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England, do not be afraid
A yes vote in Scotland would barely impact on UK general elections, but it would blow a hole in the British constitution and the ubiquitous nationalism which protects it.image from here:...
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A journey into the world of George Galloway: the indyref and the limits of...
At a public meeting in Portobello, a grumpy George Galloway couldn't get his basic facts right...George Galloway. David Hunt/Wikimedia Commons. Some rights reserved. Many ridiculous things have been...
View ArticleBilly Bragg sings for independence
Billy Bragg sings and speaks in Edinburgh about Scottish and English independence from post-imperial Britain - hosted by National Collective.
View ArticleFacing up to bitter truths: Rotherham child sex exploitation cases
The scale and severity of the child sex exploitation crimes in Rotherham warrants a constructive response which is more concerned with truth than evading blame, and with empathy rather than insularity,...
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Boots loots - what has happened to our friendly high street pharmacist?
Our friendly high street pharmacists are turning into trojan horses for further NHS privatisation.Image: Flickr/Leo Reynolds. Some rights reserved.Britain’s trusted high street chemist hasn’t been...
View ArticleIn search of security: "there to keep the peace"
Film: Testimony of the violence of a police-led eviction and experience of the policing with comes from racist stereotypes defining Travellers as 'criminals'. Part of the Whose Police? collection of...
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The contradictions of the Indian intelligentsia
The knee jerk reaction from India’s intellectuals to the advent of a new government has been to profess a concern for ‘liberal order’. But we need to think about the space for dissent and divergent...
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Would Scotland's nationalists disarm Trident?
The renewal of the “independent British nuclear deterrent” has met remarkably little debate in the UK. Except in Scotland, that is.Flickr/Patrick Down. Some rights reserved. This week the leader of the...
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Turkish-Kurdish peace: has the hour come?
CouldKurdish voices become part of the political mainstream in Turkey; and could the PKK have its status as “terrorist” removed? Kurdish man with Abdullah Öcalan poster. Yildiz Celik/Demotix. All...
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Will Turkey’s centre-left dare to reform itself?
The problem is that the Republican People's Party (Turkey's centre-left main political party) remains torn between the supporters of a European-style social democracy and those of a die-hard Kemalism....
View ArticleThe police must learn that they are not above the law
Six years after an altercation in south London, the courts ruled that the police broke the law. This happens too often. One afternoon in the summer of 2008, officers from the London Metropolitan...
View ArticleIsrael's security after Gaza
Israel's military forces have embraced new tactics, weaponry and a network-centric strategy. But the latest conflict in Gaza leaves the country's security problems as intractable as ever.Israel’s...
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Does the left still need transformation?
Strategy is weak without soul: readers react to openDemocracy’s newest section, and where it goes next.Credit: Minnesota Historical Society. All rights reserved.When “What’s the matter with Kansas?”...
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Pure hypocrisy: India’s fear of foreign funding for NGOs
The Indian state aggressively promotes foreign investment in all sectors but civil society. Indian governments have always been fairly paranoid about NGOs, especially those challenging big business or...
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Separatism in Russia
Russia has been fanning the fires of separatism in Ukraine, but the government is not so keen on separatism at home. The National Bolshevik platform is a small group of Eduard Limonov's former...
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Still stateless, still suffering: It’s time for European leaders to take action
Life without a nationality means life in limbo. Statelessness is man-made phenomenon which afflicts millions across the globe. It demands international attention, says Chris Nash.Have you ever wondered...
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Space for democracy
When corporations smother buildings with their messages, it's advertising. When citizens do it, it's vandalism. Why?sticker: wikimediaAlong with may other activists, I was recently involved in...
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On the statues and flags of the capitals of these isles
The seven national capital cities of the geological British and Irish archipelago project very different images of their idologies through their public art...There's a grove of trees on the pavement by...
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'Hasbara': an exercise in the impossible
Israel has constructed a systematic policy of propaganda, 'hasbara', that depends on its citizens - the extension and 'mouthpiece' of the state - to act as its voice. But this rationalisation of...
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I was raped at Oxford University. Police pressured me into dropping charges
The criminal justice system, not women's drinking, is to blame for low conviction rates.'Drapery/Dirty Bedsheets, Phil Wanardi. All rights reserved.Former judge Mary Jane Mowat’s recent comments about...
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