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Making a difference? The US decision to supply military aid to Syria
Arming Syrian rebel forces could tip the balance and break the deadlock - at the negotiating table. Following a meeting with the US Secretary of State, John Kerry, the UK Foreign Secretary, William...
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The Windrush docks in Britain - 65 years on today
A foundational moment in the story of multi-ethnic Britain, and brought to life in Danny Boyle's Olympic ceremony, the Windrush is an integral part of the modern British narrative and its relevance...
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Just another poor boy
Our Sunday Comics columnist reflects on the various origins of poor boysINLET BEACH, FLA – I am in Paradise without a poboy. A hermit from New Orleans, lonesome for the proximity of a decent sandwich...
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Standing man
Technically, if over seven people meet on the streets of Istanbul, you have to notify the Governor.Men and women perform a standing protest in Istanbul city centre. Demotix/Miguel Caminati. All rights...
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The long and winding road to what kind of Scotland?
What does the recent 'Road to Referendum' TV series tell us about the stories Scotland tells itself, and is the chance for genuine cultural renewal being missed?The Scottish independence debate has not...
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Algérie: Quand les fleuves sont devenus noirs
L'assassinat massif des intellectuels algériens par les intégristes dans les années 1990 est un veritable intellectocide. Aujourd’hui, des formes de censure culturel officiel sont à l'œuvre, laissant...
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Algeria: When the Rivers Turned Black
Fundamentalist mass murder of Algerian people of letters in the 1990s was an intellectocide, in the tradition of totalitarian culture wars. Today, official limits on expression benefit fundamentalist...
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Turkey's twitter generation is its European future
The protests might even help to revive Turkey's moribund accession process to the EU.'Standing man' protests sweeping across Turkey. Demotix/Miguel Carminati. All rights reserved.The protests that...
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الجزائر بعد عشرين سنة: الكلمات باقية أبداً
تميز العالم الحالي الذكرى العشرين لبداية الحرب التي أطلقها الجهاديون الجزائريون ضد الثقافة. و لم يلق من تولوا الكفاح الفكري ضد الأصولية في الجزائر، في تسعينيات القرن الماضي، سوى قليلاً من الدعم على...
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The Kilburn Manifesto - Framing Statement
The Kilburn Manifesto from Soundings is an ambitious 12 month project that looks to map out alternatives for the post-08 world. This is Mike Rustin on the Framing Statement.The Killburn Manifesto is a...
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Algérie vingt ans plus tard : les mots ne meurent pas
Cette année marque le vingtième anniversaire de la guerre menée par des djihadistes algériens contre la culture. Karima Bennoune rend hommage à ceux qui sont tombés dans ce culturicide et appelle à...
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Algeria twenty years on: words do not die
This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the Algerian jihadists war on culture. Those who waged the intellectual struggle against fundamentalism in Algeria throughout the 1990s received little...
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Turkey, alcohol and Islam
Now, after a decade of electoral success and economic growth, governing without a coalition, the army neutralised, in control of the media, the judiciary and the police, Erdogan feels free to move on...
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2020 Health working with Lord Howe to make the NHS a"UK Plc Asset"
A healthcare think tank with multiple links to coalition peers wants to turn the NHS into an “asset” of “UK Plc”, according to documents released by the Department of Health under the Freedom of...
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A complicated (Cypriot) tango: civil society and donor relationships in...
A solution to the Cyprus conflict remains elusive, particularly since national elites use it to maintain their positions of power. Only moving the peace-related segment of Cyprus’s civil society away...
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Missed opportunities to rid the Middle East of WMD
Concerned by misrepresentation of Egypt’s withdrawal from the recent NPT meeting in Geneva, a retired Egyptian Ambassador puts the record straight and suggests ways to put the Conference on WMD in the...
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Turkey: looking east and west
The ongoing protests have only emphasised the gap between the Turkish government and the EU, and between Turkey and Arab leaders whose fear of revolt doesn’t necessarily translate into political...
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What have I got to fear, if you've got something to hide?
The recent surveillance leaks in Britain show a regime that is undemocratic, politically unethical, unconstitutional and probably illegal. What have they got to hide, and how can the public fight...
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Britain's long standing de-civilisation of Muslims
The Woolwich murder and its backlash has exposed what has been apparent for decades - Britain's liberal democracy has failed to prevent the persecution and victimisation of its Muslims.The horror of...
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Who’s afraid of the populist wolf?
Populism may not be entirely coherent (what ideology is in its lived form?) but it has a consistent logic, and a line of distinction along which it treads that marks it out and accounts for its power....
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