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The Labour Conference, Brighton 2013: Some Thoughts to Take Away
As the Labour party’s annual conference in Brighton draws to a close, here are five things that have been discussed that are worth keeping in mind. 1) A Question Mark over HS2 The Shadow Chancellor Ed Ball’s Speech to t...
The origins of honour killings: “It hasn’t always been a man’s world”
After escaping a violent relationship, author and activist Amy Logan began a decade long journey into researching the origins and history of honour killing. What she discovered is that it has not always been a man’s world, th...
Pro-austerity VVD’s victory in Dutch elections hides the real winners of last night’s poll – a social democratic Europe
With over 96% of votes counted, the result of yesterday’s Dutch election sees Mark Rutte, leader of the right-wing Liberals (VVD), set to stay as Prime Minister. But the closely fought election left his party with only two mo...
Daily News Roundup – 9 January 2013
Africa Nato forces needed in Mali, says African Union The African Union’s chairman Thomas Boni Yayi has called for Nato to send forces to Mali to help fight militant Islamists who have captured the north. The Malian conf...
Russia’s “Bolotnaya Case” – An “Ordinary” Political Trial
This Sunday will mark the one year anniversary of the beginning of what Russians call “The Bolotnaya Case”. On May 6 2012, protesters at Moscow’s Bolotnaya Square demonstrating against Vladimir Putin’s...
Alien in Lebanon: Why I Can Never Call My Country Home
A month ago, I was having dinner with my friends. I don’t know how in so many years of friendship we still manage to always stumble upon topics that we have never discussed before. On that night one of my friends was caught o...
