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

China Detains Human Rights Lawyer After Tiananmen Meeting

China has detained prominent rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang on the charge of “causing a disturbance,” what is seen as an attempt to deter activists from marking the upcoming 25th anniversary of the crackdown on pro-democracy ...
by Abby Norman
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International Political Forum

Dissecting The Dead In Odessa

Several dozen people burned to death late last week in Odessa, when violence between different political factions led to a fire in a heavily occupied building. Afterwards, witnesses uploaded to the Internet hundreds of differ...
by Kevin Rothrock
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International Political Forum

An Independent Scotland To Become A Nordic Country?

In the months leading up to the Scottish Independence Referendum on September 18th – where Scotland will decide whether to remain a part of the United Kingdom or become an independent country –  the MP and Scottis...
by Linn Kristin Klausen
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International Political Forum

How Racist Zoning In Houston Continues To Damage Communities

Texas is the only state in America without zoning laws. Once oil was discovered in East Texas in the late 1800′s, the city of Houston became a prized location for entrepreneurs and corporations. The oil boom can be directly l...
by Natalie House
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International Political Forum

South Sudan: Africa’s Newest Country, Africa’s Next Genocide?

On July 9th 2011, over two decades of civil war climaxed in the creation of
 South Sudan. Celebrations of independence broke out in Juba, capital of the
 world’s newest nation state, after a referendum to secede had b...
by Marc Scarisbrick
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Boko Haram: Please #BringBackOurGirls

This is going to be an extremely ambitious post. Boko Haram, please #BringBackOurGirls. Or, better still, let them go. Well, you most probably are aware that about 276 school girls in Nigeria were abducted by Boko Haramwho hav...
by Eunice Kilonzo
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