Author and media- theorist Douglas Rushkoff has written an interesting piece on the Occupy Wall Street movement for CNN. Rushkoff has always been an astute observer (as I ‘ve realised when I got the chance to interview him some years back) and his insights on the situation- which is also mirrored in many other countries, ...

It seems ridiculous today, but it wasn’t long ago that the US was in the grip of so- called “Satanic Panic”. The media did their best to convince the populace that there were satanists hiding in every town, rock albums, lyrics and backwards messages were under scrutiny and AC/DC, Ozzy Osbourne and Judas Priest were ...

It’s been a bad couple of weeks for Rupert Murdoch. He had to withdraw his offer to take full control of British Sky Broadcasting (a move that would almost monopolise his influence on UK media), after allegations that, over the years, his famous tabloid, The News Of The World had gained access to hundreds of ...

Another day, another riot. At least, life in Athens is never boring these days. Yesterday, the notoriously harsh austerity package was voted through in the Greek Parliament and all Hell broke loose on the streets outside. We are now officially slaves to the Markets and the laughing stock of Europe and for good reason. However, ...