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Freedom of Speech and the Charlie Hebdo
On Welfare
Cameron: Playing God
“For centuries, religious faith has been invoked at the limits of our moral and scientific understanding – but, more recently, at the threshold of political legitimacy.” More than a decade ago, at the height of the bizarre alliance of Labour and Republican governments, Prime Minister Tony Blair received…
Burma – The Long Road to Democracy
Why Muslim Students Boycotting Evolution Lectures is Worrying for Science
On the University’s New Parking Policy
Ai Weiwei on the issues of Modern China
Ai Weiwei is the famed artist behind the 2008 Olympic Stadium, ‘The Bird’s Nest’, as well as the ‘Sunflower Seeds’ exhibition in the Tate Modern last year. His work is recognised around the world as displays against the Chinese Government; his semi-nude self-portrait ‘Grass Mud Horse’ in particular…
The Point of Occupy
On 15th October, in countries around the world, up to three thousand protesters gathered outside St. Paul’s Cathedral, after failing to reach their initial destination of the London Stock Exchange. In the following days, over 100 tents popped up to create the Occupy London encampment, which has been…
The Freedom to Protest?
Earlier this month, ten UK Uncut protests were found guilty of aggravated trespass for their part in a peaceful sit-in at London’s Fortnum and Mason luxury department store in March. They were protesting against the stores alleged tax-dodging practices, which they believed the government should be addressing as…
Occupy: A Message that Cannot be Ignored?
Many will have heard about the Occupy Wall Street protest, seen pictures of tents camped outside St Paul’s Cathedral and, more recently, noticed the little community of protestors located in Nottingham’s own Old Market Square. As the Occupy movement gains momentum across the globe, are we any closer…







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