H&M is lying to us
Fast fashion brands’ claims of sustainability are mostly misleading or not true
Opine
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- Apr 7
- 2 min
What it means to be a pacifist
Many in the UK are confusing pacifist movements with threats to democracy
- Mar 25
- 5 min
You have been lied to about plastic recycling
Where the plastic in our oceans really comes from
- Mar 16
- 3 min
Are we obsessed with identity politics?
Labels affect our identity and the way we perceive ourselves in the world
- Mar 5
- 3 min
Should schools be politically impartial?
The new guidelines on political impartiality in schools might not be so impartial
- Mar 1
- 3 min
The West needs to stand up against Putin
A weak response will empower other authoritarian countries
- Feb 21
- 3 min
The Genocide Games
Why we cannot allow China to use the winter Olympics to cover their actions
- Feb 20
- 3 min
Aberdeen’s green recovery can’t be dominated by BP
BP’s approval to deliver the new hydrogen hub is a kick in the face to environmentalists
- Feb 19
- 4 min
How indigenous groups are fighting back against Amazon
The new South African Amazon HQ would destroy a sacred heritage site and create more pollution
- Feb 18
- 3 min
If Unite goes, Starmer should too.
Something is deeply wrong when the party of working people loses the support of the UK’s biggest labour union
- Feb 17
- 4 min
Why do football clubs never make the easy decisions?
Raith Rovers and West Ham put points over pride
- Feb 6
- 3 min
Market that one, James Watt
The BBC’s new Disclosure documentary is good reason to avoid BrewDog’s CEO if you see him in Aberdeen
- Feb 5
- 3 min
A National Express-Stagecoach merger would create a brazen monopoly
Merging the biggest bus companies in the UK would increase fares and undo the benefits of free bus travel for young people in Scotland
- Feb 4
- 5 min
A year on from the SNP trans row, has anything changed?
Crisis funding and promised reforms feel hollow in the face of weak leadership and institutional attacks
- Feb 3
- 4 min
Sticking it to anti-vaxxers
Aberdeen’s anti-vax sticker campaign is directly tied to far-right ideology
- Nov 28, 2021
- 4 min
War Photographer
To the liars and cheats: karma is real
- Nov 27, 2021
- 4 min
Geordie fairytale and genocide Olympics
Why sporting bodies need to take responsibility for gross human rights abuse
- Nov 26, 2021
- 5 min
Save the arts sector
The arts sector has gone through a lot in the past eighteen months, and yet the UK government wants to cut more
- Nov 25, 2021
- 3 min
PM scores spectacular ‘Owen’ goal
Johnson’s personal sleaze shouldn’t distract from wider institutional Tory corruption
- Nov 24, 2021
- 2 min
Protected birds need protection
The Scottish Government’s licensing scheme is one step, but we must go further
- Nov 16, 2021
- 2 min
Does the university not want us to have a Rector?
Here is why you should vote for one
- Nov 15, 2021
- 4 min
Refuse workers refuse; the strikes are off the rails
Last-minute bids and pushy deadlines are not cooperative, but appalling—especially with the public sector
- Nov 14, 2021
- 2 min
What British universities are doing to protect transphobia
Free speech isn’t the real worry
- Nov 13, 2021
- 4 min
Trail hunting exposed
Head huntsman’s guilty verdict should push the government to act
- Nov 12, 2021
- 5 min
Zuckerberg’s cover-up campaign is working
Leaks are already being swathed, and news reports aren’t covering the biggest breaks