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Arab prospects, Al-Qaida hopes
Al-Qaida has twice returned from presumed defeat. Now, the fate of the Arab awakening provides it with a third opportunity.The high point of George W Bush's "war on terror" came six weeks after the...
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The ‘sectarianization’ of Egyptian society
What are the particular circumstances in modern Egyptian history that have imparted such weight to sectarian appeals and permitted the emergence of two solitudes?In a sense, the attacks on Coptic...
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Tango: the intimate dance of conflict transformation
Trust, dialogue, passion, communication, vulnerability and empathy. Like tango, transforming conflict is an intimate affair.Copyleft Anouchka Unel/WikipediaThe tango. Two dancers stand apart at first,...
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The gentrification of the left
While Labour represent the working class, they have become increasingly alienated by those who represent them in parliament and in the public eye. It's time to be honest about where we come...
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When money in politics is a good thing
Under first past the post some votes are clearly worth much more than others. Our political parties know this - that's why they spend up to 22 times as much money chasing some votes as others. If...
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Shout from the rooftops, Labour, save England's NHS!
Labour has a chance to show it’s serious about saving the NHS from death by a thousand privatisations.Picture: Dr Kailash ChandFor thirty years a market ideology which puts competition and...
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The function of violence in Egypt
Violence in Egypt will only be reigned in when it is no longer useful for the security services’ twin purposes of discrediting the Muslim Brotherhood and discouraging popular mobilization aimed at...
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Misunderstanding progressive population concern
The chief executive of Population Matters responds to Kalpana Wilson’s critique of neoliberal population control. Funding family planning in developing countries is a force both for social justice and...
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Egypt in the balance: what the blogs are saying
This bi-weekly Arab Awakening space is a holding operation on Egypt - excerpts from their articles, blogs and tweets - as people try to work out what is happening. The ‘You tell us’ feature offers...
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The green machine of Copenhagen
When machines break down, don't throw them away, fix them. Anders Koefoed has declared war on “planned obsolescence.” This is the third video in our Everyday Stories series, showcasing people who are...
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Meditation on the Egyptian bloodbath
Most of Egypt’s allies - except notably for Turkey and Qatar - were clearly more comfortable with the military that promised “stability” than with the Muslim Brotherhood that had won the country’s...
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Who wants democracy in Egypt?
How can we make sense of the contradictory arguments? Who actually wants democracy in Egypt? Let’s review the positions of the three major actors in Egypt today. The recent news from Egypt is shocking;...
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New nuclear weapons for the UK: a challenge Labour can’t dodge
Labour could turn opposition to the billion pound Trident replacement into an electoral asset, but instead appears to be sleepwalking to oblivion. Rebecca Johnson makes the case for challenging Trident...
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Changing three young Turkish lives
One of the greatest accomplishments of the protests, for these three individuals, was the chance to meet and experience unity with people from different religions, classes and ethnicities.A protestor...
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Making universalism resonate locally
To build support for human rights among the Israeli public, we need to not only address the public's political beliefs and security concerns, but also a much more fundamental critique of the human...
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This week's window on the Middle East - August 23, 2013
Arab Awakening's columnists offer their weekly perspective on what is happening on the ground in the Middle East. Leading the week, Democracy's hall of mirrors in the post-Gezi world? A call for global...
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The protests in Turkey: urban warfare in 'rebel cities'
These are democratic protest movements in societies experiencing rapid change where the public’s demand for better services and more democracy at local as well as national levels grow at a faster pace...
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Red tape or a red rag?: the Equality Act in the UK
With austerity measures in full swing, the government's decision to review the duty on state and government bodies to proactively tackle women's inequality in the UK has raised alarm bells amongst...
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How to win friends and influence the new economy
Loneliness is as strong as smoking or alcohol abuse as an indicator of premature mortality. When Lisa Cook found she had no one to help her put her cat down, she decided to act. She joined a resilience...
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The seeds of a movement: disabled women and their struggle to organize
Up against the male-centric nature of disability theory, and the slowness of women's movements and feminist scholars to address disability as a political issue, disabled women are laying down the basis...
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