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Marina Prentoulis: Podemos & Empowering the Voiceless Majority

December 10, 2014January 12, 2015 by Editor

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Dr. Marina Prentoulis spoke at the Podemos event: ‘Empowering the Voiceless Majority: rethinking democracy in Europe’ on 29th November 2014. The other speakers were: Pablo Enchenique (MEP for Podemos), Salma Yaqoob of the Birmingham Stop the War Coalition and spokesperson for the Birmingham Central Mosque, and Emmanuele Ferragina, lecturer of…

(Re) evaluating Gordon Brown

December 2, 2014January 5, 2015 by Editor

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Gordon Brown has received many negative evaluations for his tenure as Prime Minister. Jim Buller and Toby James argue that some of this is unfair. Gordon Brown has announced his decision to ‘stand down’ as MP last night. Brown had largely stepped back from ‘front-line’ politics after leaving office as…

Dr. Marina Prentoulis, University of East Anglia

Doing Politics Differently: Marina Prentoulis on Podemos, Syriza, Left Unity

October 23, 2014January 12, 2015 by Editor

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Dr. Marina Prentoulis, Senior Lecturer at the University of East Anglia, recently took part in a Left Unity tour with Eduardo Maura (Podemos), Tariq Ali (writer and broadcaster) and Ken Loach (film director). You can watch her speak at the London leg of the tour in the video below. The video is split…

Assessing British Party Leadership During Austerity

July 11, 2014January 9, 2015 by Editor

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How have the British political party leaders performed during austerity? What is a fair way of assessing them? Dr. Toby James and Dr. Jim Buller have recently edited a special issue of Parliamentary Affairs, based on a University of East Anglia workshop that addresses these questions. The Great Financial Crisis…

The end of tolerance and the new populism

July 11, 2014January 9, 2015 by Editor

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The rise of the populist far right in Europe received much attention in the aftermath of the 2014 European elections. Dr. Marina Prentoulis and Dr. Lasse Thomassen, however, argue the decline of the traditional political parties opens the opportunity for the rise of a populist Left movement. The typical way of interpreting the…

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