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A crisis-opportunity moment, Paul Rogers
The world's financial nervous breakdown is far from over. The stock-market turmoil continues, the huge debt issues left by the collapse of major institutions remain potentially destabilising, and there could still be major shocks to come (not least in east-central Europe). The reverberations of a crisis that began in the global north are working their way across the global south. These trends indicate that the convulsions of September-October 2008 - from the fall of Lehman Brothers to the... more »
Edward Carpenter: pioneer open democrat, Sheila Rowbotham
Edward Carpenter (1844-1929), the socialist advocate of homosexual freedom and women's rights, had an extraordinary impact on the cultural and political landscape of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His life and work may have receded from view, but his ideas have many resonances in contemporary public debate. To give just one example, his books Love's Coming of Age (1896) would help to define the parameters of "modern" companionate sexual relations. Indeed, when... more »
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