Italian illustrator Enrico Bertuccioli highlights a palpable undercurrent in the European Union’s political sphere.
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The Constitutional court in Turkey ruled PM Erdogan’s actions illegal, after the two week period in which he banned Twitter. In today’s curated cartoon, Artist Osvaldo Gutierrez depicts the iconic social media symbol escaping its former clutches.
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Tarik Günersel offers a pre- through post-election look at recent events that transpired in Turkey. Tarik also lays out some key Erdoğan “moments” during the election process, which provided great fodder for media outlets around the world.
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January 31, 2014 marked the launch of Sampsonia Way’s first anthology Generation Zero: An Anthology of New Cuban Fiction. In this video, Pittsburgh’s Josh Raulerson (WESA) as well as American novelist and college professor Angie Cruz read from the new release.
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Israel Centeno criticizes “21st century socialism”, its political adherents, and their denoucement of Venezuelan protestors in his column this week.
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Artist Victor Ndula addresses the 2007-2008 Kenyan post-election violence in this cartoon, in light of the UN’s International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims.
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Tienchi Martin-Liao calls attention to the Sunflower Movement that began in opposition to the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement (CSSTA). Tienchi describes the CSSTA made between mainland China and Taiwan, the latest protests in Taipei, and she fleshes out the central issues that sparked action since March 18, 2014.
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