Remembering Turkey’s Deadliest Terror Season
A writer from Turkey commemorates the countless lives lost in what was the country's deadliest spate of terror attacks.
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The Bad Medicine of Transgenderism – Repeating Errors of the Past
In 1536 a 22-year-old medical student stole a body from the gallows. It was illegal, but his scientific curiosity prevailed. Andreas Vesalius would go on to change understanding of anatomy with his seminal work, De Humani Corporis Fabrica (On the Fabric of the Human Body). This was not what he set out to do, however. […]
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YPJ Fighter Talks Life and Loss In The War Against ISIS
Hanna Bohman discusses fighting alongside leftist Kurdish militias against ISIS, and the YPJ’s proclaimed mission of democracy and women’s liberation. First of all, I’m sure you are asked this question a lot, but what inspired you to move to Kurdistan to fight with the YPG against ISIS? I truly believe that you have the most […]
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Book Review: ‘Give People Money’ by Annie Lowrey
‘Give People Money’ by Annie Lowrey deftly explores Universal Basic Income, one of the 21st century’s most ambitious and contentious social policy ideas. The debate around Universal Basic Income (UBI) has intensified in recent years. Once an idea consigned to the fringes of political debate, UBI has become a far more mainstream idea in recent […]
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Now is the Time – Britain Must Stand Against Saudi Arabia
By Stephen Hawkins What kind of line must Saudi Arabia cross before Britain stops defending the regime and starts politically and economically isolating the state? There is a number of approaches when one poses the question of how Britain can deal with a state that consistently and persistently violates human rights, follows a fundamentally Islamist agenda, and […]
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Pavement Rage: the Impact of Harassment on Women’s Daily Lives
Many women encounter harassment and intimidation on a daily basis, but the consequences for its perpetrators are often lukewarm or nonexistent altogether.
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Sherlock vs Twitter: A Statement from Michael Sherlock
Twitter's legal team has sent atheist activist and author Michael Sherlock a threatening email, alleging that a research piece he posted may be illegal.
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The Blind Spot of Race: Are the Japanese Racially Privileged?
By Shozo Kamiya Considerations on the racial privileges of the Japanese shed light on the blind spot of the anti-racist literature with highly revolutionary implications. In recent literature concerning racism, the concept of “racial privilege” is increasingly adopted as an effective tool to analyse problematic social phenomena related to racism. Whilst It can certainly be […]
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The Politicisation of Public Bodies and the Gender Recognition Act
Re-framing debate over the Gender Recognition Act as ‘pro’ or ‘anti’ transgender does a disservice to those with legitimate concerns.
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Romania Exceptional in Rejecting Gay Marriage Ban
Public opinion is shifting towards LGBT emancipation, in Romania as elsewhere, and it may just be a matter of time before constitutional bans fall.
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