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The EU/US Trade Deal: a project of the 1%
The EU/US trade deal (TTIP) is a vast power grab on behalf of the world's biggest corporations, and there's still time to stop it.protest against the Trans Pacific Partnership in the US. Image:...
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There is no puzzle about Britain's low productivity
Britain, almost uniquely, does not invest in itself.Many people, including apparently the Bank of England, are puzzled by the fact that productivity growth in the UK has ground to a halt. There is,...
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Wartorn Britain; why I made this film
The government's new Armed Forces Day, held this Saturday, June 28, has been wholeheartedly embraced in 'don't do it by halves' Blackpool, and renamed Armed Forces Week. It regularly sees over 50,000...
View ArticleHuman rights without religion is like a fish without a bicycle
Is separation between religion and the state essential to human rights? Meredith Tax says secular space is necessary for the protection of religious and sexual minorities, freedom of thought and...
View ArticleWomen and Wikipedia: science and engineering’s forgotten labour
A Wikipedia Edit-a-thon for National Women in Engineering Day addresses both the underrepresentation of female editors of Wikipedia and the underrepresentation of women in science and engineering. A...
View ArticleSceptical silence: Pakistan’s operation in North Waziristan
Will the latest military operation launched by Pakistan against the Taliban in North Waziristan expose and loosen the ties between the military establishment and their jihadi protégés? So far a...
View ArticleThe globalization of the Hollywood war film
Recently, Russia and Germany have produced duelling filmic visions of their great contest in World War II. For a long time, people in other countries had to watch American war films. Now they are...
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Nurses fight back against trade treaty that threatens NHS
The fight against an international trade treaty wrecking our NHS receives a boost from the nurses and activists, though most party leaderships are strangely quiet.RCN flag at Congress. RCN. It’s...
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Legal limbo in Crimea
Judges, prisoners and drug addicts are all in legal limbo in Crimea because the judicial status of Russia’s new territory is still far from clear.Local government in Crimea has pretty much ground to a...
View ArticleDeliberate starvation: impact on peace and reconstruction in Syria
For the international community, realizing the magnitude of the challenges and the spiralling economic costs, that include ripple effects on stability and foreign investment in the region, may be what...
View ArticleCivilisation
"It is easy to confuse sophistication with civilisation. Sophistication can be a soulless exercise in superiority rather than an appreciation of cultivated taste for its life-enhancing qualities."When...
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Meet Britain First: the UK's fastest growing far right group
A child of the BNP and the EDL, Britain First has shifted the glare of bigots from race war to faith war. Meet the man behind the fastest growing far right movement in Britain, and find out what makes...
View ArticleBeyond Al Jazeera: Egypt’s chilling verdict on media freedom
The draconian treatment of three Al Jazeera journalists who have been sent to jail by a Cairo court amidst worldwide condemnation is a sharp reminder to aspiring democrats in Egypt that the Arab Spring...
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For a European Republic
Today we have to move away from the idea of a United States of Europe, to think of the EU as a republic, as the European res publica, and to put citizens and civil society back into the centre stage...
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I am sorry for you, you mean well: trust and history in the making of a...
Why do foreign aid and advice so often fail? A transformative social vision means nothing without humility.The author non-reflexively instructing a Guarani community about holding the state...
View ArticleThe Responsibility to Protect after Libya – dead, dying or thriving?
Controversy over the UN-authorized NATO intervention in Libya has not – contrary to what some expected – diminished support for R2P in the UN the Security Council, which increasingly invokes the...
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Apostolics, Evangelicals and Neo-Pagans in Armenia
Back in 301CE, Armenia was the first country to adopt Christianity as its national religion, but in post-independence Armenia, the Apostolic Church has many competitors.Since ancient times, religion...
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Should international courts exempt African leaders and their senior officials...
The fact that some still seem to be above the law, now appears to be used to form the argument that all should be above the law. What is on the table at the African Union this week is the legalisation...
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The struggle for freedom and food sovereignty: a letter of solidarity to the...
The loss of control over processing agricultural goods, such as turning grains into flour, have made it easier for the regime to punish large regions with starvation, and will in the future make it...
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Losing Pride
London's Gay Pride includes the Metropolitan Police marching in full uniform. Visibility as proud LGBTQ police officers threatens to make invisible LGBTQ people oppressed by the police. Has the notion...
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