake of the horrific attack on the staff of "Charlie Hebdo" in Paris on 7 January, Islamic associations and imams across Europe have condemned the killings. So too have politicians and religious dignitaries across the Islamic world. But, says Karim El-Gawhary in Cairo, for some people in the Arab world, things are not quite so black-and-white. Fri, 09 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/reactions-to-the-charlie-hebdo-attack-in-the-arab-world-radicals-killed-radicals http://news.artnet.com/art-world/why-the-killing-of-charlie-hebdo-cartoonists-will-make-art-stronger-215302?utm_campaign=artnetnews&utm_source=010815daily&utm_medium=email Since the massacre at Charlie Hebdo's offices in Paris cartoonists of all stripes have rushed to their brushes and embraced the magazine's mordant humor, showing terrorists that they will not succumb to intimidation, however brutal. They made clear that for every Charb, Cabu, Wolinksi, Honoré, or Tignous killed, many more will rise. Thu, 08 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://news.artnet.com/art-world/why-the-killing-of-charlie-hebdo-cartoonists-will-make-art-stronger-215302?utm_campaign=artnetnews&utm_source=010815daily&utm_medium=email http://en.qantara.de/content/the-revolution-of-25-january-2011-and-its-consequences-learning-from-past-mistakes Right from the word go, the Egyptian writer Mansoura Ez-Eldin was part of the protests against the Mubarak regime in Tahrir Square in January 2011. She became a chronicler of the revolution, reporting daily on the unrest in the Egyptian capital. In this essay, she outlines the mistakes made by the former revolutionary movement and explains why Egypt is now undergoing an authoritarian restoration. Fri, 19 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/the-revolution-of-25-january-2011-and-its-consequences-learning-from-past-mistakes http://www.dw.de/the-high-price-of-freedom-in-vietnam/a-18083350 Bloggers in Vietnam are severely repressed. A month ago, one of the country's most popular bloggers was set free, only to be immediately deported to the US. He talks to DW about his experiences and plans for the future. Mon, 24 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.dw.de/the-high-price-of-freedom-in-vietnam/a-18083350 http://www.dw.de/opinion-revolution-of-dignity-in-ukraine/a-18077223 The Ukrainians defeated an autocratic regime. They chose democracy and want a constitutional state. But DW's Bernd Johann warns that this new departure could be blocked by homegrown oligarchs and by Moscow. Fri, 21 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.dw.de/opinion-revolution-of-dignity-in-ukraine/a-18077223 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37716&lan=EN The opening session of World Forum for Democracy was an inaugural lecture by social theorist and economist Jeremy Rifkin, who emphasized the importance of information technology today, speculating that a new world could emerge from the �oethird industrial revolution”: a digital, fully interconnected global economy. A new global economy, connected as one single unit, which Rifkin described as �oethe only hope for reducing the ecological footprint of the human race”. Fri, 21 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37716&lan=EN http://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/jeri-laber/25-years-after-fall-of-communism-call Twenty-five years ago, in November 1989, the Berlin Wall fell. Over the course of one weekend, some two million jubilant East Germans breached the Wall and crossed into West Berlin to greet family, friends and countrymen from whom they had been forcibly separated for more than twenty-eight years. The East German Communist leaders had lost control. Border guards, instructed to shoot anyone trying to cross the wall, held their fire. The fall of the Wall came to symbolize the monumental year of 1989, when Communism collapsed in six countries whose systems had been considered immutable: Poland, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria and Romania. Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators brought about this change. Fri, 07 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/jeri-laber/25-years-after-fall-of-communism-call http://en.qantara.de/content/interview-with-tunisian-human-rights-activist-bochra-belhadj-hamida-demonised-insulted-and Bochra Belhadj Hamida is a lawyer and one of the most prominent human and women's rights activists in Tunisia. She is now running for parliament for Nidaa Tounes, a new party that brings together a range of political viewpoints. She discussed the current situation in Tunisia in an interview with Martina Sabra. Mon, 27 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/interview-with-tunisian-human-rights-activist-bochra-belhadj-hamida-demonised-insulted-and http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-09-30/what-hong-kong-means-for-the-global-economy Tue, 30 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-09-30/what-hong-kong-means-for-the-global-economy http://www.robert-schuman.eu/fr/oee/1530-le-choix-probable-des-ecossais-de-rester-au-sein-du-royaume-uni-ne-devrait-cependant-pas-signer-la-fin-du-processus-d-autonomisation "Should Scotland be an independent country?", this is question that 4 million voters living in Scotland will have to answer, with either "yes" or "no" on 18th September (people born in Scotland but not registered on the electoral rolls are not allowed to vote whilst those born in England but living in Scotland will be able to vote) - this affects around 500,000 Britons living in Scotland and 800,000 Scots living in England. Young people aged 16 to 18 are also allowed to vote in this referendum. Unlike the 1997 referendum, there is no minimum turnout threshold required for the validation of this election. Mon, 25 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.robert-schuman.eu/fr/oee/1530-le-choix-probable-des-ecossais-de-rester-au-sein-du-royaume-uni-ne-devrait-cependant-pas-signer-la-fin-du-processus-d-autonomisation http://consortiumnews.com/2014/08/22/how-the-internet-checks-police-abuses/ Though often disparaged by the mainstream media, the Internet �" and its social media �" represent an important safeguard against civil rights abuses, like the police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, from being covered up. That makes Net neutrality especially important, says Michael Winship. Fri, 22 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://consortiumnews.com/2014/08/22/how-the-internet-checks-police-abuses/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37334&lan=EN Ecuador is committed to protecting persons subject to political persecution. Two years ago, after a profound investigation and review of our legal obligations, we decided to give political asylum to Julian Assange. Wed, 20 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37334&lan=EN http://www.e-ir.info/2014/08/15/a-transnational-public-sphere-for-a-digital-generation/ The striking similarity of digitally mediated political actions by young citizens in different parts of the world in recent years has raised the intriguing possibility that these may be indicators of an emerging transnational public sphere. Fri, 15 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.e-ir.info/2014/08/15/a-transnational-public-sphere-for-a-digital-generation/ http://fr.globalvoicesonline.org/2014/08/19/173545/ Thailand’s military government, known as the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), has enacted an interim constitution that it claims will lead to democratic reforms in the country, but critics have pointed out that the new charter is designed to perpetuate a military dictatorship. Tue, 19 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://fr.globalvoicesonline.org/2014/08/19/173545/ http://www.robert-schuman.eu/fr/questions-d-europe/0320-reformer-l-union-europeenne-quelles-methodes-quels scenarios The crisis has highlighted the limits of the economic and political governance of the European Union and more specifically that of the euro zone. Given the limits of the present EU treaties and the difficulty in planning their revision in the short term, what methods are there available and what options are possible to strengthen Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)? Mon, 07 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.robert-schuman.eu/fr/questions-d-europe/0320-reformer-l-union-europeenne-quelles-methodes-quels scenarios http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37063&lan=EN The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning held a half-day general discussion on girls’ and women’s right to education, in view of receiving inputs and contributions for its draft General Recommendation on the issue. Mon, 07 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37063&lan=EN http://politika.lv/article_files/2553/original/EU_decision_making_petijums.pdf?1391777868 This study aims to analyse the issue of how well do the new members state of the EU use the rights to initiate, to prepare, and to take decisions at the European Union level, from an unusual angle �" namely, how well have the various EU member states managed to integrate their own civic society organisations (CSOs) into forming their national positions on EU legislative proposals and policy documents? Fri, 07 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://politika.lv/article_files/2553/original/EU_decision_making_petijums.pdf?1391777868 http://www.arctic-council.org/index.php/en/resources/news-and-press/news-archive/874-new-guidelines-from-pame-on-arctic-offshore-oil-and-gas-safety-management A new report from Working Group PAME provides guidance on options to promote improved safety culture and robust safety management systems in the Arctic offshore oil and gas industry. As interest in Arctic offshore petroleum resources continues to grow, there has been growing concern about the potential effects that an increase in such activities could have on the Arctic marine environment and the ways of life of indigenous people and local communities. Thu, 22 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.arctic-council.org/index.php/en/resources/news-and-press/news-archive/874-new-guidelines-from-pame-on-arctic-offshore-oil-and-gas-safety-management http://www.dw.de/der-philosoph-der-%C3%B6ffentlichkeit/a-17709469 "A common thread that runs through Habermas's theory is democracy, which he once called the 'magic word' of his thinking," explained sociologist and Habermas biographer Stefan Müller-Doohm. "That includes the view that the capitalist economic system must be "tamed" by democratic means". Wed, 18 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.dw.de/der-philosoph-der-%C3%B6ffentlichkeit/a-17709469 http://forumblog.org/2014/06/arab-world-transitions-democracy/ Tensions in Iraq may be dominating the headlines, but there are complex patterns of division and polarization across the Arab region. When the World Economic Forum polled experts and leaders on the world’s most significant challenges for the Outlook on the Global Agenda 2014 (now available in Arabic), rising societal tensions and polarization in the Middle East and North Africa came out top. Thu, 12 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://forumblog.org/2014/06/arab-world-transitions-democracy/ http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-27675343 Syria is holding a presidential election in government-held areas, amid heightened security. President Bashar al-Assad is widely expected to win a third seven-year term in office. However, critics of the Syrian government have denounced the election as a farce. Syria is three years into a civil war in which tens of thousands of people have died and millions more have been displaced. Analysts say Syrian officials have gone to great lengths to present the vote as a way to resolve the crisis. This is the first time in decades that more than one name - just a member of the Assad family - has appeared on the ballot paper. Tue, 03 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-27675343 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36806&lan=EN This column is about an alternative story of globalisation. But I entreat the readers to wait till the last few lines of this piece to get a sense of this alternative story. It begins not with Kolkata, but Paris. This summer in France was one of discontent. It started with riots in Athens following the monetary collapse in Greece in the wake of the currency crisis there. Germany bailed Greece out with a massive loan with which Greece had to buy German goods. But this signaled the beginning of the long awaited monetary crisis in Europe. Conservative governments in France, Italy, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands, and Denmark began tightening the monetary belt by reducing or planning to reduce expenditure on social security measures in their respective countries. As a result, flags were out on the streets. Old fossil-like communist parties were dead, but the unions were alive. New popular coalitions emerged. Wed, 28 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36806&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36715&lan=EN For UNESCO, global citizenship education (GCE) develops the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes learners need to build a more just, peaceful, tolerant, inclusive, secure and sustainable world. In a globalized and fast-changing world, these are critical skills that current and future generations need to act today and find solutions to tomorrow's global challenges. Mon, 12 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36715&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36713&lan=EN The 4th EU-Africa Summit brought together more than 60 EU and African leaders, and a total of 90 delegations, to discuss the future of EU-Africa relations and reinforce links between the two continents. In the summit declaration, leaders highlighted the close nature of EU-Africa relations and the shared values of democracy, respect for human rights, the rule of law and good governance as well as the right to development. Wed, 07 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36713&lan=EN http://www.euractiv.com/sections/eu-elections-2014/few-differences-between-schulz-and-juncker-german-tv-debate-302036 During the first German TV duel between Martin Schulz and Jean-Claude Juncker, the search to find differences between the two candidates for Commission Presidency continued. EurActiv Germany reports. On Thursday evening (8 May), centre-right Jean-Claude Juncker and Social Democrat Martin Schulz faced off in Berlin for the first TV duel in German broadcast on German and Austrian public television. Similarly to their first debate in Brussels one month ago, the candidates had a hard time trying to carve out policy differences between each other. Fri, 09 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.euractiv.com/sections/eu-elections-2014/few-differences-between-schulz-and-juncker-german-tv-debate-302036 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36571&lan=EN Bosnian citizens' protest against corruption and misgovernance also reveals the deep flaws of the country's ethno-nationalist system. But where is Europe, asks Goran Fejić. Tue, 25 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36571&lan=EN http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/22/opinion/sunday/stray-dogs-and-stateless-babies.html?_r=0 ON National Geographic Traveler Magazine’s Best of the World list this year, Sarajevo joined such select destinations as Liechtenstein, Puglia and Rocky Mountain National Park. But had the innocent tourist recently visited �oethe Balkan urban phoenix,” as the list labeled the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, he would most certainly have run into packs of stray dogs roaming the city. Fri, 21 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/22/opinion/sunday/stray-dogs-and-stateless-babies.html?_r=0 http://policydialogue.org/publications/working_papers/world_protests_2006-2013/ Sat, 14 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://policydialogue.org/publications/working_papers/world_protests_2006-2013/ http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/12/31/silver-lining-year-2013-human-rights With the slaughter of civilians in Syria still horribly unrestrained, it is easy to be discouraged about human rights. There is, of course, every reason for outrage about Syria, and about the international community's narrow focus on peace talks, unlikely as they are to succeed anytime soon, without any comparable effort to stop the killing of civilians while the fighting continues. But there has been human rights progress in many areas in 2013. Tue, 31 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/12/31/silver-lining-year-2013-human-rights http://www.idea.int/americas/latin-america-2013-political-and-electoral-balance.cfm 2013 was an intense year in Latin America, full of important developments, including the death of Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro’s succession via tight and questioned elections; Rafael Correa’s re-election in Ecuador and the return of Michelle Bachelet to power in Chile. Fri, 03 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.idea.int/americas/latin-america-2013-political-and-electoral-balance.cfm http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/10546394/Europe-is-slowly-strangling-the-life-out-of-national-democracy.html Decisions affecting the lives of voters are being taken by bureaucrats and unelected 'experts' Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/10546394/Europe-is-slowly-strangling-the-life-out-of-national-democracy.html http://blog.mondediplo.net/2013-12-22-Que-sont-les-revolutions-arabes-devenues Three years ago - to the surprise of both Arab intellectuals in their ivory towers and Western experts expounding on the passivity of the Arab masses and their lack of desire for change and democracy - the Egyptian people, followed the Tunisians by taking to the streets. In a fortnight, they brought to an end a dictatorship that had seemed unshakable. The peaceful nature of the changes, which had its martyrs but no large-scale massacres, astonished the world. Mon, 23 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.mondediplo.net/2013-12-22-Que-sont-les-revolutions-arabes-devenues http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36314&lan=EN Today it is a given that Europe has screwed up, that it is screwed over. There are various diagnostics. Some think that it is due to the laziness of the Southerners, that the Mediterranean climate and the siesta made them live above their means (we have heard this enough, for some time now in Latin America). Others blame the rigidity of the German Central Bank that dominates the troika and imposes its nostrums on the other economies. Fri, 20 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36314&lan=EN http://www.idea.int/news/the-missing-link-connecting-young-people-to-politics.cfm One of the major challenges facing democracy this century is how to translate citizen demands into responsive and accountable politics. Formal institutions of democracy are now established in most countries around the world, but there is often a missing link in the form of meaningful citizen participation in politics. Thu, 12 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.idea.int/news/the-missing-link-connecting-young-people-to-politics.cfm http://de.qantara.de/inhalt/debatten-ueber-den-euro-islam-vermintes-gelaende The concept of European Islam has proved to be a constant source of controversy. For some it embodies the deliverance of Islam from everything that is perceived as backward looking and pre-modern. Others fear that a European Islam is a watered-down religion, a kind of government-controlled "state Islam", prepared to fully accommodate to the wishes of the authorities. By Claudia Mende Thu, 28 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://de.qantara.de/inhalt/debatten-ueber-den-euro-islam-vermintes-gelaende http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36213&lan=EN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed his profound sadness at the passing of Nelson Mandela, extolling the life of the late human rights lawyer, prisoner of conscience, international peacemaker and first democratically-elected President of post-apartheid South Africa as an inspiration for all. Thu, 05 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36213&lan=EN http://en.qantara.de/content/muslims-in-liberal-democracies-why-the-west-fears-islam Harvard professor and Islam expert Jocelyne Cesari looks into the mechanisms of the West's fear of Islam, and ponders on how the dominant narrative that tends to present Islam as an alien religion can be countered The integration of Muslim immigrants has been on the political agenda of European democracies for several decades. Mon, 11 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/muslims-in-liberal-democracies-why-the-west-fears-islam http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36067&lan=EN Some forty Latin American communicators, responding to the call of the Agencia Latinoamericana de Información (ALAI) and the Asociación Latinoamericana de Educación Radiofónica (ALER), will be meeting in Quito, from November 4 to 6, under the banner of "Democratizar la palabra en la integración de los pueblos" (Democratizing communication for people’s integration), with a view to advancing the formulation of a common agenda. Thu, 31 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36067&lan=EN http://www.friendsofeurope.org/Contentnavigation/Publications/Libraryoverview/tabid/1186/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/3569/Aung-San-Suu-Kyi-must-help-end-BuddhistMuslim-violence.aspx Myanmar opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s presence in Strasbourg to receive the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize is a potent reminder of just how far the Nobel laureate and her once-pariah nation have travelled in the last few years. Fri, 04 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.friendsofeurope.org/Contentnavigation/Publications/Libraryoverview/tabid/1186/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/3569/Aung-San-Suu-Kyi-must-help-end-BuddhistMuslim-violence.aspx http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/fr/news-room/content/20131021STO22708/html/Aung-San-Suu-Kyi-re%C3%A7oit-son-Prix-Sakharov-23-ans-plus-tard Myanmar human rights legend Aung San Suu Kyi finally received her Sakharov Prize on 22 October, 23 years after it was awarded by the European Parliament. Tue, 22 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/fr/news-room/content/20131021STO22708/html/Aung-San-Suu-Kyi-re%C3%A7oit-son-Prix-Sakharov-23-ans-plus-tard http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/10/22/jordan-reform-agenda-falling-short Other countries should use the upcoming periodic review of Jordan’s human rights record at the United Nations Human Rights Council to press for concrete reforms, Human Rights Watch said today. In particular, country representatives gathering in Geneva for the review process on October 24, 2013, should press Jordan to amend its penal code to remove vague charges that limit rights to free expression, assembly, and association. Wed, 23 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/10/22/jordan-reform-agenda-falling-short http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/13/inequality-is-a-choice/?_r=0 It’s well known by now that income and wealth inequality in most rich countries, especially the United States, have soared in recent decades and, tragically, worsened even more since the Great Recession. But what about the rest of the world? Is the gap between countries narrowing, as rising economic powers like China and India have lifted hundreds of millions of people from poverty? And within poor and middle-income countries, is inequality getting worse or better? Are we moving toward a more fair world, or a more unjust one? Sun, 13 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/13/inequality-is-a-choice/?_r=0 http://www.iwallerstein.com/samson-complex/ We seem to have a lot of putative Samsons these days, who are blocking or seeking to block what they consider to be dangerous �oecompromises” with the enemy. Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s Prime Minister, is saying that a bad deal is worse than no deal. He is referring to what he sees as the U.S.-Russian agreement on Syria and the possible U.S.-Iranian accord. In Colombia, the former Conservative president is inveighing against the current Conservative president because he is negotiating with the guerilla organization known as FARC under the auspices of Cuba and Brazil. Tue, 15 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.iwallerstein.com/samson-complex/ http://www.presseurop.eu/fr/content/article/4236291-ecoutons-aussi-les-eurosceptiques Apparently, EU politicians not only want people to think about the EU, they also want to decide what they think. They should be more open to debate with Eurosceptics in all layers of the population. Wed, 16 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.presseurop.eu/fr/content/article/4236291-ecoutons-aussi-les-eurosceptiques http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=35946&lan=EN The "International Day of Democracy" is the right time to think out loud about democracy, what means, what represents as everyday behaviour at a personal, local, regional and international scale, how the �oedemocratic principles enshrined in the UNESCO’s Constitution in 1945can be better respected and implemented worldwide as the best solution to face the present challenges. Sun, 15 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=35946&lan=EN http://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2013/10/14/tunisie-une-occasion-historique-deliminer-la-pratique-de-la-torture Tunisian legislators should electqualified, independent experts to a new body created to combat and prevent torture. Mon, 14 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2013/10/14/tunisie-une-occasion-historique-deliminer-la-pratique-de-la-torture http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/fr/news-room/content/20131009IPR21810/html/Malala-Yousafzai-laur%C3%A9ate-du-Prix-Sakharov-2013 Pakistani campaigner for girls' education Malala Yousafzai is the laureate of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought 2013, following today's decision of the Conference of Presidents (EP President and political group leaders). She will be invited to receive the award at a ceremony in Strasbourg on 20 November. Thu, 10 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/fr/news-room/content/20131009IPR21810/html/Malala-Yousafzai-laur%C3%A9ate-du-Prix-Sakharov-2013 http://www.cnbc.com/id/101082182?__source=ft&par=ft Whatever the leadership wants to talk about, we've got a budget and we think we've got some good answers. But we don't expect 100%. But what I've also said is that it is not acceptable for one faction of one party in one chamber to say, "Either we get what we want, or we'll shut down the government." Wed, 02 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.cnbc.com/id/101082182?__source=ft&par=ft http://www.presseurop.eu/fr/content/article/4078281-les-partis-sont-morts-vive-les-partis Bulgaria's protest rallies during the last few weeks show, once again, that the Internet and social media are unavoidable forums for political debate and key to shaping public opinion. Yet, when it comes to concrete political action nothing can replace political parties �" for now. Fri, 23 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.presseurop.eu/fr/content/article/4078281-les-partis-sont-morts-vive-les-partis http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/a-life-of-torture-starvation-and-executions-inside-north-koreas-horrifyingly-cruel-prison-camps-8777170.html A mother made to kill her own baby. Starving children forced to eat live rats and frogs. Public executions. Torture. Mutilation. These are just a few of the horrific yet routine occurrences in North Korea’s prison camps, according to two former inmates who testified today before a United Nations commission of enquiry in Seoul, South Korea. The Pyongyang regime, by contrast, denies such camps even exist. Wed, 21 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/a-life-of-torture-starvation-and-executions-inside-north-koreas-horrifyingly-cruel-prison-camps-8777170.html http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/06/the-revolt-of-the-global-middle-class/277125/ Sun, 23 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/06/the-revolt-of-the-global-middle-class/277125/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=35508&lan=EN Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=35508&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=35502&lan=EN Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=35502&lan=EN http://www.world-governance.org/spip.php?article867 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.world-governance.org/spip.php?article867 http://www.robert-schuman.eu/question_europe.php?num=qe-252 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.robert-schuman.eu/question_europe.php?num=qe-252 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=35291&lan=EN Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=35291&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=35256&lan=EN Sat, 15 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=35256&lan=EN http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13621025.2012.698514 Thu, 30 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13621025.2012.698514 http://www.policyinnovations.org/ideas/briefings/data/000241 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.policyinnovations.org/ideas/briefings/data/000241 http://www.policyinnovations.org/ideas/commentary/data/000241 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.policyinnovations.org/ideas/commentary/data/000241 http://www.presseurop.eu/fr/content/article/2211871-l-europe-n-pas-le-monopole-de-la-democratie Wed, 20 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.presseurop.eu/fr/content/article/2211871-l-europe-n-pas-le-monopole-de-la-democratie http://www.policyinnovations.org/ideas/commentary/data/000236 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.policyinnovations.org/ideas/commentary/data/000236 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=35070&lan=EN Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=35070&lan=EN http://www.presseurop.eu/de/content/article/1791841-werden-die-piraten-europa-demokratisieren Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.presseurop.eu/de/content/article/1791841-werden-die-piraten-europa-demokratisieren http://www.policyinnovations.org/ideas/briefings/data/000232 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.policyinnovations.org/ideas/briefings/data/000232 http://www.presseurop.eu/fr/content/article/1573651-le-pacte-budgetaire-n-est-pas-la-panacee Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.presseurop.eu/fr/content/article/1573651-le-pacte-budgetaire-n-est-pas-la-panacee http://giswatch.org/blog-entry/4/new-report-internet-and-democracy-dedicated-arab-revolutions Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://giswatch.org/blog-entry/4/new-report-internet-and-democracy-dedicated-arab-revolutions http://www.literaturfestival.com/news/aufruf-zu-einer-weltweiten-lesung-fuer-die-freilassung-von-liu-xiaobo-am-20.-maerz-2012-en Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.literaturfestival.com/news/aufruf-zu-einer-weltweiten-lesung-fuer-die-freilassung-von-liu-xiaobo-am-20.-maerz-2012-en http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=34854&lan=EN Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=34854&lan=EN http://www.courrierinternational.com/article/2011/12/26/occupy-c-est-le-mot-de-l-annee Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.courrierinternational.com/article/2011/12/26/occupy-c-est-le-mot-de-l-annee http://www.presseurop.eu/fr/content/article/1249891-le-declin-de-l-europe-n-est-pas-pour-demain Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.presseurop.eu/fr/content/article/1249891-le-declin-de-l-europe-n-est-pas-pour-demain http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=34834&lan=EN Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=34834&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=34802&lan=EN Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=34802&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=34757&lan=EN Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=34757&lan=EN http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/spain-indignados-protests_b_1029640.html?utm_source=DailyBrief&utm_campaign=102511&utm_medium=email&utm_content=FeatureTitle&utm_term=Daily+Brief&ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false#sb=2191217 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000 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http://www.slate.fr/story/42997/guerre-paix-avenir-futur http://www.cafebabel.fr/article/38309/tuerie-oslo-oublier-affoler-engager-attentats.html Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.cafebabel.fr/article/38309/tuerie-oslo-oublier-affoler-engager-attentats.html http://www.policyinnovations.org/ideas/commentary/data/000218 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.policyinnovations.org/ideas/commentary/data/000218 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=34599&lan=EN Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=34599&lan=EN http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2010-01-28-offe-en.html Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2010-01-28-offe-en.html http://www.presseurop.eu/fr/content/article/769111-plus-de-democratie-ne-regle-rien Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.presseurop.eu/fr/content/article/769111-plus-de-democratie-ne-regle-rien http://www.cafebabel.es/article/38013/trans-crise-europeenne-les-jeunes-epousent-la-dett.html ‘Mr. Europe, we need to talk’... What kind of illusions are today’s youth still able to harbour in an era in which the Yalta generation propose debt for younger people and patrimony for older people? Petition Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.cafebabel.es/article/38013/trans-crise-europeenne-les-jeunes-epousent-la-dett.html http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/climate-of-denial-20110622 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/climate-of-denial-20110622 http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,767032,00.html Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,767032,00.html http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/events/social-and-human-sciences-events/?tx_browser_pi1[showUid]=3979&cHash=cffeb36abb Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/events/social-and-human-sciences-events/?tx_browser_pi1[showUid]=3979&cHash=cffeb36abb http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=34433&lan=EN Wed, 04 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=34433&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=34430&lan=EN Tue, 03 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=34430&lan=EN http://counterpunch.org/chomsky04222011.html Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://counterpunch.org/chomsky04222011.html http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/12/opinion/12iht-edkepel12.html?_r=2 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/12/opinion/12iht-edkepel12.html?_r=2 http://www.arabwestforum.org/home Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.arabwestforum.org/home http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=34345&lan=EN Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=34345&lan=EN http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703818204576206391411710346.html Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703818204576206391411710346.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/11/AR2011031106730.html Sun, 13 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000 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Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=34226&lan=EN http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/worldview/101129/wikileaks-world-war-I Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/worldview/101129/wikileaks-world-war-I http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/11/15/guest_blog_why_globalization_isnt_working Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/11/15/guest_blog_why_globalization_isnt_working http://www.alternet.org/environment/148215/we_just_went_through_200_years_of_radical_economic_upheaval_--_the_next_economic_era_offers_us_a_chance_to_control_it?page=entire Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.alternet.org/environment/148215/we_just_went_through_200_years_of_radical_economic_upheaval_--_the_next_economic_era_offers_us_a_chance_to_control_it?page=entire http://www.fidh.org/L-obstination-du-temoignage-Rapport-2010 Mon, 13 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.fidh.org/L-obstination-du-temoignage-Rapport-2010 http://www.alternet.org/world/147493/oliver_stone_tells_the_real_story_of_the_leftist_latin_american_leaders_transforming_the_continent?page=entire Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.alternet.org/world/147493/oliver_stone_tells_the_real_story_of_the_leftist_latin_american_leaders_transforming_the_continent?page=entire http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=33463&lan=EN Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=33463&lan=EN http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1286480/EU-chief-warns-democracy-disappear-Greece-Spain-Portugal.html Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1286480/EU-chief-warns-democracy-disappear-Greece-Spain-Portugal.html http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=33023&lan=EN Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=33023&lan=EN http://www.cafebabel.fr/article/32348/comparaison-etats-unis-europe-analyse.html It’s been a year since Barack Obama was inaugurated president of the United States on 20 January. But despite his inspiring speeches, he is no Franklin Roosevelt, and even if he were, he needs 60 out of 100 votes in the US Senate to pass anything. 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