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Doing the Democratic Math
When the apartheid state security apparatus unleashed its violence in Sharpeville in 1960, sixty-nine people were left dead. It was a traumatising episode in the struggle for black rights and racial equality in South Africa. Ye...
Privatisation of the Prison System
In the past year a number of prisoners were ‘electronically tagged’ by private companies, G4S and Serco. The funny thing about these particular ‘prisoners’ is that they were dead. Justice Secretary Chris Grayling reveal...
Daily News Roundup – 29 August 2012
Europe Rich should pay more tax – Nick Clegg Nick Clegg, the leader of Britain’s junior coalition party and deputy prime minister, has suggested in an interview with the Guardian newspaper that the rich should be asked t...
Dropping Bombs then Dropping Aid – America’s Dirty Secret in Laos
When Laos is viewed from above, the number of craters appear to rival the face of the moon, but these were not made by natural causes. Instead they are the scars that bear testimony to the “secret” war waged by the American...
Central Asia’s Rulers View Turkish “Soap Power” With Suspicion
Back when the post-Soviet states of Central Asia gained independence, there was much talk of Pan-Turkism, a word that had been largely forgotten during seven decades of communism and Russian linguistic influence. The idea th...
Can we export this Canary Island energy self-sufficiency plan?
Since last summer, El Hierro, in the Canary Islands, is the first island in the world with a project working to make it energy self-sufficient. A hybrid hydro-wind generation system is currently working to provide the island ...
