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Yoke of imperialist oppression

There seems to be a recurring joke I encounter wherever I am in the world that the only two words spoken by ever man on earth are “coca” and “cola”. This seems to be exactly what has gone on over the last fifty years – the slow oppression of people beyond one’s own borders, just like the Empires of old. The streets of Marrakech are unavoidably tarnished by the relentless march of American imperialism. The road leading to Tunis carries More

Tunisia Shows Importance of Single Actions

Gandhi was just one person who lead millions of Indians. From that one man came the thought — non-violence and peace, even when being killed — that led to the creation of the world’s biggest democracy, and the West’s best chance of have a friend that can block the incredible development of China. Of course India has a long way to go, and poverty is still at incredible levels in many parts of the countryside, but it seems that Gandhi More

Green Developers - Happy or Not?

The recent meetings of global leaders on environmental protection seem to have given a promising result for the development of the green programmes around the globe. They all agreed on strict policies to encourage people to live in a greener world, to stimulate recycling, to impose rules that the governments need to comply with in order to live in a cleaner environment. However, what has become a major problem for worries for the developers of green technologies is the economic More

Fraud Revealed

A woman, 32 years old, was convicted and jailed for 2 years and 3 months for fraud activities related to Roma Gypsies claiming and receiving benefits with overall value of almost 3 million British pounds. The conviction of the woman just confirms and issue that has been a persistent problem in the UK - the rights of the Roma Gypsies who illegally obtain rights over receiving benefits and actually harm the national budget and money spendings.
Lavinia Olmazu, who was More

The Rich World Debt

Around the financial crisis the world went crazy in borrowing money from the private sector and the public organisations. International money borrowing became also particularly famous among countries that struggled to maintain good economic development in times of recession. But this led to a quite bad result now, after the recession is going away. Seems like despite all the efforts by governments and business owners, the ’red ink'around the globe, indicating the countries with severe debts has grown significantly.

It More

Can fascism do better today?

To be able to fulfil its goals in shaping and defining the nation, the state requires total obedience and absolute power. As Mussolini argues, without order and hierarchy, there can be neither discipline nor effort from the people, which must receive guidance from the state, which has only one priority: the general interest.[1] This is why the concept of the totalitarian state is so closely linked to fascism. The fascist state can be looked at as a top-to-bottom organisation, More

Britain’s oil industry needs to implement better safety strategies, regulators warn

The British oil, gas, and red diesel uk industries were strongly criticised for its safety standards after it was emerged that there had been an increase in the number of leaks from oil rigs in British water. It was also found that there had been a rise in the number of injuries taking place, as data from the Health and Safety Executive was released.

The latest figures show that there had been 85 major accidental leaks in the last year, More

Are We Addicted to Oil To Our Detriment?

Ever since George W. Bush used the phrase “addicted to oil”, the world has woken up to the fact that it might be suffering from an unhealthy compulsion to consume oil and oil based products. Oil is an integral part of every aspect of human life- whether the basic necessities of food, clothing and shelter or other utilities and luxuries. It is powerful, labor saving, cheap and incredibly practical for those with access to it. Yet, apart from these widely perceived benefits, there are numerous disadvantages as well. Environmental degradation, pollution of air, water, soil and constant reinforcing of global inequalities are some of the distinct drawbacks of a life governed by an obsessive use of oil.

Yet, despite these huge negatives, the reality of it stands at this- it would not be possible to sustain human life at this juncture without strong dependence on oil. It guarantees prosperity. The cheapest and most convenient option yet for electricity, heating, transportation, cosmetics and so much more, oil is the only alternative to ensuring a smooth and functional life.

It has been argued that people from all over the globe have together created an industrial empire which can sustain itself only by consuming huge amounts of energy. While this might be held to be true, the fact remains that oil consumption has recently been decreasing. Demand for heating oil, primarily in the developed world has started coming down as newer and more advanced technologies come to the fore. There is still a long way to go to get rid of the addiction to oil but the ground work has been done. Hopefully in the near future, there will be a range of alternatives which are as effective and cheap as oil while at the same time, not as scarce or as polluting. But until then, oil is the best and most effective way to ensure a good life for all concerned.

Why UK interest rates are likely to stay low for the time being

June’s Conservative-Lib Dem budget was a radical shift towards hefty public spending cuts in an effort to reduce Britain’s budget deficit.

There are a number of reasons why interest rates in Britain are likely to stay low for a while. The unique combination of tax increases and spending cuts will lead to a halt in interest rates until the financial situation has changed. It is of course inevitable that everyone in this country is going to be paying for the More

Moscow Heatwave

Recently in Moscow, Russian capital city, the temperatures reached record rates, setting the highest levels since almost a century and probably the second hottest summer in Russia ever recorded. The fires in the are of European Russia are almost 35 in less that two weeks and the draught has killed almost 50-60% of the wheat crops. The country is in a state of emergency, many people die from the temperatures being over heated or exposed to the sun for too More