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‘Much Loved’: the defiant bodies of Marrakesh

At the movies: The story of three young Moroccan prostitutes reveals the hypocrisy of their society, ruled by violence and corruption, a postcolonial world that turns people into fragile objects.

Relax, TTIP isn’t going anywhere

The Volkswagen scandal, the TPP, harsh American data demands and a groundswell of dissent in Europe may bring the U.S.-E.U. trade deal to a complete standstill.

by Simone Pieranni in Brussels on Oct. 17, 2015

Letter to the Italian Left

Lafontaine: The euro is de-industrializing European countries to the benefit of Germany. The example of Syriza in Greece demonstrates the impossibility of a government alternative and anti-austerity. The Italian left must join forces and build a new monetary system.

The Leviathan of Silicon Valley

An interview with Evgeny Morozov

As Silicon Valley envisions a coming cyber-utopia, author Evgeny Morozov sees the opposite: an undemocratic dystopia in which technology is a tool of the powerful and privacy is a commodity…