On Syria And Cynicism

Assad’s regime has fallen and there’s an incredibly difficult task ahead for the people of Syria: to rebuild the country. In my episode, I’m inviting you to fight the potential cynicism surrounding this incredible news and not to dehumanise your Syrian friends by telling them what to think and – my goodness – what to feel.

Impunity: What Happens When The Powerful Investigate Their Own Crimes

It always seems a bit dystopian: the military investigating its own actions⁣⁣. To be more precise, what seems dystopian – or simply completely corrupt – is that same military concluding that “everything’s OK.”
Unfortunately, dystopia is what we find in what we like to call liberal democracies.