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Reality Show Politics

It is increasingly clear that British politics is becoming more about leadership personalities and less about party policies, this can only be a move in the wrong direction. The phenomenon has been best represented in rece...
by Oscar Isham
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Europe

Europe and the Bull, or the Failing Politics Behind the Crisis

The mythological princess Europa was recently chosen to become the new face of the euro. Fitting, after all, because it is she who gave her name to the continent. The story goes as follows. Zeus, the king of the gods, was enrap...
by Gilles Pittoors
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Macedonians Criticise President Ivanov’s Surprising UN Speech

Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov kept silent and out of the public eye during the several months of ethnically charged clashes in Macedonia. Then, in September 2014 he presented a speech before the UN Security Council, whic...
by Danica Radisic
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Ice Bucket Challenge, meet Ukraine’s ‘blood bucket’ challenge

A group of European youths are attempting to draw attention to the conflict in Ukraine by putting a gory twist on the infamous Ice Bucket Challenge. This time around, the buckets are filled with metaphorical blood.
by Tetyana Lokot
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Obama Is No Socialist, He Isn’t Even A Liberal

Both mainstream US political parties claim to truly represent, and aspire to the ideals of Liberalism, which underpins the philosophy of the founding fathers. President Obama has overseen the Democrats losing the entitlement to...
by Jack Edward Hillcox
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Politics

Voting Without Democracy?

Youth participation is a trendy topic today. If you want to be considered an active youth, you are supposed to vote. Still, I believe it is proof of courage to dare say out loud that you do not vote. The reasons why I do not vo...
by Luciana Grosu
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Statelessness Should Never Be An Option

The news broke earlier this week that the Home Office backed, inevitably, by Teresa May, plans to “find a way of overturning international human rights conventions”, and seize the power to  confiscate the passports of susp...
by L.
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North America

One Nation Under God?

Vice President Joe Biden might be notorious for sometimes speaking before he thinks, but many will agree that he couldn’t have said it better when it came to abortion and the role of religion during last night’s Vice Presid...
by Laura Casey
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Asia

Hong Kong’s Civil Disobedience Campaign Seeks Inspiration from Martin Luther King

The anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream…” speech was on August 28, 2013. Hong Kong local media outlets have given it quite large coverage because Martin Luther King’s civil disobedience campa...
by Oiwan Lam
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