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Author: Bojan Francuz

Bojan is a freelance writer and community organizer in Chicago’s tech & startup community. He is fascinated by innovation and ideas with the potential to radically disrupt every aspect of our society. Native of Serbia, but at home at several places around the world. He tweets @francuzb
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Courage won the midterm elections

November 17, 2018 Bojan Francuz 2018 Election, Campaigns, Candidates, Politics, Progressive people Leave a comment

What were the deciding factors in the 2018 midterm elections in the U.S.? Was it youth and diversity? Or status quo, ignorance, and fear?

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A New Deal for US foreign policy

October 21, 2018 Bojan Francuz Foreign Policy, International, Trump, United Nations Leave a comment

Instead of grieving for the past, or focusing on whether world leaders laughed at or with President Trump at the United Nations, grassroots progressives

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The future of work: Who will care about the caregivers?

September 19, 2018 Bojan Francuz Activism, Employment, Women Leave a comment

The World Bank (WB), an international financial institution with a questionable track-record of interventions in the developing world, is currently thinking about the future

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Women are leaders on the path toward a nuclear-weapons-free world

September 12, 2018 Bojan Francuz Activism, International, Nuclear weapons, Widgets: Women, Women One comment

Every year, just as the summer is nearing its end, the world remembers. We remember the unconscionable use of the world’s deadliest weapons—nuclear weapons—seventy-three

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Municipalism: the next political revolution?

July 19, 2018 Bojan Francuz Activism, Cities, Community/Common good 2 comments

Glancing at the national headlines it is easy to feel hopeless. Turning to the “World” section one becomes defeated. Scrolling through the social media,

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American and Canadian progressives: The case for solidarity

July 17, 2018 Bojan Francuz Activism, International Leave a comment

Across North America this July, flags unfurled and fireworks filled the sky. Canada celebrated Canada Day on July 1st, and shortly after in the

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Coca-Cola ad delivers ‘happiness’ via drones, but the world’s workers are still thirsty

May 19, 2014 Bojan Francuz Activism, Immigration, International, Poverty Leave a comment

The latest ad from Coca-Cola, made in collaboration with the Singapore Kindness Movement (SKM), has an upbeat, random-acts-of-kindness message. But before you help the

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You can’t have a political movement without moving. But bring your smartphone, too.

May 14, 2014 Bojan Francuz Activism, Technology Leave a comment

People marching in lines. Banners, signs and paraphernalia everywhere. A familiar scene at rallies and protests. At first glance, little beside the intensity has changed since

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