A Monster Called Finance
Julie grew up close to Versailles, France. Her father, in an effort to offer a comfortable and happy life to his family, was seduced…
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An Interview with His Excellency, President of Molossia
World leaders are a dodgy bunch. Even those who aren’t corrupt fat cats or power-mad warlords seem to end up acting with their own…
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Keep Calm and Carry On – A Wartime Childhood
People’s lives have been disrupted by war since time immemorial, and it’s the family unit that suffers its disturbances and effects more than any…
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Compassion Fatigue – Child Refugee Triage
By the time African refugees arrive in large Egyptian cities like Cairo, most bear the scars of physical and emotional abuse suffered in their…
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Grassroots Capital – The Community Currency Alternative
Frustrated by the lack of local control over money within your community? Or, for that matter, what can be done when there simply isn’t…
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In the Lair of the Thought Police
Nowadays, the internet allows people to be monitored and tracked whenever they’re connected. However, what if you find that not only your internet activity…
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Guerilla Chauffeur – Just a Job
In 2011, the new state of South Sudan was announced and officially recognised by nations around the world. For many, this was the brightest…
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Femen-ists: Artillery Exposed
Teresa Riemann and Theresa Lehmann are activists in the radical and controversial feminist organisation Femen. They walk the thin line between provocative demonstration and…
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Scars Of Syria – An Activist’s Journey
Since the Syrian uprising on March 15th, 2011, the media has been full of reports of the atrocities occurring there. The recent uproar over…
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Ticket to Freedom
Brazilians are used to saying that the country could be the best in the world for them, if there weren’t so many flaws—like a…
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The Blue Revolution – Seasteading
Randolph Hencken, 37, is the Executive Director of The Seasteading Institute, a San Francisco Bay Area-based non-profit think tank that seeks to create so-called…
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Dribbles Down Under
Indigenous Australians have gone through a lot since European settlement: the genocide that began at colonisation in 1788; the removal of indigenous children from…
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How to See What is Not There
Our perceptual experiences are shaped by what we encounter in the world. If we want to visually experience the heights of Mount Fuji, for…
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THE EAST
Making love and war: ‘The East’ and the duality of protest The recent wave of popular protests, in Brazil and worldwide, has divided public…
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PAIN IN UKRAINE
The Tragic History of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, first under Stalin and the USSR, now the Russian Federation continues to shape the country….
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SOCIAL INVERSION – COLLECTIVE CHANGE
This guy is convinced that we are living in a moment of diametrically inverting social trends. To convey the message, he describes the geo-physical…
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GENTRIFUCKATION – GENTRIFICATION IN BERLIN
Gentrification is slowly attacking Berlin after being almost done with London and Paris. In the German capital, it’s an army descending from Kreuzberg to…
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THE COUNTRY IS BURNING ALIVE – TURKEY 2013
Burning eyes under a gas mask. Empty tear gas cans on the ground. Burning trees with no fire brigades. Thousands and thousands of people…
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HARDLINE
Hardline is a movement originating from the straight-edge (meaning drug, alcohol, smoke, caffeine free) hardcore scene which declined in popularity during the 90s. Hardliners…
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UNEXPECTED TERRORIST
An iconic scene! Two towers burning, the Pentagon, 4 airplanes, more than 3,000 people killed in the Sep 11th, 2001 coordinated attacks. The world…
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ANGRY MOMMY – MIDDLE CLASS DISCRIMINATION
Anger is steadily rising in France. There is an overwhelming sense that people are fed up with the current atmosphere. Prejudices are not mentioned…
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