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City forgotten
Through the eyes of residents, local activists and civil society members, 'City Forgotten' tells the story of Malegaon’s fall from what was once the 'Manchester of India', to a town blighted by...
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Marshall Berman, author of 'All that is solid...", is no more
The author of 'All that is solid melts into air' has breathed his last of this planet's oxygen but his spirit lives on. His buddy Todd Gitlin salutes him.From American Tablet Magazine The cover of his...
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Egypt in the balance: what the blogs are saying 9 - 16 September
This 'You tell us' feature offers some first hand accounts and a range of opinions in blogs, articles and tweets, first and foremost from the people of Egypt.September 9In the news…According to...
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Gender, mental health, and intersectionality
Last month a pilot project was launched to add mental health nurses to police call-outs in parts of the UK. This step will be most effective if the scheme is sensitive to the interplay between gender...
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The forced displacement of Palestinians
Where the law fails to protect, a human rights-based approach provides a structure of accountability for both sides of the 'Green Line', from Al-Araqib to Susiya.Al-Araqib is a Palestinian Bedouin...
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The return of the Arab Peace Initiative
It would be comforting to believe that a revitalised API could provide sufficient incentive for a successful peace process. Sadly, this discussion is almost certainly theoretical.Seen against the...
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Syria, war and negotiation
The unexpected Washington-Moscow diplomacy - made possible by London's parliament - creates space for progress in ending Syria's "double proxy war".The British parliament's vote on 29 August 2013...
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Discussing Europe in eastern Ukraine
Ukrainians have the power to change their society for the better. Can European values serve as the guiding principles of progressive change instead of self-defeating stasis?Flickr/Bogdan Seredyak. Some...
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New values for One Nation Labour
It was values, not aiming at the 'centre ground', that won New Labour power in Britain. If Miliband and One Nation Labour are to prosper they need to show a values-based approach that resonates with an...
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How politicians and the media made us hate immigrants
Politicians and the press are locked in a cycle of increasing anti-immigrant rhetoric, presented as 'uncomfortable truth'. Yet the problem is not immigration but socio-economic inequality. Poverty and...
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The surveillance marketplace
Behind Google and Verizon lies a much more complex landscape of American companies ready to do global business selling surveillance technologies - and stay apathetic to the consequences. In 2006, tech...
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Civil society, human rights and Jewish-Israeli communitarians
Many Jewish-Israelis see local human rights groups as traitors, but a boycott will only make things worse. A response to Ron, Crow and Golden, Jessie Montell, Ian Lustick, and Lori Allen. In many parts...
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Art where it belongs
Houghton Hall, Norfolk has been drawing the crowds all summer to see the art collection of Sir Robert Walpole, subsequently sold to Catherine the Great of Russia. All the pictures hang in their...
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Syria, savagery, and self-determination: what those against military...
Military intervention, as regrettable and complicated as it may be, is the only way to stop Assad’s killing machine. This is what most Syrians are demanding from the international community. If we...
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Hindu chauvinism and the denigration of human rights
Such baseless and cynical claims are the stock-in-trade of Hindu chauvinist propagandists: as if to be critical of the BJP’s pogroms is to be supportive of the Congress party’s or Maoist or Communist...
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US scuppered deal with Iran in 2005, says then British Foreign Minister
Talksfoundered because the US insisted that Iran must not have uranium enrichment facilities on its own soil in any circumstances, and the EU3 bowed to this diktat from Washington. This time, we must...
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The failure of political consumerism
When the parties claim that they hear what the public is saying about, say, immigration, the public knows it is being told what it thinks the parties want it to hear. What has been lost is any sense...
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The UK isn't skint - it is a playground for the rich and privileged
David Cameron's Hugh Grant moment revealed a myth believed by the ruling class. But the truth is that Britain is broken - Scotland's referendum is about more than Scotland.It has been Scotland’s week...
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Will homophobia rain off Serbia's parade?
Gay pride week begins September 21, but it is unclear whether the Serbian government is willing to expend the political capital to secure it, despite external pressure.In early September, Serbia played...
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From ego-system to eco-system economies
Two words summarize the shortcomings of mainstream economics: externalities and consciousness. The solution to global crises begins between our ears.Credit: Shutterstock. All rights reserved.We live in...
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