Jeremy Corbyn joined tens of thousands of protestors in a trade union march on Saturday demanding a “new deal” for workers and public services.
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What Cambridge Analytica tells us about our dangerous love of technology.
The exposé of Cambridge Analytica is a timely reminder of the lack of understanding we have towards technology.
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Women’s Voices in the Public Sphere
A couple of weeks ago Theresa May’s conservative party speech delighted Corbynistas and Blairites alike, as both mainstream and social media revelled gleefully in the disaster of it all. There were the falling letters, the prank P45, the unapplauding Boris Johnson, etc. etc. But the focal point of the disaster was May’s inability to speak,…
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Artist Viktoria Binschtok and capitalism’s need for unemployment
The debate over whether art should be political is one which has dominated discussions amongst those who dwell in the world of creative expression. It is ongoing and arguably, gathering momentum.
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Colin Hoult / Anna Mann in How We Stop the Fascists
If there’s been a theme to this year’s festival fringe, it’s probably been ‘topical’ political satires. And, by and large, it’s of a low quality: cheap gimmicks to capture the attention of a largely left-wing audience. However, buried beneath the predictably awful Brexit: The Musical (and literally dozens of shows about Trump) lies the riotously…
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2017 General Election
Anti-Trump Pro-Love: Women’s March in London
From Grosvenor to Trafalgar Square, a march against Trump, with an estimated 100,000 people in attendance, occurred in London yesterday. For a march against something, the atmosphere of love and hope in the crowd was particularly striking. Yes, they were against Trump – but it was not a march of despair. The weather mirrored the…
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A British Liberal’s Attempt at Understanding Populism
By Julius L. Geertz Americans who voted Trump did not believe the rhetoric – apparently. Since the election, British commentators and politicians of various ideological hues have argued that these individuals actually voted in a rational, yet undeniably angry, manner in their own economic interest. Ohioans and Pennsylvanians, in mourning for the collapse of heavy…
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Hillary is the Democrat’s Greatest Mistake
Few presidential candidates have been involved in such high profile scandals as Clinton of late. The Democrat nominee has recently made history by being the first presidential candidate to undergo an FBI Criminal Investigation. The cause of this was her use of an unsecured, private email server set up in her basement during her time…
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