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It's not just a balancing act: work must work for workers
The British economy is unbalanced regionally and by sector, but at core, it must fix a deeper problem: work doesn't work for workers.Many workers are in a precarious position...Both the economy and...
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Who is the human in human rights?
Human rights discourse relies on an abstracted human who is too often male and white. The challenge is to develop a human rights politics that is inclusive without obliterating differences.A statue of...
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Treasury’s “union dividend” calculation deeply flawed
Treasury calculations of the financial 'advantage' to Scotland of staying in the UK are so flawed as to reveal a deep rot in a once proud British institution.The Treasury - wikimediaOn May 28th, the...
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A new kind of freedom born in terror
The revolution which has been taking place across Rojava (literally, ‘Western Kurdistan’), where three cantons were set up in January this year, has a grassroots democratic model.Yezidi refugees gather...
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Is Islamic State a cover for government policy in the Maldives?
Journalists, independent social media activists, human rights defenders and opposition politicians in the Maldives are being continually harassed and threatened. A. Mohácsi looks at what lies behind...
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The US' troubling turn as global anti-trafficking sheriff
The US' much-lauded Tier ranking system, which monitors state efforts to combat trafficking, in fact obscures its hand in creating the structural conditions of labor exploitation it polices.The Thai...
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Responsible consumption and the moral-industrial complex
The World Economic Forum and other elite think-tanks lobby behind closed doors to change global institutional frameworks in ways that shift responsibility for poverty, global warming and chronic...
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Sisi’s economic roadmap
There is much to be done within Egypt to address its economic depression, which will rely on building public and international investor confidence. The scale of the economic task facing Sisi is...
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The five forbidden Russian words on stage and screen
It is now official: on stage and screen you cannot say: блядь [blyad - slut], хуй [khui - cock], пизда [pizda - cunt], ебать [yebat - fuck], and мудак [mudak - dickhead]. Artistic freedom in Russia has...
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Ethiopia's electoral manoeuvres
Why does the Ethiopian government regularly organise elections and invite observers, only to reject their findings? Why do international actors such as the EU Observer Mission continue to participate...
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The housing crisis facing the UK’s sick and disabled
Far too many disabled people are now being housed in entirely inadequate conditions, a situation exacerbated by government policies which in practice have had some incredibly cruel results.Heygate...
View ArticleQuakers urge recognition of Palestine
A statement on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict made by Quakers in Britain at their Yearly Meeting in Bath, 8 August 2014.Amid faltering ceasefires and talks, Quakers in Britain are calling for urgent...
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For human rights, religious interpretation matters most
Religious interpretation is what counts. This explains why Pakistanis vote for female leaders, while Saudi Arabia bans women drivers. العربيةEarlier on openGlobalRights, several authors noted both the...
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The European Court of Human Rights: would Marx have endorsed it?
The ECHR still struggles to reconcile effective rights with the deep structures of a market economy.It’s not hard to find a critic of the European Court of Human Rights these days. I have no intention,...
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Sheffield community groups fight deportation of Buddhist monk
A Buddhist monk who made South Yorkshire his home after seeking refuge from persecution in his native Bangladesh is facing immediate deportation from the UK.Sushil Sraman helping raise awareness of...
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“Expressing concern”: India’s balancing act on Gaza
India has moderated its position on the Israel-Palestine conflict over time, exchanging statements of condemnation for those “expressing concern”. But behind India’s strategic balancing act there also...
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If you want to be a millionaire, go to Belarus
If you want to know what the Soviet Union was like, go to Belarus.If you want to be a millionaire, go to Belarus – even a jacket or a pair of shoes costs a million here. A kilo of sausage will set you...
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Organized crime, Colombia's peace spoiler?
Now that the main potential impedement to a peace deal–a change in government–is out of the picture, it is time to start tackling other threats, not just to securing the agreement, but also to its...
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Iraqi refugees from Mosul seek a home away from home
Christian families who have the means have managed to escape the Islamic State in Mosul for Jordan, which has provided a transit point, but where to next for Iraqi Christians?Outside the Catholic...
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The spillover effects of Western sanctions, in Kazakhstan
There is anxiety in Kazakhstan about the spillover effects of Western sanctions As the cycle of economic retaliation between Russia and the West seems to spiral ever more out of control, anxiety is...
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