The Kremlin is playing the same games now as it did in its darkest days. Democrats should be ready to fight back.
Padraig Reidy: The Soviet Union may be dead, but Soviet disinformation tactics remain
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Art and Conflict: The arts play a vital role in armed conflict
Art and Conflict is the result of a year-long research enquiry, supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, exploring the extraordinary work of contemporary artists, activists and cultural organisations in the context of armed conflict, revolution and post-conflict.
Royal Albert Hall and Latvian music festival drawn into Russian culture war
At first glance, Latvia’s New Wave music festival and the iconic London concert hall might seem to have little in common. But both have recently been embroiled in the fallout from the crisis in Ukraine, James Montague reports
Recap report: Index gets censored in Wigan
Index held a successful workshop with the north west contingent of the British Youth Council, despite the inability to access our own website...
Padraig Reidy: Sympathy for the devil
The very personification of evil is invoked more often than not by those who wish to see his hand in simple things they do not like or do not understand
Recap report: Draw the Line workshop with Ovalhouse Young Associates
Index on Censorship held its latest Draw the Line workshop at Ovalhouse theatre in south London
The future of journalism: “the world is going to be less informed”
There was a lively debate about whether future journalism will make the public more informed at the launch of the latest Index on Censorship magazine at the Frontline Club
Grayling’s plans for tougher sentencing are unlikely to act as a deterrent to trolls
The UK Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has announced plans to increase the maximum prison sentence for online abuse, or trolling, to two years....
Rights groups call on UK to press Bahrain to release human rights defenders
Nine human rights organisations called on the British government on Friday to speak out publicly in the case of activists currently being detained...
Padraig Reidy: Collective outrage and imagined slights
Padraig Reidy explores when writers are attacked for using their imaginations.
Padraig Reidy: We all seem to be grieving for newspapers
Put two British journalists in a room and talk will likely turn to the managed decline of the newspaper industry in western Europe and the US. Padraig Reidy will miss the news agents most.
Painting over the Clacton Banksy? Does nobody understand satire any more?
All it seems to take is for one person to think that something’s ‘racist’ …
