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Jeremy Corbyn speaks on stage after he is announced as the new leader of The Labour Party during the Labour Party Leadership Conference in London, United Kingdom, on September 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
by Amir Taheri | Sep 16, 2015 | Features
In a sunny sky the smallest cloud makes a big impression! This is how Mikhail Bakunin, one of the fathers of revolutionary radicalism in Europe, described the political situation of the continent in the 1860s. Europe seemed to be in peace, its leadership elites united...
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Protesters wave Egyptian flags during a protest in Tahrir Square, Cairo, April 8, 2011. (Reuters)
by Amir Taheri | May 30, 2014 | Opinion
Three years ago, as Egypt and a few other Arab countries were in the throes of popular revolt, some of us wondered whether events would turn the way they did in Europe in 1848. In that year virtually the whole of continental Europe, from France to the borders of...