Politics

Extremism

Sacred Cloths? Flags, outrage, and the skeptical mindset

Gabriel Andrade -
It is a sad irony that many who rightly oppose blasphemy laws are often first to demand harsh penalties for the desecration of flags
Politics

Religious extremism and refugees in Germany: lessons from Nigeria

Leo Igwe -
As a country beset by imported religious extremism from Islam and Christianity, Nigeria has many lessons to teach modern Europe
Moral Panics

The Online Safety Act doesn’t make our children any safer

Mike Hall -
The Online Safety Act may be well-intentioned, but it is a fundamentally flawed attempt to legislate away a complex social issue.
Climate Change

When the Great Resist conspiracy conference came to the North East

David Glass -
The Great Resist meeting, and its touring band of conspiracy theorists, brought their antivax rhetoric and trans-panic messaging to Gateshead
Politics

AI authoritarianism? We should be wary of outsourcing our thinking to the machine

Abigail Kennedy -
If we outsource our decision making to AI, we unwittingly train ourselves to accept its natural bias towards the status quo, and conservatism
Politics

From sacred signs to golden urns: The oddities of Dalai Lama Succession

Gabriel Andrade -
The Dalai Lama's successor - by definition, his reincarnated self - is nothing but superstition and mysticism, however it is chosen
Politics

Old Money, Quiet Luxury: fashion trends as soft-power for conservatism

Abigail Kennedy -
Social media trends toward 'old money' aesthetics are often thinly veiled conservative nostalgia, idealising traditional hierarchies of race, class and gender
Cults

The AllatRa Creative Society: from global peace promises to a real security threat

Claire Klingenberg -
The AllatRa spiritual movement has become a globally influential lobby group, promising utopia while pushing far-right ideologies
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