News archive 08/2017 for International Politics and Society | IPS Journal

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European integration

Reparations and the crisis of Poland’s foreign policy

The return of Poland's reparations debate reveals the ruling party's primitive approach to morality, history and sovereignty

By Piotr Buras

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From my bookshelf

Dear Mr Trump: please read this book

Paul Hockenos' 'Berlin Calling' reveals the truth about living behind a wall – from Bowie's bohemia to neo-Nazi clashes

By Emma Bullimore

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North America

Democrats disunited

Once the ‘party of the unions’, US Democrats have lost touch with the working class

By Norman Birnbaum

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European integration

Robin Hood had the right idea

Why the left needs to deliver on the financial transaction tax

By Stephany Griffith-Jones

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Interviews

Macron: the honeymoon's over

Professor Rainbow Murray discusses the French president's rapidly declining popularity

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Latin America

Long live democracy! (When it suits us.)

Leftists in Latin America must take a stand against Venezuela’s abuses

By Claudia Detsch

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Classroom politics

Education – not wealth – determines how Europeans will vote

By Mark Bovens, Anchrit Wille

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Nord Stream 2: a climate-busting cash cow

The death of the planned gas pipeline would be blessing in disguise

By Paul Hockenos

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Interviews

“The economy isn’t working for workers”

American union leader Richard Trumka on Trump, trade and tax breaks for the rich

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European integration

Bro-xit

There’s only one woman on the UK Brexit negotiating team – here’s why that matters

By Charlotte O'Brien