“Whose Sarin?” is the right question, but why only mention the Islamists as...
Undiscussed in Seymour Hersh’s article are the motives of the other players in this conflict who also have sarin.Regarding the "Whose Sarin?" question posed by Seymour Hersh’s recent article in the...
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Syria's refugees: international effort needed
An Amnesty International report has highlighted the huge gap between the Syrian refugee crisis and the global response. Fortress Europe needs to discover an ethos of hospitalityBottled-up humanity: an...
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The lower depths in Russia today
Over a century after Maksim Gorky’s famous play about homeless people – ‘The Lower Depths'– Ekaterina Loushnikova has been looking around her home city of Kirov to see if anything has changed.The...
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Mandela: a visual memorial
On the day of his funeral, an infographic commemorates the key moments in Nelson Mandela's life as the leader of the anti-apartheid movementClick through to see a larger version.Today Nelson Mandela’s...
View ArticleNelson Mandela: Who tells the story?
I don’t believe that the story of forgiveness and reconciliation in our collective transition to democracy in the 'new South Africa' is untrue. The problem is that it has become the only story we are...
View ArticleWomen in Sierra Leone: Resisting dispossession
Women are losing their land and livelihoods in the face of land grabs, discriminatory traditions and customs, and the lack of a strong legal framework. Mariama Tarawallie report on the fight back by...
View ArticleThe Republican war on women: The newly invisible and undeserving poor
The U.S. Congress is fighting over how much to cut food assistance to needy families. Everyone knows that women and their children are the poorest people in the America, but strangely, the faces of...
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Postcards from a horizontal world
New social movements are different. Instead of asking for alternatives, they are bringing them to lifeProtestors in the Puerta de Sol, Madrid. Credit: Wikipedia/Carlos Delgado. All rights reserved.“The...
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Britain needs to invest in social and physical infrastructure
The Chancellor says he is investing in infrastructure. But the childcare he is cutting is a vital part of our social infrastructure, says Kat Wall. We should see that as an investment too, and extend...
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One word for Europe
What kind of Europe would you like to live in? (Video, 1 min 10s) This video is part of an event that Oecumene: Citizenship after Orientalism organised on the 19th of September, 2013: Enacting European...
View Article‘Global woman’: abject poverty or domestic servitude
The widespread abuse suffered by domestic workers calls for the urgent enforcement of proper labour laws, the ratification of ILO convention 189 and fundamental changes in attitudes towards women and...
View ArticleIntroducing 'Real life dystopias'
Yiannis Baboulias speaks about this week’s special project, “Real life dystopias”. Introducing the concept of the “dystopic condition”, he looks into how reality resembles various stages/forms of...
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From ‘utopia’ to dystopia and resistance, a short run
The latest mutation of the neoliberal doctrine is turning Greece into a real life dystopia, but resistance can still save the day.Demotix/Socrates Baltagiannis. All rights reserved.Michael Anderson’s...
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Getting transition right
Gathering in Salzburg, Austria looks at improving diversity and inclusion in the post-revolution MENA region.The photo of Coptic Christians protecting Muslims as they prayed in Tahrir Square was one of...
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Water, water, everywhere
Jordan, Palestine, and Israel struggle to reap benefits from a groundbreaking water agreement.The scarcity of water resources and the relative power of countries that share them has long been a hotly...
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Tunisia: security sector reform
Three years since the slogan “no fear after today” spread through Tunisia, police and security forces still operate without any meaningful accountability.In October, photos surfaced of the savagely...
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Death of Kurdish workers in Turkey spark widespread violence
Turkish police killing two Kurdish industrial workers has led to mass demonstrations, widespread violence and the abduction of soldiers, raising serious doubts about the ongoing Turkey-Kurdish peace...
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How can Europe be shaped from a citizen's perspective?
The co-president of European Alternatives talks about engaging European institutions and insists upon the possibility of creative, experimental and imaginative forms of European citizenship (Video, 11...
View ArticleGeneral El Sisi and the red sword
General El Sisi sincerely believes that he is engaging in a holy war, either in the name of God or the name of the Egyptian “people”, which now does not include the Muslim Brotherhood or any person who...
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Detroit: from disaster to salvation?
Detroit was the cradle of Fordist capitalism and the American dream. Then it became their grave. But now, amidst the ruins, something is moving. Is there an end to the city's decline? Flickr/Dave Hogg....
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