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No Jeremy Corbyn, Labour must not become UKIP-lite

From Where I Stand — Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn today attempted to attack the government's Brexit plans, but it looks as if he missed, hitting EU migrants instead. There's no space for vague language when the security and safety of so many people living in Britain hangs in the balance, argues Wail Qasim.

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  • Wail Qasim

People are buying Mein Kampf: Should we be panicking?

From Where I Stand — Hitler's hate-filled book Mein Kampf has sold far more copies in Germany since republication than expected. Forget about the sales figures says James Butler, a quick flick through the pages highlights alarming parallels with the rise of the far-right today.

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  • James Butler

Is surfing plagued with a racist streak?

Error in the Code — Beneath the brotherhood and bonhomie, is surfing tinged with a race problem? Tetsuhiko Endo is ready to ask questions.

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  • Tetsuhiko Endo

A do-it-yourself guide to the world’s favourite new food trend: The coffee cocktail

Huck x Tia Maria — The world is going insane and it’s getting cold. Console yourself with these lovely winter warmers guaranteed to get you in a festive mood.

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Anti-Semitism is not anti-Zionism and it's time we all accept it

From where I stand — It’s time we talked about anti-Semitism - and not just on the British left. When anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism are branded together, the consequences are dangerous.

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  • Michael Segalov

Britain's refusal to grant asylum and the hypocrisy of "safety"

From where I stand — Not a day goes by that students and women's groups aren't mocked by the right-wing press and liberal thinkers for creating safe-spaces, environments in which some danger and oppression can be kept at bay. Safe spaces are derided by those who have the luxury of safety already.

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  • Shone Faye

Has the world hit compassion fatigue for Syria’s refugees?

Empathy reserves on empty — An anti-refugee backlash seems to sweeping the globe, reflected in media coverage and government policy. Adam White asks what has happened to our collective sympathy and concern for the human rights of refugees?

  • Activism
  • Adam White

Oxi, outrage and optimism: what is life like for young, creative Greeks today?

Thoughts after a year of Syriza — A year ago, Greece’s first radical left government promised to end austerity. They failed. But has anything changed? Skaters, street artists, illustrators and photographers explain the situation through their eyes.

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  • Alex King

The A-list celebrities and their terrorist, dictator and druglord superfans

Iron fisted obsessions — Mexico's most-wanted drug kingpin El Chapo blew his cover flirting with a telenovela starlet. But he joins a long list of murderous psychopaths - from Osama bin Laden to Kim Jong Il - with an embarrassing celebrity obsession.

  • Activism
  • Adam White

Expert view: UK government’s legal highs ban is a joke

Do we even know what we’re banning? — The UK government’s proposed Psychoactives Bill attempts to ban all ‘legal highs’. It will never work, explains Jason Reed, spokesperson at LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition).

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  • Alex King

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