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Under Western Eyes

by John Gray,

By John Gray, adapted from an article in the October 2014 issue of Prospect. Gray is the author of many books, including False Dawn, Straw Dogs, and The Silence of…

Astra Taylor on The People’s Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age

by Rose Dwyer,

Astra Taylor discusses the potential and peril of the Internet as a tool for cultural democracy

Why Vote?

by Kevin Baker,

When your vote counts for nothing

All Politics Is Local

by Daniel Alarcón,

Election night in Peru’s largest prison

Killing the Competition

by Barry C. Lynn,

How the new monopolies are destroying open markets

Will Oil Drown the Arab Spring?

by Michael Ross,

This is not an Islamic revolution

by Olivier Roy,Translated by Jonathan Derbyshire,

Democracy 101

by Lewis H. Lapham,

Mark Twain's farewell address

Tact in the age of Wikileaks

by Slavoj Zizek,

America

by Harper’s Staff,

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