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Ideas Society

Build Back Freer? Anarchist Architecture As Post-Pandemic Model

Imagine self-organized forms of building, from remodeling existing structures to building entirely new spaces to accommodate individual liberty and radical change in social organization. It’s a movement whose time may be coming.

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Geopolitics

Cuba Is A Dictatorship, Latin American Left Doesn’t Seem To Care

Sympathizers of the Cuban communist regime tend to justify Cuba’s violence on protesters and present it as a victim of Western imperialism.

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In The News

Why Sudan Should Matter To Us All

Beyond the geopolitical ramifications, what’s happening in Sudan is our problem too. Between the violence from those in charge and the meaning of citizen movements, the stakes couldn’t be higher.

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Geopolitics

Postcard From Tehran: Iran’s Post-Revolution Generation Comes Of Age

With their piercings, tattoos and provocative social media posts, a new, rowdier generation of urbanites is coming of age in Iran.

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In The News

Lady Liberté From Up Close

Taking pictures of Lady Liberty with my telelens wasn’t even the highlight of this crisp October day in New York City: A couple of hours later, on nearby Ellis Island, I had the surprise of seeing my last name among the list of immigrants featured on the Wall of Honor.

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Future Society

The Streisand Effect: When Internet Censorship Backfires

Babs tried and failed, so did the peeps working for Beyonce and even French President Francois Hollande. Once online, information beats to the sound of its own drum.

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Society

Yes, The NSA Is Tracking You. Get Over It

A German writer is fed up with the hypocrisy of an exhibitionist society outraged by the limits of privacy. Yes, you are being monitored. Now get back to your celebrity Twitter feed.

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blog Society

Why Is This German Career Criminal So Angry He’s Being Freed?

After decades behind bars, a court suddenly orders the release of a lifelong criminal in Bavaria who says he’s unprepared to be “out there in the world.”

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