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Heroes of the Apocalypse

The war in Ukraine has made it clear that we can’t go on with business as usual. This is our wakeup call to change for the better

By Slavoj Žižek

Reuters

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How Bulgaria is dealing with the influx of Ukrainian refugees

The Bulgarian civil society has managed to accommodate the majority of Ukrainian refugees, but dire help needed from the State is nowhere in sight

By Maria Cheresheva

Pexels

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Spain’s emptying lands

By tackling the growing rural demographic decline and lack of political representation, the España Vaciada movement is giving a voice to the affected

By Timo Daum

Reuters

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What’s left of Lebanon’s 2019 uprising?

This weekend’s Lebanese elections likely won’t break sectarian neoliberal parties’ grip on power. That’s also because the left is too weak and divided

By Joseph Daher

Reuters

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The far-right vs. women’s rights

The US Supreme Court’s imminent attack on woman’s right to an abortion is underwritten by a reactionary, sexist, and racist far-right movement

By Lindsay Beyerstein

Reuters

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What the Russian invasion means for Syria

The war in Ukraine has made a political solution in Syria even more unlikely. Meanwhile, the humanitarian situation is deteriorating dramatically

By Sinan Hatahet

Pexels

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The time to support the Global South is now

The war in Ukraine has monopolised the Global North’s attention and resources when the Global South is still dealing with the effect of many crises

By Martin Schulz

Pexels

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The false promise of democratic peace

The belief that democracies don’t start wars, but only dictatorships do, has been central to the Anglo-American worldview. But it is more complicated

By Robert Skidelsky

Reuters

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Who will succeed the Philippines’s Duterte?

The son of former dictator Marcos and the daugther of current president Duterte joined forces for the elections. What are the prospects for the country?

By Vinzenz Huzel

Reuters

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The king of the Republicans

Trump has shattered long-held norms by intervening heavily in the Republican midterm primaries, allowing him to tighten his grip on the party

By Geoffrey Kabaservice