Category Archives: Politics

What will the world be like after coronavirus? Four possible futures

We could use this crisis to rebuild, produce something better and more humane. But we may slide into something worse. Where will we be in six months, a year, ten years from now? I lie awake at night wondering what … Continue reading

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Can I Talk About Heroes? – BBC Sounds

Poet Vicky Foster looks at how ideas of heroism have impacted on society and her own life. Vicky Foster’s award-winning Radio 4 Audio Drama Bathwater looked at the effect the murder in 2005 in Hull of the father of her … Continue reading

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George Monbiot on Brexit: Capitalism’s Civil War

“Farage and his ilk are just tools of something much bigger & much deeper than they are” Full 16min George Monbiot Interview ► https://www.patreon.com/posts/44881489

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How America became a superpower

 

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Weed was the real winner of the 2020 election

Americans are turning against the war on drugs

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Joe Biden Family Tree | Next President of the United States?

Donald Trump Family Tree: CREDITS: ========================= Chart: Matt Baker https://usefulcharts.com/ Narration: Jack Rackam https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaQz… Animation: Syawish Rehman https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf0O… Intro music: “Lord of the Land” by Kevin MacLeod and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license 4.0. Available from http://incompetech.com

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What Do Foreign Correspondents Think of the U.S.? | The New Yorker Documentary

Journalists from around the world are reporting on the 2020 Presidential race—and offering perspectives not found in American media coverage.

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AMERICAN PSYCHOSIS | Chris Hedges

Pulitzer-prize winning Journalist, Author and Activist Chris Hedges, discusses modern day consumerism, totalitarian corporate power and living in a culture dominated by pervasive illusion.

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Three Teenagers Changing the World for the Better

This world is full of teenagers doing incredible things, and they give us hope for the future. While Mexico’s Dafne Almazán is the world’s youngest psychologist and a teacher making sure other gifted kids get the education they deserve, Sweden’s … Continue reading

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Treat people as citizens | Aeon

Nicholas Tampio is professor of political science at Fordham University in New York. He is the author of Kantian Courage(2012), Deleuze’s Political Vision (2015), and Common Core: National Education Standards and the Threat to Democracy(2018). His latest book is Learning … Continue reading

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