Democracy
The anti-boycott bill is an attack on our democracy
Free Palestine — Legislation set to be announced in the Queen’s speech today will make it more difficult to hold Israel accountable for its human rights abuses.
Written by: Tamara Stanton
Myanmar’s punk pacifists are healing their divided country
Punk Buddha — Punk’s pacifist roots have endured around the world, from anti-war protestors to Riot Grrrls. Now that history is continuing in Myanmar, a country divided by religious conflict, where a group of altruistic rebels are refusing to give into fear of ‘the other’.
Written by: Adam White
Website crash excludes young people from registering for EU referendum
Computer says, ‘No’ — Remain vote dealt major blow as tech problems affect hundreds of thousands of young voters who left registration until the last minute.
Written by: Saoirse O'Leary
How radical publishers in Hong Kong are pissing off the Chinese government
Disappearing booksellers and sex scandals — The strange story of Mighty Current publishing takes another turn, as UK national Lee Bo becomes the fifth employee to go missing.
Written by: Josh Gabert-Doyon
How coverage of the Tory conference showed me the ugly face of British media
The press is rotten - here’s why it must change — Media activist Fiorella Lecoutteux was among the 80,000 strong demonstration at the annual Conservative conference in Manchester. But the coverage in the press sidelined the protestors, raising important questions about whose interests the media serves.
Written by: Fiorella Lecoutteux
Could Jeremy Corbyn become the world’s first crowdsourced premier?
Public schoolboy politics on the way out — Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will carry out his first Prime Minister's Questions with suggestions crowdsourced from supporters. Has a new way of doing politics begun?
Written by: Michael Fordham
Amy Goodman on giving voice to the ignored and unheard
Truth to power — As the face of Democracy Now!, journalist Amy Goodman helps give voice to perspectives that usually go unheard, exposing the veil of deception dropped by corporations, politicians and their cohorts in the press. But the real battle, she says, has yet to be won.
Written by: Amy Goodman (interview by Andrea Kurland)
Reflections on Nigeria’s historic presidential election
from documentary photographer Jason Andrew — Fears of Boko Haram, vote rigging and political violence couldn’t stop Nigerians from voting for the country’s first democratic transfer of power.
Written by: Alex King
Is Hong Kong's Umbrella Man the new Tank Man?
Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Protests — "People's Republic of Amnesia" author Louisa Lim on Umbrella Man and Tank Man and how the spirit of Tiananmen Square has influenced the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests.
Written by: D'Arcy Doran
Why We Protest
Hong Kong — Hong Kong has seen its biggest street demonstrations in a decade in a potential prelude to an Occupy protest in the former British colony's city centre. Huck asks the protesters why they are taking to the streets.
Written by: Richie Benson