The Emanations of Shiva

Making Offerings in Bali, to Something that Might Not Be There

The idea, as I get it, is to wake up--to end the constant delusion. By "delusion," I mean looking at something that is not real and thinking it is real. And this, according to Buddhism, is everything. Full story

Employees of the Month

Considering this issue mostly concerns morality and ethics, it seemed like an opportune time to take a look inward and see exactly where VICE stands when it comes to issues of right and wrong. Full story

Front of the Book

Philosophical questions about good and evil probably don't crop up in your everyday life, but they do for Phoenix Jones. Full story

2011: As the World Burns

December 10, 2010: Tunisian Fruit Seller Mohammed Bouazizi sets himself on fire Full story

Romani Ruckus

Bulgaria’s Anti-Gypsy Protests Were a Bummer All Around

On September 23, 19-year-old Angel Petrov was intentionally run over and killed by a minibus full of Romani while walking his dog in the village of Katunitsa, Full story

Talkin’ Some Serious Jive

English Historian David Starkey Blames the UK Riots on the Blacks

Everybody loves a scapegoat. So when gangs of "feral youth" ransacked England last August, it wasn't surprising that a bipartisan parade of politicians and pundits reduced the complex issues of the riots into political point scoring. Full story

Falling in Love with Occupy

Is Pretty Easy If You Like Taking Photos and Hate Cops

On November 17, a day after the NYPD evicted Occupiers from Zuccotti, protesters turned Lower Manhattan into a Pennywise music video. It was pretty awesome. Full story

Flame On!

It’s Been a Banner Year for Self-Immolation in Tibet

With the Arab Spring and the Occupy movement getting all the retweets and Facebook "likes" of late, it's easy to forget that Tibet was once the cause du jour, attracting the attention of celebrities like Richard Gere and the Beastie Boys. Full story

Holy Tax Evasion

If Willie Nelson Has to Pay, God Should Too

Italy is experiencing what is perhaps its worst economic crisis in history. People are already saying Italy's going to be the next Greece, which is pretty much the worst insult you can throw at a country these days. Full story

Getting Nailed

This Guy Has Been Crucified 25 Times

For 50 years, people in the tiny Philippine village of Cutud have celebrated Good Friday by driving seven-inch nails through the hands and feet of a few volunteers in a gory reenactment of Jesus's crucifixion. Full story

By the Numbers

The Professor Dissents

It was perhaps unsurprising that when we asked our global network of contributors to weigh in on the Occupy Wall Street movement and its international franchises, most expressed broad support of their mission of punishing bankers Full story

The Mysteries of the Teacher

Vissarion’s Church of the Last Testament Is the Only Reason to Visit Siberia

Ten hours into my first trip to Russia I catch an express train back to the airport. It's August in Moscow so I'm sweating in a particularly gross and unfamiliar way, as I have since my arrival, and I'm running late. Full story

Bob Odenkirk’s Page

The next iPhone.

With the passing of our dear leader, sTeve jObs, the engineering department here at aPple has had a chance to reflect on the direction of the past few years Full story

Dog Grooming Expo

Whoooooo! What a relief. You've finally made it to the Cute Show Page! Release the heavy burden and sad vibes the rest of this issue has heaped upon you and just R-E-L-A-X Full story

The Phantom Massacre

A Faceless and Motiveless Threat Ravages Southern Thailand

Since 2004, almost 5,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in the southern provinces of Thailand in a series of bombings, shootings, arson attacks, and decapitations. Full story

What’s Up, Occupy London?

Maybe Its Spokesperson Can Tell Us

The Occupy London movement, camped outside St. Paul's Cathedral, recently removed a widely photographed protest banner that read "Capitalism Is Crisis" and replaced it with another declaring "Real Democracy Now." Full story

Pizza Wars

The Tale of Two Floridians Who Torched a Papa John’s

Florida is synonymous with "crazy weird shit." This is probably because it's a place where people go to escape the rigors of being a bipedal human forced to pay attention to boring things like traffic lights and the weather. Full story

The Great Curve

Most people have a rough idea of what Euclidean geometry is. It's the geometry of flat surfaces such as a blackboard or a table. Full story

You Gotta Fight For Your Right

To Cuuuuuuuuuuuu-ray!

Recently VICE stumbled on a Facebook page in Singapore promoting something called "Cook and Share a Pot of Curry Day." Full story

Records

Snappy reviews of the very best and the absolute worst most vomit-inducing recently released LPs. Full story

Future Imperfect

Can a Bunch of Soothsayers Tell Me What to Do with My Life?

I'm sure I'm not alone in this, but 2011 was a lousy, lousy year for me. It began with me getting dumped via Facebook and ended with me being so poor that I'm buying oranges with small change. Full story

Christ A-Go-Go

France’s Largest African Church Is Inside a Slaughterhouse

Every Sunday in the suburban town of Aubervilliers, France, 2,000 worshippers flock to an abandoned slaughterhouse to pray. The industrial space fills with life as about 30 different Christian congregations Full story

Vicarious

My life has taken a very strange turn. I have found myself domesticated, with very little contact with the outside world. Full story

dont-fear-the-square-and-compass

These Masonic Ladies Are Really Quite Lovely

Conspiracy theorists have been accusing Freemasons of being an evil secret society long before that freaky pyramid eye showed up on the $1 bill. Full story

Popping a Spanish Squat

Don’t Like Rent? Move to Barcelona

The four-story building that has come to symbolize Spain's ongoing fight against foreclosure is a friendly place. How friendly? When I walk up to the front door, I can hear strains of Grease's "You're the One That I Want" Full story

Stay Hungry and Update Your Status Frequently

Can Fasting and Facebook Create Change in India?

It's easy to compare Anna Hazare, perhaps India's most famous activist, to Mahatma Gandhi. Like Gandhi's, Hazare's wardrobe consists of homespun cotton dhotis, spectacles, and sandals. Full story

Untitled

We're doing this issue of VICE that has a lot of stuff about protests, uprisings, and other struggles experienced around the world this year. Full story

Mad as Hell

A 94-Year-Old French Resistance Fighter Tells the Youth to Get Involved

Since its publication in October 2010, Stéphane Hessel's manifesto Time for Outrage! has sold somewhere in the vicinity of 3 million copies and been translated into 40 different languages. Full story

Totalitarian Ave.

Crooked Third World Leaders Love Parisian Penthouses

Paris's Avenue Foch, in the 16th arrondissement, is lined with luxurious and gaudy residences owned by some of the worst African and Middle Eastern despots. Full story

Athenian Anarchy

These Austerity Riots Are Pretty Fucking Greek to Me

Earlier this year, the Greeks perfected their recipe for pandemonium: First, fill a city square with thousands of angry people. Full story

Logs Don’t Lie

Agro-Corporations Are Pillaging Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea is currently experiencing what may be the most brazenly illegal land grab since its colonial days. Full story

A Riot of Their Own

A Year of Great British Uprising

Unlike their protest-happy French neighbors, historically the Brits have been pretty slack when it comes to setting things on fire and throwing paving stones at the police. Full story

The Greasiest Palms in the World

Italian Parliament’s Pension Ponzi Scheme

In Italy, a country on the brink of bankruptcy, it's downright fucking silly how easy it is to secure a lifelong pension from parliament. All you need to do is participate in a single legislative session Full story

Medicine Man

Janet's licking my hands while I drive Mandela's car. It's cute as shit. Full story

Open for Business

A Visit to the Ground Zero “Mega-Mosque”

In 2010, the prospect of a Muslim "mega-mosque" near Ground Zero struck fear in the hearts of red-blooded Americans. I visited the controversial prayer center to see what all the fuss was about. Full story

Turkey Almost Lost Its Internet

So People Took to the Streets to Ensure It Didn’t Go Anywhere

For years the Turkish Information and Communications Technologies Authority (BTK) has tried to prevent its citizens from watching Drake videos on YouTube. This year they upped the ante. Full story

Guns and Roses

Afghan Gays Are the Gayest Gays of Them All

As the Taliban is enjoying something of a resurgence in Afghanistan, foreign armies are hightailing it out of the country faster than ever. The Canadians pulled out this summer, Sweden is scheduled to leave in 2014 Full story

Rage Receptacle

Martin Parr’s ‘Protest Box’ Puts Things into Perspective

Looking back, it may seem like 2011 was unilaterally defined by protests, riots, uprisings, and general discontent the world over. It is important to note, however, that this perception is greatly informed by the internet and social networking. Full story

Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

For those unaware, Uncharted is Sony's flagship PS3 franchise, a series of games about treasure hunter Nathan Drake, which are as close to watching Hollywood blockbusters as video games can be. Full story

Party On, Dubstep Dudes

Swiss Ravers Put Down the Lollipops and Pick Up Petrol Bombs

Earlier this year, as rioting and revolution convulsed the rest of the world, Switzerland remained predictably stable. Full story

Bumming a Ride

Brazilian High School Students Are Demanding Free Transportation for All

Brazil's Movimento Passe Livre (MPL, aka the Free Fare Movement) is a nationwide, semiorganized army of young protesters demanding that the government create free-of-charge national public transportation. Full story

Hadephobia Is the Fear of Hades

And It’s Scary as Hell

To get an idea of what hadephobes go through, I spent some time cruising online Christian forums. Almost all of them spelled hell with a capital H. Full story

Cure

So tired... Not gonna make it... Full story

American Psychos

Photos by Ben Ritter, Stylist: Annette Lamothe-Ramos Full story

We Can All Agree the System Is Fucked

But How Occupy’s Going to Fuck the System Is a Whole Other Ordeal

Occupy Wall Street's transformation from a few leftist protesters squatting in Zuccotti Park into a global movement is both predictable and surprising. Full story