In mid May 2019, the centre right Liberal National Coalition defeated the centre left Labor Party in a general election held in Australia. It was a win that surprised everyone, even the governing...
Before we delve into the posts we’re reading and loving elsewhere on the internet, don’t miss Natalia Antonova's advice on leveraging time-tested Russian propaganda techniques to avoid being...
Before we delve into the posts we’re reading and loving elsewhere on the internet, don’t miss Frank Petrisano's intriguing travelogue about Christiania, an intentional community deep in the heart...
The UK General Election in June of this year turned around with some quite unexpected results. One of these, on the other side of my city, was the former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg being beaten...
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The first General Election I was eligible to vote in was 1997, when Labour finally took power after 18 years of Tory rule, the majority of which was under Margaret Thatcher. It left me with...
This week we're delving into labour rights, colonialism, and much more with our must-reads, so get going! What’s moving you this week? Tell us about it in comments — and if you haven’t...
It's been a busy week around the world, but here are some stories that caught our eyes from around the web, from investigative journalism to frank personal essays. 'The Disappearing Soldier' (Pacific...
There's been a brouhaha on the Internet of late, over the issue of whether freelance writers for magazines, journals, and internet media outlets should be paid for their work. (No one is yet...
Ave! Duci Novo, similis duci seneca or will Ireland ever break free from civil war politics? Sound the fanfare. Bang the drum. After three years of catastrophic economic mismanagement, the Irish have...