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Gianpaolo Baiocchi is an activist and scholar based in New York City, where he directs NYU's Urban Democracy Lab. His most recent book is We, The Sovereign.
Dilma Rousseff's impeachment circumvented the democratic process.
New leaks prove the impeachment is intended to protect corrupt politicians.
Is there a political coup underway?
A Berkeley radical returns to his native Brazil after the Berlin Wall's fall.
The Spanish experiment with direct democracy.
In which Marco borrows bus fare and enters politics.
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