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Today's Egypt in a song: Emperor Rima's clothes
A new catchy tune is circulating social media in Egypt. A brief interview with the lyricist and musician confirms the author's suspicions of the symbolism of the song.Yasser Elmanawahly.In Egypt, there...
View ArticleThe people want – but do they have a chance?
Nasserism, by far, is the main form of progressive political consciousness that one can find in Egypt, when it takes the form of nostalgia, not for military rule, but for social benefits, jobs,...
View ArticleBack to the basics: let's talk democracy out
People have more rights and freedoms than ever before, so why do they feel so estranged from the political processes around them? Read more from our You Tell Us bloggers.In almost three months from now...
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Trojan Women in the twenty first century: women in war from Euripides to Syria
Last December, a small group of volunteers organised a production of ‘Trojan Women’ with female Syrian refugees now living in Jordan. Heather McRobie speaks to two of the organisers about how art...
View ArticleThe land of the living dead: Jeremy Paxman and Max Hasting’s Britain
Britain's elite is telling misleading stories about its noble history because for the majority of British people there is little hope for the future. Years ago I believed in Britain; in its future and...
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The veterans out in the cold
In Russia, 23 February is celebrated as Defender of the Fatherland Day. But despite a law entitling them to decent housing, many World War Two veterans in Siberia have little to celebrate.Pyotr...
View ArticleThe ‘equality’ that serves social injustice
Equality talk, with its roots in liberalism, defines those who aren’t considered equal as lacking. A more radical approach is needed to tackle systemic and entrenched social injustice.Several months...
View ArticleWhy does Putin fear Maidan?
The popular upheaval in Ukraine reveals how the Kremlin thinks, says Carmen Claudín.Maidan marks a milestone for all of Europe. Although Yanukovych has fled and now denounces a coup d’état, the fact...
View ArticleDrones: who wants what and why?
The use of drones responds to a simple equation: fewer casualties of one’s own soldiers and maximisation of enemy casualties. And it’s also about selling the idea that the more technology involved, the...
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India and Pakistan: time to call time on proxy wars
India and Pakistan’s zero-sum game is hindering development and the proxy wars in which the two states have indulged need to come to an end. If they do, big dividends would follow. Srinagar--heart of a...
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Kazakhstan – the succession
President Nazarbayev has turned Kazakhstan into a Central Asian powerhouse. He is 73, and shows no sign of giving up the reins. But there are riches at stake, and people waiting in the wings.Kazakhstan...
View ArticleNuclear disarmament: the case for engagement, not division
While understanding the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons are key to acheiving disarmament, efforts for a new convention outside the nuclear non-proliferation treaty will only fragment the...
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Rip-off letting agents on the back foot after court ruling
The ruling of a Sheriff in Aberdeen against a letting agency is just the latest victory for the emerging tenants' union movement in Scotland.Tenants in Scotland have recently won an important legal...
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Whose money is it?
Money is currently produced by a ‘public-private partnership’ between the state and the financial sector, a partnership whose nature remains obscure to the great majority of the population. Is another...
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Why an empty space (a tent) in an occupied theatre? (During a meeting on the...
It was brought there without any intentions other than that of being here as a sign speaking for itself. This was the action: setting up a light emergency tent. There are many ways of expressing one’s...
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Is laughter the best medicine for monopoly capitalism?
When the New York Public Library hosted an event with Mexican business-philanthropist Carlos Slim, the night got a whole lot funnier when 50 people staged a laugh-in. This is the third in our series of...
View ArticleFrom Olympic spectacle to social crisis: review of Future Suspended
Review: Crisis-Scape's new film invites us in to the shadows of Athens, a city tenuously held together by state imposed order, privatisation, anxiety and violence. New documentary by the Crisis-Scape...
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White-washing the water cannon: salesmen, scientific experts and human rights...
Scrubbing away the white-wash of 'less lethal' riot control reveals a history littered with humanitarian disasters, weaponisation, inadequate testing, and corporate profiteering. What does a 'public...
View ArticleThe government is misleading in its claims for Universal Credit
The British government's response to criticisms of its welfar reforms are misleading - the overall picture remains one which will ensure poverty and misery for many through little fault of their...
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The Keen-Krugman debate
The debate between these two economists on the role of banking and specifically the creation of credit is of fundamental importance in understanding the shortcomings of orthodox economic thinking - and...
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