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Initiative for Democracy in Greece

Dear readers of this blog. I don’t normally do this, but today I am reblogging a petition about democracy in my home country, Greece. I am very worried, not only because of the rise of the extreme (neo-Nazi) right, but … Continue reading

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Spaces of Democracy: An evening with Doreen Massey at the Humboldt University

by Ares Kalandides Reading Doreen Massey’s numerous essays that now span a 40-year career, one phrase sticks out regularly: “Geography matters!” It is sometimes put as simply and poignantly as that; sometimes in an more implicit, but still very straightforward … Continue reading

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Criticism -> Skepticism -> Death-Knell-Attitude

By Renard Teipelke For decades, courageous, enthousiastic, and convinced citizens have fought for a better democracy in Germany: more transparent, more direct, more accountable. What these citizens have achieved can hardly be described by any words. They fought the system, … Continue reading

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11th Symposium of the Humboldt Economics Forum: Growth and/or Sustainability!? – Part I

>>> Read Part II >>> Read Part III by Renard Teipelke Part I The world struggles with major challenges ranging from the global economic crisis to terrorism and in Germany, intellectuals come together to discuss issues often pejoratively ascribed to … Continue reading

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