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Did you know that Thomas Müntzer, leader of the German Peasants’ War in 1525, used a rainbow flag to rally his followers? It’s an aptly exuberant image for the radical charisma of Müntzer, and for the

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How crime organizes the world

For a leader who has always been essentially cautious, Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine seemed an uncharacteristically wild gamble. But Putin hasn’t really changed at all, says Mark Galeotti: he has simply become more himself

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