More Isles of the Left
Matteo Salvini’s Hold Over Italy Is More Fragile Than It Seems
The far-right may be gaining ground, but they do not yet represent public opinion, neither is their ascendancy inevitable. [Read more…] about Matteo Salvini’s Hold Over Italy Is More Fragile Than It Seems
FaceHook: A Confession of an Addicted Parent
I have a baby and spending so much time on Facebook or checking the phone screen makes me feel like a terrible parent. My daughter is intrigued by the screen too.
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Nimxu Mixja: Malta’s Own Yellow Vests Mini-Revolution
By responding with art, beauty and civic concern to the chaotic and hostile environment of one of Malta’s most urbanised towns, Nimxu Mixja achieved the impossible. Even if for a brief moment, it reclaimed space from car dominance for pedestrians.
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[LISTEN] On Regretting Motherhood
The perfect, romanticised version of motherhood—the ‘motherhood myth’—needs to be dismantled. Women who are childless by choice are controversial, but women who regret motherhood…? This is the ultimate taboo.
Enter the Dragon: New Global Economic Order and What It Means For Europe
The world economy has become the key battleground for geopolitical hegemony between the US and China. The EU is facing a tough balancing act.
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Equitable Education in Malta—An Optical Illusion
A relatively large segment of our student population remains trapped in lower echelons of society and this contradicts the dominant political rhetoric according to which Malta is heading towards a middle-class society.
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Care Economy: the Future of Work and Gender Equality
Appreciating care work is one of the best ways of achieving social equality between men and women.
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Commemorating Sette Giugno in 2019: Calling for Strikes and Workers’ Uprising
A hundred years later, Sette Giugno events hit close to home. The blatant speculation and unfettered market practices that led to the spike in food prices in 1919 resemble untamed profiteering in Malta’s housing and labour markets in 2019.
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Your Spy-Phone Robs You of Privacy. Here Is How We Can Change That
Faced with the might of surveillance capitalism, one’s first reaction might be to despair and declare the battle lost. But we’re not done yet. In fact, there’s a lot we can do to tame the surveillance beast, both at the personal and political levels.
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