In what follows, the best and the brightest of IANS editors, staff writers and contributors discuss why they intend to vote the way they do. We then finish off our discussion with a short consideration of the alternative: devo plus.
Read MoreKýprioi Aganaktisménoi: Marking Three Years Since A Movement Nobody Heard About
It was a period of general upheaval and anger around the shores of the Mediterranean. The “Arab Spring” was taking hold on the southern bank, while on the northern bank, from Spain and Catalonia to Greece, mass demonstrations rocked capital cities for months.
Read MoreReflections on a Russian Election
I wrote this post on 7th March 2012, just after going to the Russian embassy in London to vote in the Russian presidential elections. At the time I was studying for my Master’s at the University of Bristol. As a reminder: these were the elections in which Putin was elected, after being Prime Minister under Dmitriy Medvedev’s presidency.
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