War, Ford, fascism, Reaganomics, the pink tide, the EU, debt crises, rights-based activism, a fierce backlash… none of this is new.
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We may think of current reactionary politics as radical and new, but unchecked mercantilism has always elicited a fierce backlash from both left and right. Here’s what history tells us about today.
Olympiakos dominate Greek football’s top flight.
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Predictable results and unresolved corruption scandals are a serious issue for the future of the Greek game.
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Where now for one of the great emblems of post-World War II global co-operation?
Federico Barocci’s 1598 painting ‘Aeneas’ Flight from Troy.‘
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As the United States bars its gates to newcomers, the ‘Aeneid’ – a story of war, exile, racial hatred and irrational fears – is particularly resonant.
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Another ‘last chance’ has been missed. But while talks disintegrate, islanders are just getting on with peace in practice.
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Before the financial crisis struck, you could breathe the overwhelming air of prosperity on the bustling streets of Trikala.
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What do border walls cost? And do they work?
Austrian and Serbian policy patrol the EU border in mid January.
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Europe is also building walls.
Only long-term integration policies will keep people safe from appalling camps conditions.
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The 60,000 people currently stuck in Greece will probably have to stay there. The EU should help them integrate.
Trade unions protest the state of the economy.
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After eight torturous years of crisis, Greeks are working long and hard with very little to show for it.
Protesters in New York ahead of inauguration.
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The people who voted for the new American president may not be as hard for the Left to reach as it may appear.
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The island’s leaders are meeting in Geneva to discuss the prospect of reunification. Here’s what is on the negotiating table.
Rock and roll.
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George Kerevan, Stephen Boyd and Katherine Trebeck see a world where employees are treated like just-in-time inventory.
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Britain has a number of bilateral treaties with Eastern European countries that will remain after Brexit.
Better living conditions in Greece would encourage more migrants to stay.
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Improving conditions in Turkey and Greece may convince more refugees to stay where they are.
Terracotta warriors date from over 2,000 years ago and are considered to be one of the most important recent archaeological finds.
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For centuries, historians have assumed that ‘primitive societies’ couldn’t have possibly come up with advanced techniques on their own.
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Athens can celebrate two consecutive quarters of growth. Berlin must stomach some weakness. Everyone should remember cheap money isn’t free money.
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Greek and Turkish Cypriots may get to vote again on whether to end 40 years of division.
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The US election confirmed the death of an extraordinary economic era. Now, control of the next must be wrested from the emboldened nationalists.
A Red Cross rescue mission in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Smugglers who transport migrants and refugees into the EU are both heroes and villains.