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Transforming the Treasury: the biggest and best idea of all
The Treasury is the biggest block to progressive policies in Britain. It's time to transform it.The Treasury, WikimediaAnyone who’s ever tried to get the UK Government to do anything at all is pretty...
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Book review - Why are animals funny?
Taking a post-modern look at modern politics.EDA Collective, Why are Animals Funny? Everyday Analysis: Volume 1Zero Books, 136pp, £9.99, ISBN 9781782793915What is Everyday Analysis, or EDA, and what...
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What does mass surveillance do to Human Rights?
Where such mass, weakly targeted surveillance techniques have been used in Europe, the Human Rights Court has found them inconsistent with the right to respect for privacy. Mass surveillance is by...
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40 reasons to support Scottish independence: reason 17: if you spend but...
Reason 17 out of 40 to support independence - seperating tax collection and spending means that Holyrood can't invest in growing the tax base."Public spending pays for itself" - Ann Pettifor My friend...
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Muslim women and the Met: Only a pawn in their game
The attempt by British police to get Muslim women to inform on their friends and relatives as part of a counter-terrorism programme, repeats the police errors of the past and endangers any woman...
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State crime in Turkey: the Roboski Massacre
At 21.39 on December 28, 2011, disaster struck and in an instant the village lost its youth when they became victim to the Turkish government’s ‘war on terror’.‘Başınız sağolsun’ we say to everyone we...
View ArticleEffective blogging in a digital commons
Three questions are important to us. First and foremost, who is the content or knowledge for? Which conversations is it already part of? How can the wider audience be built for that conversation most...
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Prisoners without conscience
Members of BORN, a Russian ultranationalist group, will soon face trial for murder. They have been linked with Centre E and the presidential administration in Moscow; and with ‘Svoboda’ and ‘Pravy...
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Scotland Divided! Poverty, class and nation
In the rush to build a fairer Scotland, we must start by acknowledging our own deep inequalities.Glasgow tower blocks, Wikimedia/Thomas NugentThinking about what a radically different Scottish society...
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A dystopian reality - welfare, the homeless and the unfed
Perhaps people are unaware of just how bad the situation has got for many of their fellow citizens, those who have little food, no money, and no home - in 21st century Britain. Two forces make this...
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Some thoughts prompted by the celebration of Israel Independence Day
Citizens of the State of Israel celebrated their anniversary of independence on 6 May 2014. After the celebrations, the author responds to three articles recently published on openDemocracy, explaining...
View ArticleNuclear non-proliferation in a time warp
The mood was cheerful as the international Non-Proliferation Treaty conference ended in New York last Friday, but the atmosphere was sustained at the expense of tackling the real world nuclear...
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Edward Snowden: the last Big Brother?
Following last year's revelations, Edward Snowden seems to be trapped in a role ironically reminiscent of another famous character – George Orwell's Big Brother. From our 'Joining the dots on state...
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Why these European elections matter for Portugal
As Portugal celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution, the Portuguese must decide what role they want to play in Europe. Euro elections landscape, 2014.Austerity graffiti in Portugal....
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Labour turn spotlight on GP shortages
Yesterday Miliband pledged a GP appointment for all within 48 hours, today Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham visits inner-city GP practices facing the axe. Image: The Labour Party All patients will...
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Andricgrad: The 'town within a town' on the Drina
The 'townlet' of Andricgrad may help to move Visegrad and Republika Srpska closer towards a wartime goal of union with Serbia. However, the city also reveals dormant tensions within the community,...
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A guide to Belarusian prisons
Minsk hosts the Ice Hockey World Championship this month. A Belarusian dissident who served time in twelve prisons shows a side of his country that sports fans might not get to see. Are you going to...
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A burning issue in Siberia
Farm workers in the Omsk region, cheated out of their land by big business, have taken their cases to the courts; and taken the matter into their own hands…On 14 April, about 300 shareholders in Market...
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Azerbaijan challenges Europe's human-rights mettle
As Azerbaijan takes up the six-month chair of the Council of Europe, the deteriorating human-rights situation in the Caucasus state exposes its disregard for its rights obligations and risks further...
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New series - After the party?
OurKingdom and Birkbeck’s Centre for the Study of British Politics and Public Life today launch our new series on the future of the mass party. Everyone knows membership and legitimacy have been fading...
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