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Thomas Piketty on the secret behind the rise of ISIS: Inequality

Radical economist turns the terror debate on its head — It’s not ideology, Islam or radicalism that fuels ISIS; it’s poverty, control of oil wealth by corrupt rulers and a lack of positive opportunities, argues Thomas Piketty.

  • Opinion
  • Alex King

World leaders collaborate on pro-war charity Christmas single 'Bomb The World' (kinda)

A depressingly accurate spoof — Comedy group Mother's Best Child and online magazine Don't Panic team up to a produce a video that exposes warmongering politicians and token festive philanthropy in one swoop.

  • Music
  • Shelley Jones

To defeat ISIS, we must solve the refugee crisis

Fear, fences and futile bombing — Shutting our doors to refugees and bombing Syria is exactly the response ISIS want. Alex King looks at why we can’t let them dictate our response to the Paris attacks.

  • Opinion
  • Alex King

How do we break the cycle of violence after the Paris attacks?

Imagine a peaceful world — As France launches airstrikes on ISIS and declares it is at war, Alex King asks is there a way to stop the escalating violence?

  • Activism
  • Alex King

One Weekend: Four Dispatches from the front lines of Britain's Class War

The lines are drawn — The FUCK Parade turned East London's Cereal Killer Café into a battleground, but as Michael Fordham discovers, the class war is alive and well across the country: from a Somerset rugby match, to a Sheffield benefit office and the scene of a shooting in Hackney.

  • Opinion
  • Michael Fordham

Could Jeremy Corbyn become the world’s first crowdsourced premier?

Public schoolboy politics on the way out — Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will carry out his first Prime Minister's Questions with suggestions crowdsourced from supporters. Has a new way of doing politics begun?

  • Opinion
  • Michael Fordham

Drone strikes and a handful of refugees: the UK’s Syria policy is shameful

Deus Ex Machina — When David Cameron announced yesterday a successful drone strike on a British-born target in Syria, was he cynically playing to both the hawks and the doves while conceding little in the way of true humanitarian responsibility?

  • Opinion
  • Michael Fordham

One year after Mike Brown: where are we now?

Stemming the tide of violence — Since Mike Brown’s death America has witnessed the biggest movement for civil rights in a generation, but how much has it achieved? We spoke to race and policing expert Joe Feagin to find out more.

  • Opinion
  • Alex King

Surprising reactions from around the world to the killing of Cecil the Lion in Zimbabwe

American dentist gets shamed — Everyone is sickened by the killing of a beautiful lion in Zimbabwe. But is the hate campaign against the misguided dentist hunter a bit too much?

  • Opinion

UK police finally wise up about cannabis, but only because they’re broke

Cuts, cannabis and clicktivism — As a government online petition takes off and austerity forces police to rethink their approach, is the UK drug debate finally catching up with the rest of the world? And could legalisation be in sight?

  • Opinion
  • Alex King

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