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Brazilian President Rousseff is OUT, the Congress of Hypocrisy is IN

September 7, 2016 | by Pamela Machado | 0 Comments

Brazil looks unrecognisable to me. The country I see reported on international media does not seem to represent the one I came from. Having grown up in an environment full of possibilities, it is difficult to now assimilate my country’s unemployment rate which has reached double digits. I saw all of my friends go to […] Read more

Why We Must Not Turn Away From The Kurds

September 6, 2016 | by Will TG Miller | 0 Comments

We must support the Kurds against our mutual foes as the only rock of stability in the otherwise turbulent Middle East. Read more

Stopping Olukoya and Witch hunting in UK Black Communities

September 6, 2016 | by Leo Igwe | 1 Comments

Witchcraft related abuse is a very serious problem in African migrant communities in the UK. There is documented evidence that these abuses are linked to activities of African pastors and churches. Unfortunately efforts to address this problem are bogged down by concerns over racism, minority rights and abuse of religious liberty. Vulnerable members of the […] Read more

The Poverty of ‘Identity’

September 5, 2016 | by Emile Yusupoff | 0 Comments

It is hard to overstate the impact of identity politics. The “new culture wars”, have engulfed social media and university campuses and the anti-globalisation tide continues to rise. Left and right have seen the development of hard-line identitarian wings, whilst the themes of intersectionality, community, and nationality have entered mainstream politics. Identitarianism is a rejection […] Read more

Why Do So Many Guys Have a Problem with Feminists?

September 5, 2016 | by Madelaine Hanson | 1 Comments

I don’t absolutely know why so many men are turned off by a woman interested in her gender’s rights, beyond it being a defence. Read more

The Twofold Wrongheadedness Of The Burkini Row

August 30, 2016 | by Ivor Jones | 0 Comments

“The burkini is like a uniform, a symbol of Islamist extremism.” These were the words of David Lisnard, the Mayor of Cannes, explaining why he was banning the use of ‘burkinis’ on beaches in his city – a city just a few miles away from Nice, which last month was the target of an Islamist […] Read more

The Left’s Jewish Problem Runs Deeper than Israel

August 29, 2016 | by Emile Yusupoff | 0 Comments

Dealing with anti-semitism may require jettisoning more of the politics of envy, populism, and collectivism than the left is capable of. The debate over the left’s anti-semitism problem has continued unabated recently. The Labour Party continues to flip-flop over whether people who hate Jews are welcome in the party, and the student left continues to struggle to […] Read more

Extremism on Campus: Islamist Narratives are Going Unchallenged

August 25, 2016 | by Leo Gibbons-Plowright | 0 Comments

We won’t defeat the ideologies of fascism and Islamism through blanket censorship. We defeat these ideas by exposing their fallacies and undermining their arguments through open debate and criticisms. Islamists and their fellow-travellers on the far-Left will attempt to shut down this discussion, but we cannot let this happen. Read more

Freedom of Expression Must be Embraced by Left and Right Alike

August 23, 2016 | by Emile Yusupoff | 0 Comments

The Left needs to rediscover and reclaim its liberalism. Otherwise, the basic liberties of free thought and free expression will be owned by the Right. Read more

No Compulsion in Religion?

August 18, 2016 | by Will TG Miller | 0 Comments

Canadian blogger Abdullah Sameer posted a video on Facebook last Thursday that picked up around 70,000 views in less than 24 hours. The topic was bound to attract attention; Sameer’s video was a video diary on why he had made the decision to leave Islam. Sporting a large and characteristic South Asian beard, Sameer looked […] Read more

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