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Kagarlitsky: The Left's Broken Clock
Jan 27, 2012
Someone once likened the political positions of the extreme left with a broken clock that never shows the right time
Karr: Why We Went Black
Jan 22, 2012
Wednesday's nationwide protest of Internet blacklist legislation was part of a brewing movement to keep control over the Internet out of the hands of corporations and governments
Kagarlitsky: The Protesters' Lull Before the Storm
Jan 11, 2012
The holiday brought a lull in the opposition's passions and drained the protest movement of the momentum it had only begun to build
Kaur: Women and Exclusionary Development
Jan 02, 2012
A preoccupation with women’s bodies sadly determines for some, which issues are labeled as ‘women’s issues’
Kelly: Assembly Time
Dec 28, 2011
There is simply no predicting what we may be building with the work we do now
Kelly: Following Yonder Star
Dec 25, 2011
The desires to live more simply, to share resources more radically, and to prefer service to dominance are not unique to any place, season, or religion
Kagarlitsky: Politics Without Choice
Dec 20, 2011
The purpose of presidential elections is only to try to legitimize decisions that rulers have already made
Kelly: Big Shoulders in Chicago and Kabul
Dec 19, 2011
NATO leaders continue to prepare for conflict further and further from the North Atlantic shores
Kagarlitsky: The Struggle Emerges in Russia
Dec 15, 2011
Interview on the roots of recent protests in Russia and prospects for the future
Kagarlitsky: Managed Democracy Fails in a Crisis
Dec 08, 2011
The inability of the authorities to cope with the rising wave of social problems has naturally spilled into the political sphere
Kagarlitsky: Why Stock Markets Cause Economic Crises
Nov 13, 2011
When the gap between the games on the stock exchange and the real economy became too great, it resulted in collapse
Kagarlitsky: Occupy the Belly of the Beast
Oct 27, 2011
The response to this crisis of democracy is not to reject it, but to reinvent it at the grassroots level through protest and resistance
Kagarlitsky: Useless Money
Sep 30, 2011
Political elite the world over are determined to avoid radical change and desperate to follow their habitual course
Kagarlitsky: How Russia Resembles Libya
Sep 15, 2011
In place of an analysis of Libyan society, Russian officials have become bogged down in an argument over a clash of values
Kagarlitsky: Soviet vs. EU Collapse
Aug 27, 2011
As with the Soviet collapse, the more politicians try to save the EU, the less viable it becomes
Kagarlitsky: The World's Largest Pyramid Scheme
Aug 12, 2011
The U.S. system of social benefits is complicated, expensive, ineffective and, most important, selective
Kagarlitsky: Blue Bucket Protests Will Fail
Jun 21, 2011
If there is any group that becomes mobilized, however, it is the privileged bureaucrats
Kagarlitsky: Default on a Global Scale
Jun 11, 2011
There is a fierce battle for power among the ruling elite, but there is no battle of ideas
Kagarlitsky: Privatization Follies
Jun 04, 2011
A new wave of privatization is getting under way in Russia
Feb 09, 2012
The only reason the lower class is not rebelling yet is that ordinary Russians are overburdened with the daily struggle for survival