As the COVID-19 crisis continues to grip the planet, travel restrictions have become the de-facto method of control. Nearly 80 countries have now locked down their borders to curb the spread of the...
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The Three Driving Factors Behind Brexit. The Threat to Our...
Humanosity says…Following on from the revelations about how Brexit is being funded by people scared of the 2020 EU Tax Avoidance Directive and the dark money that has been funding Brexit, this...
The Vote Leave Backers who Made Millions from Brexit Part 1
Humanosity says…The Byline Times has been producing some excellent reporting on who has been funding the Brexit campaign. They have revealed how a small group of already wealthy individuals...
Leaked Documents Show Boris Johnson’s Secret Plan To...
Humanosity says….it’s no surprise to find out that Boris Johnson’s key adviser Dominic Cummings is at the heart of plans to use data from the government’s online services...
America Beyond The Colour Line: Home Place
Humanosity says… This one of the films in a 4 part series for BBC 2 and PBS that I produced. The premise was – on the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s assassination we went...
How One Man’s Words Led To the Deaths of 25 People in Delhi
The Hindu-Muslim divide in India has always loomed large over the nation. Since the election of Narendra Modi, the rightwing BJP leader, that divide has only become more prominent. In February, the...
Party or Nation? Theresa May Chose Party.
More than two years after the EU referendum, people in the UK are no clearer about what Brexit is, what it will be, even if it will happen at all. The nation was divided and MPs seemed unable to...
Did Women Just Save Sweden From Its Men? A Look at a Swedish...
Every once in while a political moment springs up that makes me think a bit more deeply about what it reveals about the changing world we live in and the recent Swedish election are, for me, just...
Now The Adults Are No Longer In The Room Trump Finally Gets The...
Updated 21/11/19 Humanosity says….Many predicted that President Trump would be different to candidate Trump mainly due to the staff in the White House- the adults in the room – keeping...
African Debt: The Hidden Story of How the World Bank and the IMF...
The World Bank and the IMF were originally set up after the Second World War. The World Bank was tasked with rebuilding Europe whilst the IMF was given the job of ensuring trade flowed smoothly and...
American Dark Money Is Fueling the Rise of Europe’s Far Right
Humanosity says….We have been posting articles that highlight a trend of dark money being used to influence politics especially in the UK. Whilst left leaning philanthropists have always funded...
Brexit Disaster Capitalism: Are Boris Johnson’s Hedge Fund...
Humanosity says….More excellent reporting from the Byline Times. They have been running an in depth investigation that has looked in to who is profiting from Brexit and suggesting that the...
Research shows that most of the tweets on politics you see are...
Humanosity says the impact of social media on politics has been liberating in the sense that it has democratised the ability to have your opinion published. Unlike traditional publishing or...
The Dueling Narratives of India’s Kashmir Crackdown
Humanosity says…Ever since partition India and Pakistan’s competing claims to the territory have led to several wars and continue to poison relations between the two sates. Dueling...
What Xenophobia in South Africa Means for The Ideal of Pan...
Humanosity says…. Historically the ideal of Pan Africanism was at the heart of independence movements across Africa. This article examines how the recent deadly bout of xenophobia in South...
The American Empire Is Sick. Is it on its Deathbed?
Humanosity says…In this article from Foreign Policy.com, author David Klion argues that failure in the centre ground of US politics has left the United States up for sale to the highest bidder...
How Issues of Sovereignty and Delusion are at the heart of the...
Humanosity says…This is a sharp critique of the central arguments put forward by Brexiteers by Mona Ali in the Political Quarterly Blog. She goes through the main pro Brexit arguments and how...
Edward Snowden in His Own Words: Why I Became a Whistle-Blower
Humanosity says…Snowden’s revelations have been described by some as the worst intelligence disaster in US history. For others his actions were a courageous act to designed to warn people...
Why A Court Ruling Against Gerrymandering Could Mean Trouble for...
Humanosity says…It’s a little bewildering that US politicians can influence the drawing of electoral boundaries. Surely they should not be let anywhere near this as it will inevitably...
How Brexit will change the Shape and Direction of the UK Economy
Humanosity says…This excellent piece by Martin Sandbu in the Political Quarterly examines in depth what impact the various Brexit options will have on the shape and direction of the UK economy...
