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Muslim NGOs, aid, and human rights
Drawing on studies of Muslim aid organisations in Britain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Jordan and Bangladesh, the author explores how these organisations do and don’t engage with human rights. She identifies...
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In Israel, Rabbis for Human Rights address painful paradoxes
In a world where so much blood is shed for religion, Rabbis for Human Rights believes that the Jewish faith must be a force for human rights. A contribution from Jerusalem to the openGlobalRights...
View ArticleAlgeria’s presidential elections: a litany of failures by the political class...
Taking place sixty years since the Algerian revolution, today’s presidential elections presented the perfect occasion for the country to turn a new leaf after decades of mismanagement and stagnation....
View ArticleIraq’s next parliamentary elections: the stakes
We are now completely at the mercy of our political class.Many of the same faces will return, and those who are new will have been imposed on us by the same party structures that have been running the...
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Trusting in Russian civil society
‘We are from the same sector; we want the same things!’ was the result of one discussion at the Salzburg Global Seminar Russian Civil Society Symposium. But how to achieve them?‘We are from the same...
View ArticleNairobi's solution to terrorism: blame the Somalis
Last week’s crackdown on Somali refugees reads like a show of force by a government that desperately wants to hide the cracks in its counter-terrorism efforts.Perhaps due to the commemoration of the...
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The Great East Japan earthquake and the search for "gaman"
The Japanese philosophy of gaman - dignified endurance in the face of suffering - perhaps best explains the country's unique response to national catastrophes.An anti-nuclear protest in the wake of the...
View ArticleWhy these Algerian elections are essential
Caught between the dynamic of the Arab Springs and that of the destabilization of the Sahel, the Algerian trajectory remains profoundly uncertain. Since its stability is essential for Europe, the...
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Book review - The Blunders of our Governments
Modern governments of all stripes screw up too often. A new study of their blunders suggests that ‘strong government’, traditionally the great strength of the governing system, is to blame. Let’s...
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Social change in Shoprite, aisle 5
Millions of Americans use supplemental food benefits each month. Along with the stigma of holding up the supermarket checkout line comes a large helping of empathy with other people.Credit: Stephen...
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Faith and health care in Africa: a complex reality
It’s time to move past overly simplistic arguments surrounding Catholics and condoms, and make an effort to understand the real and very complex contributions of faith-based health providers across...
View ArticleResponse from NHS Confederation
The CEO of NHS Confederation responds to our recent article by Gary Walker, Kings Funds suggests NHS fees - but is it really 'independent'?Dear openDemocracyIn his article on your website, Gary Walker...
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A turning point in the National Union of Students?
NUS conference has backed free education after many years of opposing it. Is a change in the air? NUS conference - anticuts.comThis could be a turning point for the National Union of Students (NUS) and...
View ArticleThe fight against fracking continues
Britain's only Green MP writes about her acquital after being arrested for blockading the entrance to a fracking site in Balcomb, Sussex.Balcombe, one of the first places in the UK to be earmarked as a...
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Has Tunisia forgotten where its revolution began?
Justice for those who died or were wounded in the revolutionary struggle puts politicians in direct confrontation with the Ministries of Defence and the Interior. No political party has taken that...
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García Márquez and "the Latin American who came in from the cold"
Former Swedish deputy foreign minister and UN ambassador Pierre Schori remembers circumstances and characters, including the late prime minister Olof Palme, that linked him to Gabriel García Márquez,...
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On beauty: Special K adverts, body dysmorphic disorder, and Lupita Nyong'o
None of us can escape from the vicious reality of our cultural obsession with 'beauty', but I was lucky to survive my body dysmorphic disorder. This is the sixth article in our politics of mental...
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An extract from Against Austerity
Austerity may seem self defeating but the forces maintaining it are not stupid, they are masters of self interest and self enrichment - it is critical that we consider the rational case for austerity...
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Fascism swelling in Britain
Fascist protests on the streets are a growing sign of the dark forces emerging from capital's post-08 sterility.Fascism is revealing itself in 2014 Britain. On a Saturday morning on Cricklewood...
View ArticleVideo - Richard Seymour on his new book, Against Austerity
The author talks about his new book, an extract of which OurKingdom has published here. Country or region: UK
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