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This sound installation was first performed at the 4th Athens Bienniale under the 'Value and Economy' theme heading. (Video, 30 minutes).Artists and scientists investigate life and our environment at...
View ArticlePsychedelics and shadows of society
Taking lessons from how psychedelics work on individuals we can build a more cohesive society. Changing drug policy needs to go hand in hand with changing attitudes. In recent years we have seen a...
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Are the general public generally wrong about drugs?
In a society where the general public are misinformed and thus, according to Ipsos Mori 'wrong about almost everything' the question is: who is guiding these opinions, and why do policies continue to...
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Polish prospects in the May 2014 elections
The European elections in Poland will be treated as a test of political parties' national popularity, rather than any belief in Poland's role in Europe. Euro elections landscape, 2014.The right wing...
View ArticleThe spirit of Stuart Hall
Remembering the power of being and thought of one of the most inspiring theorists of the postwar left, Stuart Hall. Thanks go to the original publisher, Jacobin, a magazine of culture and polemic, for...
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Ukraine: what next?
There was a way out of the Ukraine crisis this week, through dialogue and accommodation. But the regime, backed by Russia, chose to pursue victory instead. It will be a Pyrrhic one—but the...
View ArticleAs a Roma, integration means something different to me
A response to the recent statements by Ms. Viviane Reding, European Commissioner, on the situation of Roma and the need from their side to integrate and to have a normal way of living. Read more from...
View ArticleNorth Korea: totalitarianism in transition?
Periodically wracked by famine and lambasted in a UN human-rights inquiry, North Korea remains a state without parallel. What lies behind the regime’s latest purge?It is recent news that the North...
View ArticleA flooded future: Essex to the world
Two floods, two eras, two worlds. The contrast between 1953 and 2014 in southern England is a lesson both in class and climate change. Some early memories stay with you for life and for me one of...
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Journalism is not terrorism
In Egypt, numerous journalists have been arrested since the overthrow of Morsi. They are being kept in high security prisons under appalling conditions. Egypt Solidarity Initiative are campaigning for...
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In response to Martin Kettle
Accusations that the SNP are failing to engage in serious debate betray double standards at the heart of Britain.I haven't always agreed with Martin Kettle's Guardian columns over the years. They have...
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The Other Side of the Border - Elysium and The Plastic People
While Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium depicts a highly exaggerated science-fiction future, and Charles Shaw’s The Plastic People presents the grim conditions of the all-too-real present, the inspiration for...
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Feeding fascism in Greece: the memorandum, the state of exception and the police
The factors that contribute to the inexorable rise of fascism in societies, described here, have to be identified, understood and undermined by critical theory as soon as they occur, so that political...
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Mexico: terror and “terrorism”
A little-noticed security reform in Mexico threatens a major erosion of liberty by exploiting public fear to introduce a sweeping definition of “terrorism”.Real fears--a woman at an anti-violence...
View ArticleEuro elections 2014: You Tell Us (17/02/14) Part Two
Young bloggers from across the EU tell us what's on their minds. Leading this week are the protests in Bosnia and the EU's communication problem.The EU is not in a position to navigate the high seas of...
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Ukraine: the view from the west
What is happening in Ukraine has provoked outrage and shock in the west. But do we really understand what we’re talking about?Following the failure of the Ukrainian Government to sign the Association...
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BBC bias and the Scots referendum - new report
Dr John Robertson from University of West Scotland has just published research on bias and fairness in news reporting on the issue of the Scottish referendum, covering both ITV (STV) and BBC. Here's...
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Interview: BBC bias, bullying, and the Scottish referendum
Following the recent publication of his report, Dr John Robertson speaks to OurKingdom about his findings, his methodology, and an unusually fierce response - "bullying" - from the BBC itself.Dr John...
View ArticleFocus E15: the young mothers' struggle for universal housing
For more than six months, a small group of young, homeless mothers have been battling for decent and secure social housing for everyone. The mothers highlight an emerging problem facing thousands...
View ArticleAugustine Carter, 85, struggles to protect her voting rights in Virginia
“Anytime you take the right away from me to vote”, says 85-year old Augustine Carter in Richmond, Virginia, “that takes away my freedom. And if I don’t have no freedom, then that makes me a slave”...
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