SPOTLIGHT

Labour Economics: Economy in 2020

Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘Economy in 2020’ is admirable for the working class in its principles but ultimately has its flaws. Battered and bruised, with knees rocking after a haymaker, Labour’s current predicament within British politics resembles that of a boxer that has been tactically outclassed for ten rounds, it’s close to a stoppage. Granted, politics has […]

The UK response to the “refugee crisis” is theoretically sound but practically counterproductive

The UK Conservative government has a strategy for tackling the current “refugee crisis” that is theoretically convincing but practically contradictory. The strategy consists of letting as few refugees onto UK soil as it can get away with, whilst increasing efforts to tackle the source of the crisis. The former is implicit in the numbers: until […]

Sport

Athletics’ Quick Fix: How the politics of doping is taking athletics to the brink of ruin

June 2003 As most sport-crazy 9 – 90 year-old boys do, I began reading my copy of the Mail on Sunday from the last page to the first. But on this particular day, my eyes were strangely captivated by the side column rather than the main headline. “World’s Fastest Couple give birth to baby boy”. […]

The fall of oil and the environment


The Fall of Oil and the Environment Bane or Blessing? The recent rapid decline of the price of oil, from around $115 per barrel in mid-2014 to below $50 per barrel by August 2015 (Brent Crude), has prompted widespread concerns about negative impacts of cheap oil on the environment. These concerns can be roughly divided […]

Human Rights

Rufgee crisis: Lessons David Cameron can learn from Lebanon’s example

In the midst of the current refugee crisis it’s easy to get caught up in numbers. Germany is expecting 800,000 by the end of the year – and 500,000 annually for years to come. Australia says they’ll let in 12,000 and David Cameron announced that the UK will accept 20,000 of the most vulnerable Syrian […]


 
 
 

 
International Political Forum

World Press Freedom Day: The continuing struggle for freedom of the press in Liberia

Freedom in itself is not free because there must always be a price to pay. Across the globe, people and nations have struggled to gain independece or freedom against oppression, suppression, colonialism, and neocolonialism for ...
by Joe Wilson
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In my humble opinion, on Mona Eltahawy’s ‘Why do they hate us’

I too can sit from my ivory tower and tell the world that the Middle East is a dandy place to live in as a woman, but I have no right to claim that a woman only 100 miles away having her body parts ripped out in the name of god...
by Ola Abou-Khsaiwan
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International Political Forum

If I Were A Dictator, I Would Consider You My Enemy

This post is part of a special series of articles by blogger and activist, Marcell Shehwaro, describing the realities of life in Syria during the ongoing armed conflict between forces loyal to the current regime, and those seek...
by Marcell Shehwaro
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International Political Forum

Struggling With Life After Sport

The recent plight of Kenny Sansom raises again the issue of life after sport for former professionals. The ex-Arsenal captain and England full back has admitted this week to being ‘in a bad way’ as he fights alcoholism, gam...
by James Daniels
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International Political Forum

Election Fatigue: Why Talk Of 2016 Needs To Stop

There is an air of inevitability surrounding a second bid for the White House from Hillary Clinton. In her Twitter bio, she reels off her accomplishments as “First Lady of Arkansas, First Lady of the United States, US Senator...
by Richard Corlett
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A Sharply Divided Brazil Re-Elects Dilma Rousseff. Let The Healing Begin?

Brazilians reelected Dilma Rousseff as president on Sunday in the most competitive vote since the end of the country’s military dictatorship and the beginning of direct elections in 1989. The incumbent from the Workers’...
by Taisa Sganzerla
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