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Secret files: British government courting Arab tyrants, fossil fuel interests
Secret files: British government courting Arab tyrants, fossil fuel interests Official documents show how oil and business interests trump democracy A range of official government documents released under Freedom of Information (FOI) expose how the British government is valiantly promoting democracy in the Middle East: by courting the region’s most vociferous opponents of democracy. The […]
Global Capitalism and the Culture of Mad Violence
Global Capitalism and the Culture of Mad Violence Mohsen Abdelmoumen: The concept of “disposability” frequently returns in your writing, whether speaking of youth, politics, the future, etc. Why do you insist on this theme? Henry Giroux: Global capitalism has taken on a range of characteristics that demand a new language for understanding such shifts along with the […]
The Plague of American Authoritarianism
The Plague of American Authoritarianism Authoritarianism in the American collective psyche and in what might be called traditional narratives of historical memory is always viewed as existing elsewhere. Viewed as an alien and demagogic political system, it is primarily understood as a mode of governance associated with the dictatorships in Latin America in the 1970s […]
The End of Freedom of Speech in Spain
The End of Freedom of Speech in Spain Spain has shown that it is fully on board with the Brussels authoritarian direction of ending democracy. Those in power have simply convinced themselves that the people do not understand what is good for them so they must impose their will upon the people but raw force. […]
Media Lessons From Snowden Reporting: LA Times Editors Advocate Prosecution of Sources
Media Lessons From Snowden Reporting: LA Times Editors Advocate Prosecution of Sources Two years ago, the first story based on the Snowden archive was published in the Guardian, revealing a program of domestic mass surveillance which, at least in its original form, ended this week. To commemorate that anniversary, Edward Snowden himself reflected in a New York Times Op-Edon the “power of an informed public” […]
Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Publicly Tells Citizens to “Act More Like Sheep”
Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Publicly Tells Citizens to “Act More Like Sheep” Hong Kong’s unpopular chief executive has infuriated pro-democracy campaigners by using a Chinese New Year message to urge the former colony’s citizens to act more “like sheep”. “In the coming year, I hope that all people in Hong Kong will take inspiration from […]
Bolivian authoritarianism: not just a right-wing charge | ROAR Magazine
Bolivian authoritarianism: not just a right-wing charge | ROAR Magazine. Winning Bolivia’s presidential elections in 2005, 2009 and most recently in October 2014, Evo Morales of the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS), or Movement for Socialism, has now entered his third presidential term. Morales is known worldwide as Bolivia’s first indigenous president, an anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist, environmentalist, and a […]
24 TYPES OF AUTHORITARIAN « The Burning Platform
24 TYPES OF AUTHORITARIAN « The Burning Platform.
