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How Israel’s Illiberal Democracy Became a Model for the Right

Suzanne Schneider Dissent Magazine
Israel maintains a system of unequal citizenship system for Jewish and Palestinian Israelis. This version of democracy has long prevailed in Israel, and the Jewish state’s supporters now offer it as a blueprint for the right around the world.

Far-Right Surge in Elections Shakes Up European Parliament

Ana Vračar People's Dispatch
Far right gains means European policies will likely shift in direction of security, austerity, and migration restrictions, despite hundreds of thousands of people across the region taking regularly to the streets in support peace and social justice.

Time for the Fed To Meet the FTC

Robert Kuttner The American Prospect
The real source of too many price hikes is concentrated market power, not macroeconomic overheating.
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