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Anti-social subjectivity infringing the principle of ‘Living Together’
Society forces us to challenge ourselves to accept that participation in the public sphere is not just through the similarity with the people around one, but also through the differences. A Muslim...
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The Syrian army and its power pyramid
To continue our examination of the Syrian army, a contesting view to that of Kamal Alam in an excerpt from Gilbert Achcar's 'The People Want: A Radical Exploration of the Arab Uprising', identifying a...
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Transforming anger into nonviolent power
Anger, rage and a desire for revenge are all reasonable and justified in the face of armed attacks, abuse and exploitation. What matters is what we do with these things.Members of “Women of Liberia...
View ArticleIndonesia: facing life with HIV
Strategies, no matter how well intentioned, are not enough without the knowledge, insights and experiences of people with HIV to translate them into effective and rights-based practice. Sindi Putri...
View ArticleAIDS 2014: Where are the women we need to step up the pace?
With scientific advances in controlling HIV we need a strong community-based response now more than ever to ensure that the stigma still surrounding HIV does not stop people from coming forward for...
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Change vs more of the same (40 reasons to support Scottish independence, 39)
Independence offers a rare chance to change a British system built before anything to protect itself.photo: http://s225.photobucket.com/user/pretty_me22/media/keepyourcoinsiwantchange.png.htmlPoverty...
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Glasgow University's decision to stop investing in fossil fuels is an...
Glasgow has become the first university in the UK to announce it will divest from fossil fuels. This is a major step forward for the UK's climate movement.Last November, myself and a small group of...
View ArticleAIDS 2014 Conference: stepping up the pace and still on the wrong path
As the 20th International AIDS Conference opens in Melbourne this weekend, Alice Welbourn reflects on how global policies still fail to acknowledge the gender dimensions of this pandemic, or take into...
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New series: Liberalism in Neoliberal times - dimensions, contradictions, limits
Today we launch a new series, curated by Goldsmiths in partnership with OurKingdom, on liberalism in neoliberal times. Liberalism was undoubtedly conceived as an emancipatory project, one which duly...
View ArticleHuman rights, markets, states, and movements
Are human rights nothing but liberal? If so, how do we understand mobilisations for human rights against neoliberal marketization?Marx’s critique of human rights as classically liberal in ‘On the...
View ArticleShould politicians summer reading lists include 'unthinkable' ideas for the NHS?
Corporate think tanks hope their bravely unthinkable suggestions to "fix" (or kill) the NHS are on politicians' summer reading lists. But why are far more popular and evidenced solutions - like...
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Writing the truth in the People’s Republic of Donetsk
Some journalists in Donetsk are brave enough to tell the truth about what is going on there. But there are consequences… The clampdown on journalists in the Donetsk oblast [region] dates back to the...
View ArticleAmerica, Israel, Gaza: missiles and politics
Israel's conflict with Hamas highlights its close partnership with the United States over missile defence. But it also deepens Washington's regional worries over Syria, Iraq, Hizbollah, and Iran. The...
View ArticleThe curious case of the Tunisian 3,000
A surge of Tunisian jihadists into Syria tells much about the wider story of violence and politics after the Arab Spring.According to recent reports, some 3,000 Tunisians have become foreign fighters...
View ArticleHIV: a call for solidarity with the transgender community
With the prevalence of HIV 50 times higher than that of the general population, societal acceptance and family support are crucial to the emotional wellbeing and health outcomes of LGBT people. Cecila...
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Cairo: a history of people’s right to the city
A social and historical introduction to people’s struggle over the right to the city in Cairo, Egypt.A view of Cairo's Mokattam area. Simon-Letellier/Demotix. All rights reserved.From the 1950s...
View ArticleBio-insecurity and HIV/AIDS
Science and global funding of HIV prevention is seen as an investment in biosecurity, but unless prevention and treatment take place within the context of the local bio-insecurity of the poor woman and...
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On remembering and forgetting: reflections on the long summer of '74 in Cyprus
Though I was born two years after the ominous summer of '74, my life has been defined by Turkey’s military operation, division and the agony of that long summer. A country so traumatized and marked...
View ArticleBigger or smaller? Who is right? Rupert or Tony?
An examination of the recent flow of speeches and deal proposals by leading media players, to see what clues to the future of the BBC they offer. At the OurBeeb/City University seminar on the licence...
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“Terrorism” and the US-led global order
“Terrorism” has become a formulaic term in political discourse, often deployed as a device sustaining a US informal empire. Time to unpack it—and develop a more secure multilateral order.Terrorising...
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