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Women in Morocco: political and religious power
Whilst women are struggling to gain access to parliament in Morocco, in the religious field they are gaining ground as a legitimate authority. Whether female religious authorities will contribute to...
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Taking back the economy: the market as a Res Publica
Republicans seek to protect and promote individual freedom. So do libertarians of the right. The difference? Republicans recognise that the market is constructed through political, public action.Image:...
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The great NHS robbery
Award winning author, Marcus Chown, summarises the reality of what has happened to the NHS, the quality of press coverage and why it is so important the public understand the truth beneath the...
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Tearing Egypt apart
The eruption of protests, violence and civil disobedience in Egypt this month is a replay of the scene in 2011 before the status quo was ruptured, but the current regime’s attacks on women and...
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Bliss Was It in that Dawn to Be Next Door
Bookshops are places where the rhizome of culture breaks ground, connected beneath the earth but apparently separate on the surface. But in Morocco at least, something dreadful is happening to girls...
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Cameron’s backward-looking speech
Britain is at a fork in the road with a choice to make about what role it will play in the 21st century. Yet, David Cameron’s long-awaited speech about Europe is a miscalculation that will leave...
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Cross-talk and mermaid-speak
Anyone familiar with the story of language in Elizabethan Ireland can only feel impatience – if not despair – at the latter-day triumphalism of works like Melvyn Bragg’s best-selling The Adventure of...
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Introducing our new section - OurNHS
This week we have launched OurNHS, a brand new section of openDemocracy dedicated to England's National Health Service (NHS). The Coalition's Health & Social Care Act 2012 formally ends the NHS as...
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Stuffed - hospital closures and chaos in England's health service
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt's decision on Lewisham hospital is a clear signal that some fundamental and bold changes are needed on NHS (National Health Service) structure, PFi debts and the private...
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Political corruption in Spain: will this be Rajoy’s Watergate?
As each day progressively reveals the extent of corruption inside the ruling People's Party, the Spanish people are disheartened by the conduct of their politicians, including that of Prime Minister...
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Getting to the truth about UK-Gaddafi ties
Some say we should put Britain's complicity in torture and human rights abuse in Libya behind us. We cannot do so. Lessons have not been learned, victims still await justice, while the 'secret courts...
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God is your refuge
A monastery near Moscow has opened its doors to the city’s homeless — in exchange for food and shelter, the men help out on the farm. Marina Akhmedova spent some time among the labourers, discovering...
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Why did Mouaz al-Khatib change his mind about talks with the Syrian government?
Relying on the regional and world powers has proven to be a costly participation in a proxy war that is devastating the country.Earlier this week, the president of the National Coalition for Syrian...
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The radical right's final solution
The risk of violence coming from the radical right in the US is high, and increasing. But it is only the logical consequence of a culture that promotes polarization and overreaction over finding...
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'Brexit': a view from Norway
Norway has often been cited as an example of what Britain's future relationship with the EU might look like. One of the most prominent Norwegian opponents to EU membership shares his thoughts on David...
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All change in Saudi Arabia? Not quite yet
It should never be underestimated with the Saudi ruling family, the importance of regime stability at all costs.The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has moved one step closer to showing its hand on the upcoming...
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What lies beneath: the stifling of regime resistance in Algeria and its...
The lack of an organised and representative opposition, whether Islamist or not, serves to disadvantage the state; it cannot respond effectively to society's needs.The hostage crisis of In Amenas threw...
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A lesson from Anzio: Scots do not need to cling to the wreckage of Britain
Scots like all Britains share a history of fighting to rescue Europe from fascism in the Second World War. On the anniversary of its decisive, gigantic battle on the Eastern Front, the Britain built...
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What will it take to end violence against women?
Twenty years after the United Nations declared violence against women to be a violation of their human rights, we are still a long way from gender violence becoming unacceptable in a society. The...
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UK migration policy: we need to talk about citizens
The family rules introduced by the UK government as part of its crusade to curb net migration are surreptitiously redefining the meaning of citizenship and the boundaries between the state and its...
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