Just how anti-war is Ed Miliband?
Ed Miliband. Image: Flickr Challenged by Jeremy Paxman on whether he was “tough enough” to be Prime Minister on the Sky News/Channel 4 programme ‘Cameron & Miliband Live’, Labour leader…
Varoufakis’s dogma
Yanis Varoufakis at a meeting with Wolfgang Schäuble, February, 2015.Wikicommons/Jörg Rüger.All rights reserved. Yanis Varoufakis is the architect of the current negotiating strategy of Greece. As he usually says when…
Heartbreaking PSA Shows What A Muslim Registry Would Really Look Like
As we head toward Inauguration Day with a president-elect who refuses to back down on plans to create a registry of Muslim Americans, the threat of history repeating itself has…
Look Up, Our Night Sky Will Soon Change Forever
You can’t see them now, but in five years, two enormous stars will collide, intensifying their collective brightness by a factor of 10,000 and instantly becoming one of the brightest…
'More royal than the king': an encounter with French Zionism
A child plays by the fenced-in house of al-Ghirayim family between the Jewish settlement of Givon Hahadasha and the West Bank village of Beit Ijza, north of Jerusalem, Dec. 11,…
These 5 Organizations Need Your Donations This Giving Tuesday
The greatest thing about the Thanksgiving season is giving. Nothing encapsulates that more than #GivingTuesday, a movement that was started by the Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Impact at the 92nd Street…
Podemos’ dilemma and why leadership still matters
Mayor Ada Colau visits FaPaC festival just like another citizen. Demotix/Alejandro Ascanio. All rights reserved. In a recent article on openDemocracy, Barcelona-based activist and theatre director Simona Levi invited the Podemos…
After Accidental Invite, Strangers Get Together For Thanksgiving Anyway And Become Holiday’s Viral Inspiration
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For a more 'normal' Israel
The interview covers Arthur's history with the organisation, explains the process of the recent Knesset elections, and expresses his knowledge and understanding of the situation in Palestine, as well as…
Scientists Are Already Rallying Against Trump
Watching President Obama bid adieu to the highest office in the country is heartbreaking for many, but most of all, perhaps, for those who hoped science would be held to…