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16.04.2013
The Fast-Food Feminism of the Topless FemenSociety, Media and Culture

Blonde young women stripping off their shirts to protest for… women’s rights.

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16.04.2013
Sustainable Agriculture as a Path to Prosperity for the Western BalkansAgriculture

There is potential for organic agriculture in the Western Balkans.

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11.03.2013
The European Crisis Explained in Two GraphsFinance and Economy

A long book is probably too short to explain the European crisis in full length and depth.

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08.03.2013
Looking the Gift Horse in the MouthAgriculture

What and how we eat has a profound impact on our culture, but changes in recent decades have profoundly changed our relationship with food, and not for the better. What are the costs of these changes, and can they be reversed?

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05.03.2013
Labour and Social Lawyers Speak OutWelfare and Social Issues

The economic crisis has been used as a cover to weaken labour laws across Europe.

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01.03.2013
Cameron’s EU gamble and the consequences for ScotlandPolitics

Cameron’s proposal for an in/out referendum on EU membership is likely to cause uncertainty and confusion for years to come, but what impact will it have on Scotland’s independence referendum? Scottish Greens co-convenor Patrick Harvie discusses the consequences.

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01.03.2013
Never Closer Union? The British TestDemocracy

In a context of an economic crisis and with public finances under stress, the on-going round of negotiations over the next EU Budget and the European legislation for the regulation of the financial industry have taken the British debate on Europe to a new level.

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01.03.2013
Why Farmers Still Struggle When Food Prices RiseAgriculture

One of the major drivers of change in the agricultural sector has been fluctuations in the price of different commodities. For developing countries, such changes have had a disastrous impact and urgent steps need to be taken to return their agricultural sectors to a sustainable footing.

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01.03.2013
Poverty, Food and Citizens’ Responses in GreeceAgriculture

If “you are what you eat” than what happens when you don’t eat? In Greece, the economic crisis is forcing a rethink of people’s relationship with food, and the consequences are positive.

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01.03.2013
Organic Farming and Agricultural Movements in SpainAgriculture

Against the backdrop of Spain’s desperate economic situation, the organic industry is one source of positive news. However despite its potential, significant barriers to its development remain.

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