Owen Jones’s Agenda for Hope: Why do all these left-wing movements fail?
Owen Jones’s nine-point plan is the latest attempt to rally the masses behind a progressive manifesto, but they always seem to leave young people cold Owen Jones is a trier, you have to give him that....
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Forget UKIP weather, here are five controversial opinions held by actual MPs
While councillor David Silvester’s comments caused a stir, we should really be worried by the backward views of some people who actually run the country In the UK, we tend to think of ourselves as a...
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Sochi is a political circus that’s made sport just a side show
Amid all the politics of Sochi, athletes are left fighting for what’s left of the limelight. 1440 days. This is the how long olympians have been waiting since Vancouver 2010. That’s 34, 560 hours. Or...
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I blame Disney for the outrage over Marius the giraffe’s death
Is it really as heinous as the press has made out? I’ve seen a few Disney films in my time, but I can’t help but wonder if we’ve allowed this anthropomorphism of animals to cloud our judgment when it...
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“I am a Ukrainian, this needs to go viral”: Are viral videos the new propaganda?
A video of a blue-eyed woman asking westerners to petition their governments gained seven million views. But are these videos as innocent as they seem? In a clip posted to YouTube last week, above, a...
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North Korea is using its elections to force dissenters to return home
Sunday will see the first national election since Kim Jong-yn took power two years ago, but there will only be one name on the ballot sheet The official North Korean news agency, the KCNA, released a...
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“What harm can it possibly do now?”: How the world views LSD as medicine
The hallucinogenic has been used for far more than getting high in a field “Suddenly, he had accepted the fact of death; he had taken this moksha medicine in which he believed. I had the feeling that...
View ArticleGuinness boycotts New York’s St Patrick’s Day parade in support of gay rights
The drinks sponsor pulled the plug on their sponsorship after gay and lesbian groups were excluded Guinness – a huge sponsor of New York’s St Patrick’s Day parade – withdrew their support for today’s...
View Article“The only things that interests me in the US is Tupac”: Russia mocks US...
It would seem that not everyone is taking Sunday’s referendum too seriously 21 Russian and Ukrainian officials have received a firm spanking from the US and EU following Sunday’s referendum, imposing...
View ArticleTurkey’s Prime Minister has said he will “wipe out” Twitter
The site was blocked after is was used to spread evidence of the government’s alleged wrongdoing. Today, Twitter turned eight years old and for its present, Turkey blocked the social media site from...
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The hidden rules of chinese TV series censorship
An article highlighting specific censorship regulations has gone viral, prompting criticism that excessive censorship is harmful “If anyone made US drama House of Cards in China, it would certainly be...
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‘No one knows who we are, if they did we would surely be killed’: The secret...
In parts of the Middle East, being an atheist is punishable by death, but there are some trying to fight for their freedom of speech Sami is a Saudi Arabian atheist “living among the religiously...
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How Russians are outsmarting internet censorship
Mirrors (or exact copies) of blocked websites are part of the loophole that is ‘screwing the system’ After only a few days after several opposition websites were blocked by Russia’s mass communications...
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Brazil approves radical anti-spying internet bill
The passing of this internet governance legislation by Brazil could be an historic moment for the future of the web On Tuesday night, a sweeping majority of Brazil’s lower chamber of congress voted in...
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There are groups in Japan protesting against the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Despite it being six years away, people are already protesting against the Japanese Olympics Despite the fact that the games aren’t heading to Japan until 2020, there are already people protesting...
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Turkey’s block on Twitter is slammed by authors and public figures
Social media sites in the firing line as the Turkish government tightens its grip on the internet Pro-free speech organisation International PEN, along with a host of internationally recognised...
View Article“My best weapon to fight the Taliban is my voter card”: How voting is an act...
As the Taliban uses extreme violence in an attempt to derail the upcoming elections, the Afghan people prepare to vote With less than a week before the first-ever democratic transfer of power in...
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Teenage Bloggers in Bangladesh arrested for ‘blasphemous’ Facebook posts
Two teens have been beaten and arrested as a result of ‘hurting religious sentiments’. Police hid it from mainstream media to avoid a religious riot After they were attacked and beaten by a mob, two...
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Astroturfing and sockpuppetry: Governments are paying people to fake support
It’s never been easier to fake it on the internet – as governments across the world are proving People – never mind politicians – are always lying to you. Consciously and sub-consciously it’s a natural...
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The Sultan of Brunei introduces new crimes under Sharia law
Brunei brings in new Islamic laws that include the death penalty, prompting fears that human rights could seriously be violated The Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, has expanded Sharia law to civil...
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