Author: Georgio Konstandi
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Building over a mass grave: Russian council continues its erasure of Stalin’s Terror
REPORT Activists from the Ural branch of the post-Soviet historical and civil rights NGO, Memorial, are raising the alarm, after finding evidence that Yekaterinburg council is commencing a new construction project within a known mass burial ground. In the grounds lie an estimated minimum of 20 000 victims of Stalinist crimes. The civil rights organisation,…
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An interview with Polish abortion rights protesters: ‘the Church and politicians will kill women in Poland’
INTERVIEW As Poland’s right-wing PiS (Law and Justice) government puts on hold the implementation of a new court ruling that would outlaw almost all abortions, Politika News talks to Polish women who have been protesting over the last week. They try to put into words their anger and fatigue, as well as what life for…
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Election 2020: an interview with political analyst, Drew Savicki
INTERVIEW With just over a month to go until this year’s Presidential Election, Politika News was fortunate enough to have a (virtual) discussion with political analyst, Drew Savicki, from 270ToWin. With over 27,000 Twitter followers and years of experience in analysing US elections, we asked him the questions every politico wants to know about the…
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We could still be waking up to four more years of Trump on November 4th
OPINION As the US coronavirus death toll soared in July and the nation’s open wounds on race gushed in mass riots, the Cheshire-cat grin was finally slipping from the faces of the GOP. Trump’s poll numbers were free-falling nationwide, to use the White House resident’s own vernacular, like nothing we had ever seen. The Cook…
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Macron’s new government ditches LREM’s left-wing pretences
OPINION After the municipal elections in June, Emmanuel Macron’s government reshuffle has heralded the appearance of a number of “Sarkozyistes” : a Prime Minister (Jean Castex) who was Deputy Secretary General to Nicolas Sarkozy, a Home Secretary (Gérard Darmanin) who refers to the former President as a mentor, a Culture Minister (Franck Riester) who served…
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What happened at the Republican Convention 2020?
REPORT Donald Trump sparked strong criticism from government ethics experts after deciding to hold this year’s Republican National Convention at the White House. As Joe Biden continues to lead in the polls and the state of the nation struggles to recover from a period of multiple crises, how did the RNC try to convince voters…
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What happened at the Democratic Convention 2020?
REPORT The Democratic Convention came to a close on Thursday 20th August and was another opportunity for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to convince voters from all parts of the spectrum that their ticket is the right choice for the nation. As polls suggest the gap between Biden and Trump is starting to close, how…
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