The fighting continues in Aleppo, Damascus, and across Syria with atrocities being committed by both sides in this increasingly splintered civil war
The son of the King of Bahrain, Prince Nasser Bin Hamad Al Khalifa is the front man of Bahrain’s sports; not democratically chosen but appointed like the rest of his family, who are in power. The young man gained fame after the February 14 uprising last year, when he allegedly personally tortured many Bahraini athletes, who joined the ranks of protesters at massive demonstrations, demanding political change in the country.
Tens of thousand of protesters surrounded the local government building in Qidong city in China’s Jiansu province, to protest against the construction of a pipeline, which would channel wastewater from a Japanese owned paper mill into the sea.
Last year’s Scottish Independent Label Market was, I think it is fair to say, pretty much an unqualified success and it’s back again this year on Saturday 4th August at the Dissection Room at Summerhall
The next time you encounter the rage-inducing phrase that feminism is ‘dead’ or ‘obsolete’ (“We have the vote, after all. What more can these bra-burning bitches want?”), point the speaker in the direction of Annie Gardiner of Hysterical Injury, who shocked Bristol Ladyfest 2012 with her installation piece ‘For Whatever Reason’. Built from stacks of NME magazines from 1989 to 2008, Gardiner’s piece acts as a visual representation of the clear gender inequality in the music industry.