The Divided States of America
Sam Golden discusses the nature of the US’s relationship with borders- from state lines, to city limits to the upper echelons of the Supreme Court. Border is a term that is as controversial as it is ambiguous. From our own historical issues with the term on the isle of Éire to hundreds of disputes of […]
Beyond the Realms of Musical Composition: Historical Examples of Music Being Used as a Political Instrument
Ronan Keohane discusses examples in which music has been used for political ideological purposes and alludes to possible contemporary examples. Ever since the invention of the music telegraph in the 1890’s by Guglielmo Marconi, which helped facilitate the recording and broadcasting of music throughout the world at large, music has been an instrument used […]
Political Threads: Becoming More Than an Outfit
“Why in the name of God is there a man standing in the Chambers of the US Capitol wearinggoat horns?” To answer that, I pose another question: “Why does AOC always wear redlipstick?” From insurrection to Lady Hale’s iconic brooch, Emer O’Sullivan weighs in on thegendered hypocrisy of fashion in politics. Back in semester one […]
A House Divided: Paranoia and Partisan Politics in the United States
As the tsunami that was the US Presidential election begins to subside, Motley’s Conor Daly looks at the debris and how those in power face the unruly task of rebuilding bridges. Joe Biden got the requisite 270 electoral votes and was named the 46th US President. Donald Trump refused to accept reality and created […]
EUROPE’S ‘LEAST FREE’: HUNGARY, THE MEDIA AND ORBÁN’S ‘ILLIBERAL DEMOCRACY’
Maeve McTaggart looks at the man who took Hungary into the shadows, allowing it to slip 31 places on the World Freedom Index in seven years to 87th. Ranked the least democratic of all European member states, Maeve shines a light on how the EU can pull Hungary back from the depths of it’s ‘half […]
Brexit: The Dates, Delays and Deadlines
Aisling O’Sullivan plays diarist in this timeline of what you can next expect from the eternal divorce of the United Kingdom from the European Union – mark your calendars, it’s only the beginning of the end. January 31 At 23:00, after 3 years of talks and delay, UK officially left the European Union. […]