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Kamala Harris is the right choice for the US — and for the world

For those of you have been following my posts and podcasts on the US election, you know where my heart and mind are. I am absolutely…

Nov 4, 2024

Kamala Harris is the right choice for the US — and for the world

Nov 4, 2024

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GenAI won’t replace human creativity anytime soon — but our uncritical use of it could speed up…

This excellent essay about generative AI from Ted Chiang in the New Yorker gives us reasons to be both optimistic and pessimistic about…

Sep 2, 2024

GenAI won’t replace human creativity anytime soon — but our uncritical use of it could speed up…

Sep 2, 2024

We need to move beyond “integration” when we talk about diversity in Nordic countries

As this important report on The State of The Nordic Region 2024 highlights, the number of foreign-born residents in the Nordic countries is…

Aug 27, 2024

We need to move beyond “integration” when we talk about diversity in Nordic countries

Aug 27, 2024

VP candidate Tim Walz brings common sense back to where it belongs

The selection of Minnesota governor Tim Walz as VP candidate is turning out to be a great move for the Democrats.

Aug 8, 2024

VP candidate Tim Walz brings common sense back to where it belongs

Aug 8, 2024

Trump and Vance are stuck in the past — the momentum is with Kamala Harris

From a political communication perspective, all Donald Trump and J.D. Vance can do is fearmongering and appeal to nostalgia for an…

Aug 5, 2024

Trump and Vance are stuck in the past — the momentum is with Kamala Harris

Aug 5, 2024

A strong state for a strong economy

2020 has been a disastrous year. Yet, as we proceed in our fight against Covid-19, and begin to envisage a post-pandemic world, there are…

Dec 31, 2020

A strong state for a strong economy

Dec 31, 2020

Biden and Harris will be the new President and Vice-President of the United States of America

CNN projects enough electoral college votes in favour of Joe Biden, with Pennsylvania confirmed as a win.

Nov 7, 2020

Nov 7, 2020

Why Europe Needs a Biden Win

There is no saying who will win the US presidential election on Tuesday. Most polls give Biden ahead in enough battleground states to win…

Nov 3, 2020

Why Europe Needs a Biden Win

Nov 3, 2020

What Can Italians Expect from the New Populist Government?

I was interviewed by South African public radio SAfm this morning on the prospects of Italy’s new populist government.

May 24, 2018

What Can Italians Expect from the New Populist Government?

May 24, 2018

Italy’s Populist Alliance and the National Anti-Migrant Consensus

You can read my latest piece for Al Jazeera English on the newly formed populist alliance between the far right League and post-ideological…

May 23, 2018

Italy’s Populist Alliance and the National Anti-Migrant Consensus

May 23, 2018

South Africa: Freedom Day for whom?

Today is Freedom Day in South Africa, the celebration of the anniversary of the first democratic elections in 1994. As South Africans…

Apr 27, 2018

South Africa: Freedom Day for whom?

Apr 27, 2018

2013 Documents Show Cambridge Analytica’s Parent Company Operated in Zambia, South Africa, Gabon…

Quartz has releasead a list of countries where SCL Elections operated. According to Cambridge Analytica’s acting CEO, CA was formed out of…

Mar 30, 2018

2013 Documents Show Cambridge Analytica’s Parent Company Operated in Zambia, South Africa, Gabon…

Mar 30, 2018

Cambridge Analytica, African Elections and Western Double Standards

A recent article in The Conversation by British academics Gabrielle Lynch, Justin Willis and Nic Cheeseman, downplays the meddling of…

Mar 25, 2018

Cambridge Analytica, African Elections and Western Double Standards

Mar 25, 2018

Zambia’s Political Crisis Is Not Just About Democracy

Check out my latest piece on the ongoing Zambian political crisis, published today in Al Jazeera English.

Jun 17, 2017

Zambia’s Political Crisis Is Not Just About Democracy

Jun 17, 2017

UK Election Results: Labour’s Agenda and the British Left

The final results of the UK general election confirm that the Tories don’t have a majority to form a single party government. Theresa May…

Jun 9, 2017

UK Election Results: Labour’s Agenda and the British Left

Jun 9, 2017

UK Election: Vote Labour and SNP to Stop the Tories

Tomorrow’s general election in the UK will have an impact beyond the narrowing borders of the growing white nationalist parochialism that…

Jun 7, 2017

UK Election: Vote Labour and SNP to Stop the Tories

Jun 7, 2017

Colonial Crimes against Humanity in Namibia and Genocidal White Supremacy Today

Every white person should watch “Skulls of My People”, a documentary film by Vincent Moloi aired by Al Jazeera (watch here). This…

May 27, 2017

Colonial Crimes against Humanity in Namibia and Genocidal White Supremacy Today

May 27, 2017

UK Local Election: Blairites and the Anti-Migrant Left Are Responsible for Labour Losses

Tories have won by a landslide in yesterday’s British local elections, with significant losses for Labour, and the near erasure of UKIP in…

May 6, 2017

UK Local Election: Blairites and the Anti-Migrant Left Are Responsible for Labour Losses

May 6, 2017

Happy Labour Day: the Basic Income We Want

Happy Labour Day to workers around the world. We need decent salaries and protections for all workers, permanent and precarious. We also…

May 1, 2017

Happy Labour Day: the Basic Income We Want

May 1, 2017

Marine Le Pen’s Racism is a Mirror of Western Society

The Front National, Marine Le Pen’s Islamophobic anti-semitic racist movement, is a product of French society, strongly rooted in European…

Apr 25, 2017

Marine Le Pen’s Racism is a Mirror of Western Society

Apr 25, 2017

Vito Laterza

Vito Laterza

Anthropologist and commentator. Global politics, digital technologies, green transition and the human condition. Writes for Al Jazeera English.

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