Category: Politics
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What do Jose Mourinho, ancient artefacts, and tourism have in common? At first glance, not much, but on investigation we find that they all play a role in the continuous, if somewhat confused, campaign of propaganda by the Syrian regime leader Bashar al-Assad. A story that emerged recently, that immediately jumped out at me as somewhat strange, was…
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KC. Bill. Caroline. Gareth. Simon. These are the names of just five of the citizens that Brighton and Hove have lost in the recent months. They had been calling the streets and the shop doorways their homes, but like more than 50 other homeless people in the last three years, they have been killed by…
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Whilst the world’s major powers collectively pat themselves on the back for brokering a ceasefire in Syria, they fail to notice that the war, though diluted in its violence, is yet to stop. Despite the widely reported truce between Regime forces and those opposed to Bashar al-Assad, the death toll continues to rise in Syria.…
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In 2011, during my second year of university, Time Magazine chose The Protester as their Person of the Year. On the one hand this is a great cause for celebration as the millions of individuals committed to the struggle were, in some way, rewarded for their actions. The hours of work, the days of organisation, the minor…
Trouble & Squeak 