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1% Feminism
Since Sheryl Sandberg has taken it upon herself to jump-start the stalled feminist revolution it’s worth taking a look at the brand of feminism she espouses, says Linda Burnham Sandberg’s book, Lean...
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Intimate fusion: media and political power in Silvio Berlusconi's Italy
The common view that Berlusconi's omnipresence in Italy's political life was facilitated by his control of the media is only partially true. Relations between Italian media and politics have, in fact,...
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India's anti-rape movement: redefining solidarity outside the colonial frame
The horrific rape of a student sparked a remarkable movement against sexual violence in India which has forced the government to change the laws on gender violence. While the struggle continues, a new...
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openDemocracy writer longlisted for Orwell Prize
Clare Sambrook, one of OurKingdom’s co-editors, is among 14 nominees for the UK’s leading prize for political journalism.Image: George Orwell Archive GalleryTheOrwell Prize, which honours work that...
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The debate over Scotland’s future: do women care?
What does the gender gap in attitudes towards independence tell us about Scottish women, their political attitudes and changing roles in society? This piece looks back to Gerry Hassan's article 'Mind...
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Thatcher, Churchillism and the three words no one mentions
Anthony Barnett reflects on Margaret Thatcher's achievements, character and the one thing pivotal to her success but frequently ignored - oil.I have just listened to the extended edition of the BBC's...
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Bank-money and the betrayal of democracy
In this speech given at the PSA conference in Cardiff, the author examines the history and theory of bank money - credit - from a democratic perspective. How did this strange fraud come to be...
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Thatcher was not the answer but a new direction was needed
Before advocating a return to a pre-Thatcher era of socialism and solidarity, remember the suffocating Labour years preceding her ascension. This House, playing at The National, takes us back to the...
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Russian money laundering: how does it work?
Cyprus’s monetary crisis has drawn international attention to the island’s role as a tax haven and money laundry for Russia’s rich. Meanwhile, Putin has announced a crackdown at home — which Pavel...
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How the clash between Islamism and Zionism not only affects the Middle East...
The author in his latest book, Dangerous Liaisons: The Clash between Islamism and Zionism (2013), contends that the antagonism between Islamism and Zionism in the west is a significant threat to...
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Fall of Baghdad – 10 Years On
On the eve of the tenth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad, former chair of the Stop the War movement and Iraq hostage negotiator, Anas Altikriti, says Iraq has never been closer to a civil war.Ten...
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Fear of escalation at the LOC
More than 65 years after partition, a mediated resolution to the Kashmir conflict remains illusory. Fear of escalation between nuclear rivals has prevented all-out war - but what will finally lead to...
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Beyond the ghost town
The collapse of Spain's property-led economy stands to highlight the intense yet fraught relationship between capital and the built environment in times of economic crisis.Valdeluz, Emma Cummins,...
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Corruption, fear and silence: the state of Greek media today
Independent journalism is up against a system that knows that it is in mortal danger from disclosure and will do anything it needs to survive.Kostas Vaxevanis leaves court during his trial last year....
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The death of a class warrior: Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013)
Thatcher did not seek to win over 'hearts and minds'. Rather she attacked the social bases of collective thought and action, making building any alternative unimaginable. Throughout the long span of...
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What Thatcher did for Wales
Which politician did most to secure devolution for Wales? Margaret Thatcher. The miners’ strike was the beginning of an era that proved time and again Welsh difference from Britain and alienation from...
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The Lady is not Returning: Novara radio on Thatcher
The Novara radio show marks the death of Margaret Thatcher with nuanced, wide-ranging, radical analysis of the politician and her legacy.For more Novara radio episodes, go to the Novara Media website....
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Games with shadows: living in Thatcher’s Scotland
We live in Thatcher’s Britain - that statement is obvious, yet contentious and deeply divisive. And this is all the more true north of the border.Thatcher is simultaneously both history and present...
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Italy, where nothing is where it should be
Without a government at Palazzo Chigi, Italy’s politics has been displaced. And as the “Offshore Leaks” scandal has revealed, the country’s economy has meanwhile moved to tax havens.Nothing is where it...
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Europe poised between union and hegemony
French and German overriding of the European Commission over the Stability Pact can be seen, ten years later, to have been disastrous. A vision more powerful, more engaging, more profound than “common...
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