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Neil Faulkner looks at the historical significance of the Taksim protest movement

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Employees secure a protest banner at the headquarters of the Greek public broadcaster ERT on June 13, 2013 in AthensElli Siapkidou describes the movement against the government's decision to shut down ERT, Greece’s national broadcaster

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The use of force against mass protests in Turkey has created an even stronger opposition than Erdogan could have imagined. This spark may yet turn into a massive fire, writes Sait Akgul

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CameronCameron's plans to celebrate WWI are coming under fire - Neil Faulkner debates Max Hastings on the Jeremy Vine Show

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austerityAusterity isn't working, yet all we get is more of it. Why can't our rulers give it up? And how can we break the austerity consensus? With James Meadway and Mary Robinson

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From the streets of Delhi to the corridors of the BBC a new mood is seeing misogyny challenged wherever it rears its ugly head. But why now? And where next? With Lindsey German, Feyzi Ismail and Ellie Mae O'Hagan

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David Cameron and Stephen HarperCanadian prime minister Stephen Harper addressed the UK parliament on Thursday, Sana Malik looks at his record of islamophobia

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Tony Blair - war envoyIf Tony Blair's suggestion of no-fly zones in Syria become a reality, it would almost certainly presage a war throughout the Middle East and perhaps beyond

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protestA demonstration from Clapham Common to Windrush Square in Brixton on the 15th June 2013 protesting against the government's austerity measures meaning hard cuts to Lambeth college

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In the second part of the review of Socialist Register 2013: The Question of Strategy, the strengths and weaknesses of campaigning strategies are discussed, from Occupy to the People’s Assembly

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Chavez muralHugo Chavez was a rare thing - a poplular hero in government. After his death, how can the Bolivarian Revolution go forward? Jeremy Corbyn MP, Bernard Regan and Matt Wilgress discuss at Dangerous Ideas for Dangerous Times

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The last presidential elections saw the largest mass Iranian movement since 19789Sean Ledwith takes a critical look at this week's elections in Iran - the first presidential election since the massive wave of protests after the 2009 poll

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Young protestors march near Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, on June 3, 2013.Volkan Aran traces the growth of Turkey's massive protest movement in response to excessive police violence and the increasingly authoritarian rule of prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

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The 'New Scramble for Africa' and the 'War On Terror'Dan Poulton explores the relationship between the new scramble for Africa and the War on Terror in an article is based on a talk given at the recent Dangerous Ideas for Dangerous Times festival

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Terry Eagleton - Dangerous Ideas for Dangerous TimesEconomic catastrophe has put Marx back on the agenda. Was he right all along? Terry Eagleton makes the case in this video of his talk at Dangerous Ideas for Dangerous Times

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David Harvey - Dangerous Ideas for Dangerous TimesDavid Harvey, speaking at Dangerous Ideas for Dangerous Times, about his latest book, explaining how cities have been, and will continue to be, the main arena of struggle against capitalism and its affects

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Owen Jones - Dangerous Ideas for Dangerous TimesGeorge Osborne takes from those who have least, while the Daily Mail and others cheer his attacks as tackling ‘scroungers’. But Owen Jones thinks that there are some other scroungers in society who might need dealing with

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Tariq Ali - Dangerous Ideas for Dangerous TimesRetreat from Iraq and Afghanistan, allies toppled in Egypt and Libya, recession at home and China on the rise. In this video from Dangerous Ideas for Dangerous Times Tariq Ali asks if US power is on the decline

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Red Flag tornChina Mieville, Chris Nineham and Laurie Penny debate the future of the Left at Dangerous Ideas for Dangerous Times 2013. Video by Paul Hanes

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Austerity is FailingThe first People's Assembly is the start of a process of mobilisation, it will need the commitment of every activist to make its early promise a political reality that can shape our future

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