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Relocation failures in Sri Lanka , Robert Muggah
The tragic consequence of internal displacement in Sri Lanka and the failure of the government to address the situation will most likely be renewed instability. There is something rotten going on in...
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The "Arab spring" in historical perspective, Sami Zubaida
How will the popular uprisings in the Arab world affect the future of states and regimes in the region? All possible outcomes are shadowed by the fate of the contending ideologies and movements -...
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In the backyard of Russia’s oil paradise, Roman Yushkov
Pavlovo village was once a quiet backwater in the forest-steppe of Perm Region. In 1997, however, ecological disaster struck, with oil and chemicals entering the local river and food chain. The...
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Iranians' choice in the face of war, Arash Falasiri
Signals that military action against Iran is a real danger have been multiplying over the past twelve months. Faced with external military intervention and internal repression, Arash Falasiri asks...
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Citizen action and the perverse confluence of opposing agendas, Lisa Veneklasen
When opposing political interests are using the same terms and tactics in diametrically opposed agendas, Lisa Veneklasen asks how we can transform the power of citizen action into sustained change for...
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Higher education under siege: challenging casino capitalism’s culture of...
Ongoing education reforms in Britain and the US are set in the context of wider issues concerning marketisation, neoliberalism and political protest. In a recent review of "The Assault on...
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Why we should resist the idea of student as consumer, Richard Scullion
What are the consequences of the marketisation of higher education in England? Our consumerist society may get the education it deserves, but will it be the education it really wants or needs? In a...
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Where the devil can't go, an extract, Anya Lipska
Londoners have mostly welcomed the recent Polish immigrant community in their midst, although most do not know them as a community. A new micro-published thriller, extracted here, brings that...
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In search of brains, Jim Gabour
What links Los Angeles and New Orleans? Zombies, of course, with tongues protruding through their cheeks. Enjoy your foretaste of Jim Gabour's Sunday Blog series ... I am just back in LA, Louisiana,...
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Derren Brown, Hallowed Be Thy Name, Marius Brill
The success of TV conjuror Derren Brown tells of our vulnerability to the magic of pseudo-scientific explanation. While researching the brilliant comic novel, How to Forget, the author joined the...
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Peace can be planned. Just like health , Scilla Elworthy
"Violence can be prevented. This is not an article of faith, but a statement based on evidence" (WHO 2002). Scilla Elworthy calls for a strategy based on the clear evidence of what is working in...
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oD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of November 24th 2011, Charles...
While governments around the globe debate on which direction to go in revising drug policy, the American military struggles to deal with record numbers of suicide among service personnel afflicted...
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Mutualising the media: the answer to UK press ownership?, Dave Boyle
What would employee-owned or co-operative media models look like? Could they allow for genuine public interest journalism? Who owns the news has been always been a more topical issue than how it is...
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Occupy Wall Street is All Over The Media: But for How Long?, Danny Schechter
The important role of the media in making or breaking political movements has not been changed that much by the Facebookisation of news. But the protesters don't see it, because their news habits have...
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Religion, gender and migration: beyond 'obedience vs agency’, Chloé Lewis
It is time that debates surrounding religion and migration in the UK move beyond the almost monolithic focus on Islam, recognising the multiple and fluid ways in which religion shapes, and is in...
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Review: "That used to be us" ... before becoming lazy writers, Ethan Wagner
Tom Friedman, font of mixed metaphor, is scrabbling for a big idea that just won't show up. His latest book (with co-author Michael Mandelbaum) finds little favour with our reviewer It’s easy to pick...
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Will neuroscientific understanding undermine our sense of self?, Rachael Panizzo
Reporting on more and more experiments that predict action before conscious intention, Nature, the leading science journal, ran the sensationalist headline: "Neuroscience vs philosophy: Taking aim at...
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We need to talk about South Africa, N. Jayaram
The controversial Protection of State Information Bill is threatening South African freedom of speech. South Africa’s well wishers are hoping that the bill will be at least amended especially with a...
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The Exile Nation Project - Interview with Steve Costello, Charles Shaw
From the time he was a young boy, Steve Costello knew he was destined for a life of crime. A committed gang member, he had already been to prison by the time he became a man, and was rapidly...
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Sweden Democrat’s anti-Muslim hysteria, Barzoo Eliassi
Ethnic discrimination and vilification of Muslims in Europe show that European democracy is declining while racism and repressive policies are taking root and becoming the natural order of mainstream...
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