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A South African Anglican archbishop and 1984 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Tutu led nonviolent campaigns against apartheid and chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. He advocated human rights and public reconciliation on the basis of his Christian faith.
Political topics
Desmond Tutu leans further toward multiculturalism than 99% of the 569 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the topics, Immigration is where Desmond Tutu stands furthest from the rest.
On Free market, Desmond Tutu sits practically at the catalog median.
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Current that unites Christian faith with the defense of social justice, rights, and reforms, seeing in the Gospel a call to solidarity, equality, and care for the poor and marginalized of society and the world.
Movement dedicated to protecting the environment and the sustainable use of resources, advocating policies against pollution and climate change and harmony between human development and ecological balance.
Current that advocates social reforms and the expansion of rights to promote equality and justice, trusting progress, science, and collective action to transform institutions and overcome inequalities.
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Authoritarian NeoliberalismFar-Right32%
Hungarian economic historian, Polanyi argued in The Great Transformation that land, labour and money are fictitious commodities, and that the self-regulating market generates a protective social countermovement.
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Under Allende's Popular Unity, Chile attempted democratic socialism through copper and bank nationalization, agrarian reform, and economic planning until the 1973 military coup.
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