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A panoptic society?

Wednesday, 19 September 2018, 09:12 Last update: about 9 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

The Panopticon was a design concept that was developed by Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) at around 1787.  This mode of architectural construction could have taken a variety of shapes and forms but...

Vision of an empowered society

Tuesday, 18 September 2018, 10:50 Last update: about 9 years ago Camilla Appelgren

I am just one person. Whatever I do in this big world, I am sure that it won’t get recognized. I’m a drop in the ocean, so why should I even care? Why should I live my life trying to solve...

People having to walk on roads instead of pavements

Monday, 17 September 2018, 10:17 Last update: about 9 years ago Michael Briguglio

Maltese pavements are being occupied by table and chairs, as well as negligent construction, Michael Briguglio has said in his vlog. He said that the elderly, persons with disability and persons...

Absence and abstention

Monday, 17 September 2018, 08:00 Last update: about 9 years ago Alfred Sant

The voting system at the European Parliament (unlike that at Malta's) allows for a three way vote: ayes, nays and abstentions. I think it's a good system. A problem however arises when an MEP...

Post-truth reality and the Nationalist Opposition

Monday, 17 September 2018, 07:33 Last update: about 9 years ago Simon Mercieca

The concept of "post-truth" has entered the realm of politics. Political Science is now studying what the political strategy of the future is going to be after this new reality. In this context,...

Prime Minister in the dock

Sunday, 16 September 2018, 09:47 Last update: about 9 years ago Noel Grima

I watched most of the European Parliament sitting on Tuesday, with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in the dock facing an enraged Parliament with smirks, winks and comments with his immediate...

The drummer’s call

Sunday, 16 September 2018, 09:29 Last update: about 9 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The drummer was floored. A photo on the social media depicted a drum departing from the hands of a uniformed policeman and flying in the direction of the floored drummer. Last Thursday's protest...

Huge leaps forward

Friday, 14 September 2018, 08:27 Last update: about 9 years ago Owen Bonnici

The 2013 elections held in Malta on Saturday 9th March gave the Labour Party a majority of seats over the Nationalist Party, which had been in power since 1987, save for a short period of less than...

Harshly Partisan?

Thursday, 13 September 2018, 08:00 Last update: about 9 years ago Alfred Sant

In Malta we are accustomed to political strife that sometimes triggers harsh acts and speeches which generate contempt and antagonism towards each other between people and groups of people. For some...

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