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Political risk is not politics; it's political science. | My conversation with @aryadita from @TuftsPostScript. http://t.co/IMeesl9FFj

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"The largest country in the European Union is unable to describe and unite its own people through displays of patriotism" - Constantin Weiss

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McGill's Dagney writes on the "extreme self-righteousness" of student activists. Have you read the article? Agree or Disagree? Let us know!

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We present to you our Spring Edition Cover!!

Issues will be available across campus starting Friday. Grab a copy!

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End of an enthralling talk. Thank you @vijayprashad.

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On criticisms against Facebook: "Facebook did not disarticulate you. You were already disarticulated!"

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@vijayprashad: This digital economy is going to be a big fight not by individuals, but by countries

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@vijayprashad: "I don't think the intellectual property regime is sustainable for western capitalism"

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On his new book on Palestine: "We want to put on the table the fact that the Palestinian right to exist is legitimate", and "so is Israel's"

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@vijayprashad on "structural malfunction" in US: "You cannot break a society and expect people to behave as law-abiding citizens"

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On student activism: "It doesn't mean that all those high value gestures will lead to support form above. But who wants support from above?"

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@vijayprashad on what 'change' means: "The future is not merely the passage of time. The future is when we are in a different state of mind"

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@vijayprashad seems to suggest that reforms are most crucial, and not merely declarations of communism or marxism

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@vijayprashad: Unfortunately, "Marxists live inside the sewer and have to swim to get to fresh air" in the US

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First question: what do you make of communist movements, like the Zapatista movement, all over the world?

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@vijayprashad with a great last line: "consider my talk a fools science". Q&A begins...

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@vijayprashad: "The price of borrowing is a form of power that is rarely understood in the public"

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On economic power: "those whose tentacles stretch over continents exercise power over industry"

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@vijayprashad: "Popular struggles and innovative social incubators have given rise to important ideas"--but most of us don't understand them

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@vijayprashad: "it will require a shift in social power for new ideas and new technologies" to be cemented in our time