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Month: January 2019

Rumy Hasan, religion, global south, secularism, developing countries, third world, women's rights
Book Reviews

Addressing Uncomfortable Truths: Religion and Development in the Global South

January 31, 2019 Terri Murray 0

Rumy Hasan’s book, “Religion and Development in the Global South”, addresses whether religion might be a limiting factor for development.

Covington, Covington Catholic School, Black Hebrew Israelites, news, media, trust
Main Story

A Crisis of Trust in News Media Institutions: What the Covington Episode Can Teach Us

January 30, 2019 Guest Writer 0

We must equip ourselves with the resources required to exercise the collective self-government that is a guiding ideal of the American political identity.

New Zealand Green Party
International

Has New Zealand’s Green Party Forgotten Democracy – or Just Women’s Rights to It?

January 29, 2019 Guest Writer 0

Renee Gerlich describes how the New Zealand Green Party has ignored women’s voices in the rush to protect a minority of men.

Tony Blair, human rights, arms sales, Saudi Arbabia, boycott Saudi arms, corruption, money
Main Story

Western Governments, Arms Sales, and Human Rights Hypocrisy

January 28, 2019 George Suchett-Kaye 0

In dealing with “dubious customers,” are we not favouring personal gains at the high cost of ignoring universal moral values?

Guiyang, Guizhou, China, technology, big data, economy
International

Guiyang: China’s City of the Future

January 27, 2019 Lysander Stephenson 0

To what extent can Guiyang–a relatively obscure city in south-west China– be emulated by other cities striving for a slice of the ‘China dream?’

Jordan Peterson
Culture

Jordan Peterson and the Apocalypse of Modernism

January 26, 2019 Emeka Ikpeazu 0

Jordan Peterson is an apocalypse preacher who attacks progress and modernity under the guise of defending it, argues Emeka Ikpeazu. In the past couple of years I have dealt off

Evita Peron, Argentina
International

Conflicts in Post-Colonial Fascism: From Peron to Lebanon

January 25, 2019 Dan Fisher 0

Dan Fisher and Katie Barker examine the internal contradictions within two non-European fascist movements after the Second World War, from Peron to Lebanon. Written in association with Katie Barker In

Afghan and Central Asian Association, Rabia Nasimi, Nooralhaq Nasimi, refugees, Afghanistan, asylum seekers, integration
International

How One Community Organisation is Tackling the Problem of Refugee Integration in Britain

January 24, 2019 Sarah Mills 3

As concern mounts over issues of community segregation, the Afghan and Central Asian Association seeks to promote unity through its integration programmes.

Rohit Balakrishnan, Rational Empathy
Book Reviews

Rational Empathy – A Book By Rohit Balakrishnan

January 23, 2019 Guest Writer 0

Rational Empathy: How the Mind Reveals Objective Morality through Happiness is a debut book written by Rohit Balakrishnan from India, available for purchase from Amazon Kindle in an e-book format.

Olivia DeLaurentis, This Gets Ruff
Celebrities

Olivia DeLaurentis on This Gets Ruff: “I’ve Always Loved Dark Comedy”

January 21, 2019 Madelaine Hanson 0

Olivia DeLaurentis, 22-year-old writer, actor and director, is interviewed by Madelaine Hanson for Conatus News about her new film This Gets Ruff.

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