Billionaires such as Charles Koch spent a fortune convincing ordinary Americans to doubt everything – they shouldn’t be surprised that violence and division has followed in the wake of...
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Rising Isis Attacks in Africa Mean the ‘War on Terror’ is Far...
The battle to leave Afghanistan is becoming almost as complex as the war itself. The Biden administration is eager to go but advisers in Washington warn of the Taliban taking over once more and...
Saving the High Street: What to do With Empty Department Stores...
Chain stores are moving out of the high street. Recent high-profile deals, such as online fashion retailer Asos’s purchase of high street brands including Topshop and Miss Selfridge from the Arcadia...
Donald Trump Spying Allegations: More Likely Useful Idiot Than...
The question of Donald Trump’s relationship with the Kremlin has surfaced once again, this time in a new book by veteran US journalist Craig Unger. The book, American Kompromat, claims that the...
Can You Put A Price On Peace? This Study Says You Can
Conflict and violence cost the world more than $14 trillion a year.That’s the equivalent of $5 a day for every person on the planet.Research shows that peace brings prosperity, lower inflation and...
Latin America: Inequality and Political Instability Have Lessons...
In a landmark speech about social mobility in 2013, the then US president, Barack Obama, warned against the problem of growing inequality in the starkest possible terms: The combined trends of...
Myanmar: Despite Appearances the Country’s Military Might is...
A fortnight after Myanmar’s military coup and the momentum of protest is growing. On February 1 2021, Myanmar’s armed forces, officially known as the Tatmadaw, announced on the military-run TV...
The Northern Irish Ghost Companies That Mask Crime Worldwide
Exploitation of workers, corruption and money-laundering, all kept in the shadows by lax regulation. Could Northern Ireland become “the new Panama”? Nikolai Sukhanov is used to flags of convenience...
From Duck Houses to Nuclear Weapons: What we Know Because of the...
Over the past 20 years, Freedom of Information legislation has helped expose many abuses of power, but now it’s under threat. What are ministers claiming expenses for? How much do oil companies pay...
Global White Supremacy Cult: Qanon – The South African...
Amid the maelstrom of footage emerging from the 6 January insurrection at the US Capitol in Washington DC, a video of a white South African rioter emerged, much to the surprise of many...
21st-Century Lobbying: How Big Data Lets Big Businesses Get The...
In July Facebook was fined US$5.1bn by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for not being honest about how it was handling user data. The personal data of 87 million of its users had been harvested...
Covid-19 Worsens Xenophobic Attitudes in South Africa
As Covid-induced hardships bite deeper, hyper nationalistic hashtags such as #PutSouthAfricaFirst and #WeWantOurCountryBack are becoming increasingly popular with many in South Africa. As soon as the...
Putin Wanted to Crush Dissent. Jailing Alexy Navalny Didn’t Help...
On February 2, a court in Moscow sentenced Putin critic Alexy Navalny to two years and eight months in jail. Russia’s most prominent critic has inspired massive protests that have shaken the country...
Why are the Indian Farmers’ Protests Happening Now?
At the borders of India’s capital of New Delhi, thousands of farmers have been camping out since November 25 2020. The largely peaceful farmer protests have recently taken a deadly turn, with...
News UK TV and GB News: New Channels Stoke Fears of More...
The imminent arrival of two new current affairs channels is fuelling heated debate about the future direction of broadcast journalism in the UK. GB News is chaired by former newspaper editor and BBC...
How Self-proclaimed ‘Prophets’ from a Growing Christian Movement...
In addition to symbols of white supremacy, many of the rioters at the Capitol on Jan. 6 carried signs bearing religious messages, such as “Jesus Saves” and “In God We Trust” while others chanted...
The End of Golden Dawn: Has Greece Shown us How to Deal with Neo...
When a wave of right-wing extremism hit Greece in 2012, few would have predicted that Golden Dawn, one of the groups involved, would grow to become the third-largest party in the Greek parliament...
Prosecute Donald Trump for Coronavirus Crimes? No, But Maybe...
On the day that President Trump officially leaves office with the threat of conviction by the Senate as well as a possible criminal indictment for his alleged role in inciting the Capitol Hill...
Misogyny in the Capitol: Among the Insurrectionists, a Lot of...
Among the various forms of violence on display during the U.S. Capitol insurrection, one has been largely overlooked: misogyny, or hatred toward women. Yet behaviours and symbols of white male power...
Executions Don’t Deter Murder, Despite the Trump...
Three more federal inmates are slated to be executed before the end of President Donald Trump’s term, though the first received a temporary stay hours before she was slated to die on Jan. 12, before...