The Panama Papers is a global investigation into the sprawling, secretive industry of offshore that the world’s rich and powerful use to hide assets and skirt rules by setting up front companies in far-flung jurisdictions. According to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, which coordinated the research on a trove of more than 11 …more…
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Austerity has been forced on the country. In reality the cuts and savings are being directed at public services and benefits, which only affect the middle classes, the poor and the most in-need in our society. Yet the country’s debts and financial strains were directly caused by the practices of the wealthiest with the banks …more…
An animated interview of John Perkins, author of ‘HoodWinked’ and ‘Confessions Of An Economic Hitman’
John Perkins is an American author. His best known book is Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (2004), in which Perkins claims to have played a role in an alleged process of economic colonization of Third World countries on behalf of what he portrays as a cabal of corporations, banks, and the United States …more…
Hillary Me One More Time Political Parody
Whether you’re feeling the Bern or giving ’em Hill, there is something for everyone to enjoy in this political parody, written, Directed and Edited by Adrian Anchondo and choreographed, shot and edited all in 3 days with the help of Nick Palermo and EUXMedia “Hillary Me One More Time” a political parody of Britney Spears …more…
Bob Geldof Blames Millennials For All The Wrong Happening In The World
At this year’s One Young World conference, Bob Geldof stated that the youth of this generation have blood on their hands, as it is they who are the killers of Syria, as well as murdering people in Beirut, Sharm el Sheikh and most recently Paris. “Forget the tweeting about bullshit. Get real with your governments,” …more…
Waste: a political tragedy
Charles Edwards, Olivia Williams, Roger Michell and Michael Elwyn discuss the history and context of Harley Granville Barker’s play Waste. ★★★★ ‘Sex, sleaze and hypocrisy. A very stylish production.’ The Times ★★★★ ‘Engrossing.’ Daily Mail Famously banned by the censors when it was first written, Harley Granville Barker’s controversial masterpiece gathers a large ensemble to …more…
Why The Autumn Statement Is Classist Warfare
For as long as I can remember, The Conservatives have always battled against the ‘posh boy’ stigma. You know the one. ‘Tories are all privileged, private schooled toffs who don’t really know how the world works for actual, normal, working people.’ Well, if you had any doubts, the spending review cemented that theory. As the …more…
Syria’s War: Whose Fighting Who
The sheer volume of news stories regarding the Syrian conflict can be overwhelming. With so many seemingly contradictory stories coming out of the region, it may seem impossible to keep up with the political shit storm being fuelled by the Global Superpowers. Luckily for you, this video exists. Ezra Klein’s 5-minute animation briefly summarises the …more…
Why The UK’s Youngest MP Is So Important
Mhairi Black shocked the political world when at the 2015 General Election, she won the Paisley and Renfrewshire South constituency for the SNP, from Labour’s Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander. In a night of SNP domination in Scotland, 20 year old student Mhairi Black’s comprehensive victory over one of British politics most senior figures, symbolised …more…