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Labour Party UK considering Universal Basic Income

John McDonnell, the shadow chancellor, has declared his Party’s interest in studying UBI as a response to the mechanisation of the workforce. Under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn there is no doubt a search for more humanising economic models is…

Silo’s Space of Representation

It is not so easy to write in a clarifying way about Silo’s Space of Representation, the way it is written is already precise#, but as a new concept possibly difficult to first grasp, especially extending the thought to its…

Silo, a Spiritual Path wins at Near Nazareth film festival

 SILO A SPIRITUAL PATH is a WINNER at the Near Nazareth 2016 Film Festival in Arufa, Israel. Silo a Spiritual Path has competed and won one of the Five Awards in the documentary category at the Near Nazareth 2016 film festival.…

Sykes-Picot Agreement turns 100

What situation is facing the Arab Middle East 100 years following the conclusion of the Sykes-Picot Agreement and division of the Ottoman Empire’s Legacy between France and England? Has the Arab spring left any chance for the survival of the…

Lessons for Peace from Back in the USSR

In the early 1980s almost nobody from the United States traveled to the Soviet Union or vice versa. The Soviets wouldn’t let anybody out, and good Americans were disinclined to visit the Evil Empire. But a woman in California named…

South China Sea confrontations – view from Taiwan

Our contact Yew taipan reports that this letter from a Taiwan resident to Admiral Harry B. Harris, Commander of the United States Pacific Command, is circulating in various media and although the style of the letter seems more western than…

Romania film fest gives the nod to Silo, a Spiritual Path

SILO A SPIRITUAL PATH WINS IN ROMANIA – May 2016 – taking Third Place for a Feature Documentary at the 12 Months Film Festival. The 12 Months Film Festival is an international online film event that attracts, displays and awards movie enthusiasts, and…

Historian of the Tiananmen Movement and the June Fourth Massacre

An Interview With Wu Renhua June 3, 2016 – EXTRACT In 1989, Mr. Wu Renhua was a young faculty member at China University of Political Science and Law in Beijing, leading the student demonstration along with other young scholars. He…

Female circumcision – the worst anyone can do to a woman

The following is an interview with Fadumo Korn, chairwoman of the association Nala e.V., an interpreter in Munich, Germany and author of the brave book entitled “Geboren im großen Regen” (Born in the big rain). As a victim of FGM,…

International Labor Rights Forum – 2015 report

Dear Reader, Thank you so much for your support of ILRF’s work to advance dignity and justice for workers worldwide! Our 2015 Annual Report catalogues some of the highlights from our work last year, which you helped make possible. Perhaps the most…

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