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The dignity of dissent: E.P. Thompson and One Nation Labour
E.P. Thompson was an advocator of freedom of speech and maintaining every citizen's right to dissent. In light of this, how would he have viewed the state of the way One Nation Labour aim to shape...
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Mount Zion: the city within
Rather than submit to the noxious dynamics of Spain’s colossal underground economy, the migrant workers of Mount Zion built an informal city in the backdrop of 'brand' Barcelona. On the 24th July the...
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Organizing as whole people
There are no shortcuts to building the kind of power it takes to win meaningful change. As an organizer in a county with an acute housing crisis, simmering racial tension and little unionization, I...
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Not single spies, but in battalions…
The new law obliging Russian NGOs receiving foreign funds to register as 'foreign agents' or spies has created a furore in the NGO world. Moscow's illustrious Sakharov Centre has existed for over 20...
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Who’s who: the trinity of jihad in Syria
The relationships between the militias fighting the regime in Syria are extremely difficult to untangle. To date there have been no outright military confrontations between the various factions, but...
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Why care about international prestige?
There was once a time when the Turkish Prime Minister was hailed for constructing a model country for the Middle East. Today, the picture is very different.On July 24, The Times of London published an...
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A Moroccan political template for the Arab Gulf states?
It is unfathomable to continue governing the Gulf states without some form of citizen participation in the legislature. Also, there is mounting international criticism of these Gulf states, who value...
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Tunisia: in search of a political exit from political violence
In addition to the transitional process falling into paralysis, there is also a palatable sense of insecurity. The political assassinations, once relatively unknown in Tunisia, are now picking up their...
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Egypt’s coup, liberals' dark chapter
The military's deposition of Egypt's elected president has been welcomed by the Muslim Brotherhood's liberal opponents. This is a historic error that carries big costs and risks, says Khaled...
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The antithesis of elitism
The author refutes the charge of elitism. Such long, unpaid and mostly unsung work undertaken by local Amnesty groups was its antithesis. And then there was the start-up support for small local ngo’s...
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Italy's two-front war against xenophobia and sexism
Attacks on Cecile Kyenge, Italy’s first black minister, reveal interlocked legacies of xenophobia and sexism that continue to manifest in Italian public lifeIn its latest attempt at establishing the...
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Moving beyond cold war visions and endtime prophecies: claiming all human...
The myth that economic, social and cultural rights are merely aspirational is still being perpetuated. The human rights framework reaffirms the interrelatedness of all rights and provides essential...
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Argentina: militarism vs democracy
The promotion of an army general accused of complicity in human-rights violations raises a wider question about the military's role in Argentina's political life, say Federico Finchelstein & Fabian...
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Taste of the lash
The strange reappearance of a whip-cracking cowboy from the silver screen leads our Sunday Comics author to consider how life is measured in smaller and smaller increments of time from every electronic...
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How to be a rogue superpower: a manual for the twenty-first century
It hardly matters under what label - including American “safety” and “security” - such a governing power is built; sooner or later, the architecture will determine the acts, and it will become more...
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How do Turkish citizens participate in decision-making ?
The Gezi Protests have shown us that the Turkish government must urgently adopt concrete mechanisms to ensure citizen participation in decision-making processes. Can the EU help?As Kerem Öktem pointed...
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Welcome to post-Constitution America
What if your country begins to change and nobody notices? As the weaponry and technology of war came home, so did a new, increasingly Guantanamo-ized definition of justice. This is one thing the...
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Two US battles for marriage equality
On same-sex marriage, the US Supreme Court has chosen states rights over equal rights. Of course, it is still a victory for social justice. But the contrast with the ruling on inter-racial marriage...
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Egypt: back to military despotism?
The only way out of the current stalemate is launching an inclusive reconciliation process in which all political forces admit their responsibility for the early failure of transition and show their...
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Trident Alternatives Review: the elephant in the room
The recent Trident Alternatives Review excludes any consideration of alternative means that might provide effective deterrence and more reliable security for Britain in the 21st century. Rebecca...
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