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Save the homeland of Aristotle…

Posted  March 12, 2013  by  laura

By Laura Strieth A group called NoMines N. has posted the following petition regarding a project to mine for gold in the vicinity of Ierissos, on the third foot of the Halkidiki region. The campaign “calls for citizens all over the world to raise their voice in condemnation against the development of mining activities and […]

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Life at uni

Posted  December 2, 2012  by  Politis

There has been a lot of talk of late about the future of higher education in Greece. The public universities might appear to some to be a microcosm of all of Greece, in which things are clearly falling apart. Lo and behold, the news is not all bad, however. As the author of a recent […]

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Democracy in Europe

Posted  June 4, 2013  by  pdcadmin

By John Lloyd The rich are always with us, and we’ll have more of them soon. A report last week from Boston Consulting Group shows that the global millionaire population is some 13.8 million. That is twice the size of Switzerland, which is, incidentally, where many of them have parked much of their wealth. More […]

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Politis forum: journalists or losers?

Posted  February 8, 2014  by  Politis

Politis has invited Krysta Kalachani and guest contributor Sakis Ioannides, of Parallaxi, to comment on Παναγιώτης Μένεγος, “Δημοσιογράφος, ο μεγάλος χαμένος (και) της κρίσης,” popaganda.gr, January 28, 2014. SI Let me summarize “Journalist, the crisis’ big loser,” an article by Panagiotis Menegos, one of the staff writers at popaganda.gr (a multimedia electronic magazine). Menegos wrote […]

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Dukakis Lecture 3/11/13

Posted  March 7, 2013  by  Politis

The Michael and Kitty Dukakis Center for Public and Humanitarian Service Cordially invites you to attend a Dukakis Lecture Featuring Dimitris Katsoudas Former Secretary General for European Affairs, Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs PHOENIX OUT OF THE ASHES? HOW GREECE CAN RECOVER Monday, March 11, 5 PM, ACT New Building Conference Room The lecture will […]

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NGOs and learning the ways of the world

Posted  March 30, 2014  by  KK

By Krysta This story is a little old already, but I am reading about the Greek ngos. I have two experiences of how ngos and think tanks work in Greece… dyed “blue” or “green” or whatever color pays… not the unbiased work I thought they would be doing, but I guess it was part of […]

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Gender biography and citizenship

Posted  April 9, 2012  by  pdcadmin

By Maria Kyriakidou On  March 5, 2012 the Dukakis Center co-hosted a workshop on women’s biographies, life stories and autobiographies. The workshop consisted of panels regarding the research methodology on gender and biography, specific historical examples from a European and South-East European context as well as presentations on local history, with a brief historical account […]

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Virtual book launch at the Dukakis Center

Posted  March 6, 2014  by  Politis

The Dukakis Center will host a virtual launch of “Still at Aulis: Essays on Crisis and Revolution in Greece and the Eurozone,” a Kindle e-book by David Wisner, Executive Director of the Center, on Thursday, March 6, 2014, from 12 noon throughout the afternoon. Interested parties can follow the event on the “Still at Aulis” […]

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Love and death

Posted  May 8, 2013  by  Politis

Photographer Taslima Akhter on a photograph she took at a collapsed factory building in Dhaka, Bangladesh. “I have been asked many questions about the photograph of the couple embracing in the aftermath of the collapse. I have tried desperately, but have yet to find any clues about them. I don’t know who they are or what […]

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Saying of the day: 6/2/13

Posted  June 2, 2013  by  Politis

  “At least he [Erdogan] is leaving us some crumbs. The previous bastards never gave us everything.” — Turkish supporter of the AKP

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Opa!

Posted  May 30, 2013  by  Politis

A nice ad from Aegean. When you come to Greece learn to do it the Greek way.

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Inspiration Exchange

Posted  May 16, 2012  by  PR

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Second Festival of Civic and Urban Culture, April 2016

Posted  April 4, 2016  by  Politis

Press release For immediate release March 24, 2016 During a ten-day period from April 11-20 the Michael and Kitty Dukakis Center for Public and Humanitarian Service at the American College of Thessaloniki will host its Second Festival of Civic and Urban Culture. The 2016 Festival will include, among others, a masterclass in stop-motion animation for […]

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The Sprit of Eidomeni

Posted  March 27, 2016  by  Politis

The makeshift migrant camp in Eidomeni has been in the news regularly since the end of 2015. Reports today claimed the camp was finally being evacuated by Greek authorities. This would not be the first time. Last November a group of fifteen Dukakis Center interns, from Greece, the US, and several Balkan countries, organized a […]

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Saying of the day: 2/3/13

Posted  February 3, 2013  by  Politis

  “You should love responsibility. You should say, I and I alone am charged with saving the earth. If it is not saved, I am at fault.” — Nikos Kazantzakis

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Criminal matters

Posted  October 30, 2013  by  DW

By David Wisner There has been a lot of talk recently, both in Greece and in the US, about criminal behavior at the highest levels of political life. In the US, one party has allegedly sought to blackmail and extort the government in the recent standoff over the shut down of the federal government. Here […]

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Center right, center left: the original

Posted  March 24, 2013  by  Politis

“The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) drives principled solutions through rigorous analysis, reasoned negotiation, and respectful dialogue. Founded in 2007 by former Senate Majority Leaders Howard Baker, Tom Daschle, Bob Dole and George Mitchell, BPC combines politically-balanced policymaking with strong, proactive advocacy and outreach. As the only Washington, DC-based think tank that actively promotes bipartisanship, BPC […]

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Accounting for all of those voices

Posted  October 11, 2016  by  Politis

By Katharine Welch Note of the Editors. Katharine “Katie” Welch is a freshman at Northeastern University majoring in Political Science, studying abroad at ACT and interning at the Dukakis Center. She is from San Francisco, California. On Wednesday October 5, the Dukakis Center for Public and Humanitarian Service hosted a round table discussion on “Voting […]

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One Billion Rising

Posted  February 11, 2013  by  laura

On February 14th, the American College of Thessaloniki and the Dukakis Center for Public and Humanitarian Service will join the One Billion Rising in solidarity with and outrage at violence against women. This Thursday from 1-2pm in Effie Common, New Building, you are all being called to take “The Walk of Honor: put yourself in […]

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Paraphrase of the day: 6/6/13

Posted  June 5, 2013  by  Politis

If you are reading these lines, you are very weird. You’re spending spare time considering arguments about politics, which most people don’t bother to do. — Ezra Klein

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