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David Hayes

David Hayes is deputy editor of openDemocracy. He has written textbooks on human rights and terrorism, and was a contributor to Town and Country (Jonathan Cape, 1998). His work has been published in PN Review, the Irish Times, El Pais, the New Statesman and The Absolute Game.

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