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

Palestinian Supporters And Their Concern Regarding The BBC

Since the kidnapping and subsequent killing of three teenage Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank on 12 June, the Israeli Army have launched a mass, indiscriminate campaign of abductions, home invasions, shellings and aer...
by Nuzhat Fatima
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Banks: Now Even More Central

This past week has only reinforced the idea that central banks are becoming increasingly active in trying to halt the slide towards stagnation in several major economies. This is because their nations’ fiscal policy remai...
by Matthew Campsie
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Bombs And Reconstruction Booms: A Lebanese Story Of Going Round In Circles

I was supposed to go and watch Star Wars at my friend’s place on Friday night. I actually had to convince my mum to let me go, even though she only lived five minutes away. I managed to do so but the evening didn’t go as pl...
by Lama Miri
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What an Investigation of Racism in Lebanon Revealed

France24 lead an investigation in Lebanon to try and find out whether domestic workers suffer abuse in Lebanon. I’m sure you already know the answer. The France24 team divided their investigation in two parts: The first o...
by Joey Ayoub
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Liberia: Yet To Adopt a National Youth Policy

Youth all around the globe are the pillar upon which a successful nation leans; in another term the youth are the foundation of a society, their fortitude and tenacity to engage into progressive social–economic activities set...
by Joe Wilson
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International Political Forum

Young, Hip And Worshipping Shiva In India

Is Shiva the cool god of the younger generation? The Hindu deity appears these days on television, in books, movies and even on tattoos. Popular Indian cricket star, Ravindra Jadeja, who has more than 112,000 Twitter followe...
by Global Voices
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