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Oct 21, 20187 min read

LA Review of Books: Democracy: The Best of the Worst? A Conversation with Paul Cartledge

EDITOR’S NOTE: Paul Cartledge, a Cambridge professor with a background in the classics, published Democracy: A Lifein 2016. Our reviewer,...

Jul 17, 20186 min read

Village Magazine: Interview with Eleonora Evi - FiveStarMovement

"We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at five stars" Roslyn Fuller interviews Eleonora Evi, MEP for Italy’s Five Star...

Nov 7, 201710 min read

LA Review of Books: Pirates, Democracy, and the Digital Revolution

AS AMERICAN DEMOCRACY seems to take another downward bend in its own death spiral with each passing week, the United States might learn a...

Dec 13, 20164 min read

UNA-UK Magazine: Are the people always right?

A discussion between Katy Collins and Roslyn Fuller: Katy Collin, PhD in international relations, School of International Service,...

Oct 31, 201612 min read

LA Review of Books: “Against Democracy” and “Against Elections”: Where Do We Go From Here?

AS THE UNITED STATES APPROACHES a most divisive presidential election, it is hardly surprising to see an upsurge in literature proposing...

Sep 20, 201616 min read

Alternet: Heartbreaking Stories from Academia

“What is education?” Ruth Wangerin asks me, when I Skype the sociology professor at her home in New York. “Is education a good for its...

Sep 15, 20165 min read

RT: Why a US presidential pardon for Edward Snowden is not such a crazy idea after all

This Friday, Oliver Stone’s film 'Snowden' hits theaters. The release will be accompanied by a campaign that is focused on procuring a...

Jul 28, 20165 min read

OpenDemocracy: Using technology to inject the demos back into democracy

The recent Brexit referendum revealed a deep societal rift about what the word ‘democracy’ means. To some, the term ‘democracy’ is...

Jun 21, 201614 min read

LA Review of Books: Democracy — Too Much of a Good Thing?

ANDREW SULLIVAN’S RECENT New York magazine essay, Democracies End When They Are Too Democratic, rattled many a reader and provoked a...

Jun 9, 201611 min read

The Nation: Why Is American Democracy So Broken, and Can It Be Fixed?

Few elections in the Western world offer the spectacle that is an American presidential race. While Brits tend to keep a stiff upper lip...

Jun 8, 20167 min read

Alternet: Post-Capitalism Utopia Is a Bit of a Farce

One of Ireland’s thicker politicians recently made the rather bold claim that the country was in danger of becoming "a lawless utopia."...

Feb 9, 20164 min read

TheJournal: You risk blowing your savings on a lifetime supply of pens when you run for elections

How much you spend on your campaign still plays a large role in determining whether you win a seat , writes Roslyn Fuller. THE US AND...

Feb 6, 20166 min read

RT: 3 false claims MSM is making about the Assange case

The mainstream media has fallen in line with the governments of the UK and Sweden to dispute the legitimacy and significance of the...

Feb 6, 20164 min read

The Irish Times: Democracy’s Beginning by Thomas Mitchell review: when democracy first ruled

These are tumultuous times for democracy. Syriza’s meteoric rise and partial fall was joined by one of the most statistically skewed...

Jan 21, 20167 min read

Alternet: How We Can Overcome Oligarchy Disguised as Democracy

As many countries show, technology can bring decision making closer to the voters. He who says organization, says oligarchy. So wrote...

Jan 12, 20163 min read

Toronto Star: We need democratic reform, not just electoral reform

I left Canada as a teenager over 15 years ago, first to study abroad, then to live and work in Europe. You get used to a lot of things...

Oct 11, 20158 min read

Alternet: Democracy Has Lost Its Purpose

National democracies today often present a bleak picture with fractured electorates dominated by minority parties that come to power...

Aug 24, 20156 min read

RT: In time of crisis, the world needs to unite for peace

Nearly one in every hundred people on Earth today has been forced to flee their home in search of safety elsewhere. The vast majority are...

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