What is "same-sex" marriage?
Whilst LGBTQ rights activists welcomed the recent rulings by the US Supreme Court on "same sex" marriage, Lauren Suchman questions the media's conflation of gender, sex and sexuality in reporting these...
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Liberty for Scotland: the next steps
As the date of the vote for the Scottish Referendum stands firmly on the horizon, John Kay addresses the concrete steps that would need to be considered for a successful economic transition to be a...
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Britain: no longer the land of the future
At a time when Britain's progress is hindered by its obsession with the past, Scotland face their biggest opportunity to look to the future with a new beginning.Flickr/Toby Bradbury. Some rights...
View ArticleEgypt’s new interim government is not a leftist coalition
A historian of the Middle East from Stanford University discusses Egypt’s new interim government and the labour movement. Giuseppe Acconcia: Professor Beinin, we are told that the Muslim Brothers have...
View ArticleEgypt’s long revolution: knowing your enemy
What we have learned so far during these two and a half years of revolution is that people do learn from experience. It is this high level of political consciousness which will save our revolution. (A...
View ArticleFighting a prevailing Cold War mentality
Next week is the 68th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Climbing down the nuclear ladder is an undeniably complex task, but one the world’s politicians must continue to rise...
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Theory and practice - weekly comments roundup
A look at some of our new debates, as well as this week's best reader comments on our Can Europe make it? debate.Ideology or empiricism? Theory or practice? Skimmed or full fat? If you have yet to read...
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A crisis of presence: the war on Greek cities
The closure of official channels of debate and establishment of migrant detention camps in Athens, has been the capstone to a long process of turning people against the most vulnerable populations in...
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'What happened to me here. . . that's what broke my spirit'
Women's experiences of the UK asylum system.It’s the first time in ten years that the Home Affairs Select Committee has undertaken an inquiry into asylum, and at Women for Refugee Women we are...
View ArticleSerco and pathology: the cost of profit in England's NHS
Serco was pleased to announce last week that GSTS Pathology – its joint venture with two London hospitals - was back in profit. But newly-released accounts show that, even after lab closures and...
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Administering the last human rights
Russia’s new NGO law forcing organisations to register as ‘foreign agents’ continues to take its toll. ‘Public Verdict’ Foundation, who help victims of police abuse, will not consent to this label....
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‘Foreign Agents’ fight for survival
The Centre for the Development of Democracy and Human Rights has achieved much in fifteen years, but now, like so many NGOs, it has been branded a ‘foreign agent’. How tightly has the Russian...
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Confessions of a climate change denier
The "Armageddon Complex" says that climate change will cause a biblical cocktail of hurricanes, floods, famines and wars. This creates a culture of climate denial among activists: without the capacity...
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Radical thinking in the Caucusus: an interview with a member of the...
Talking with an opposition educator about the Enlightenment, resistance and populism in Baku.Police arrest dozens of opposition protesters at a rally in Baku. Demotix/Radio Free Europe. All rights...
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Against reductionist views of human rights
César Rodríguez-Garavito responds to Stephen Hopgood and Aryeh Neier, criticising both sides of the debate for an all too simplistic view of the actors, the content and the strategies of the...
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Human rights and social justice: the in(di)visible link
The distinction that Aryeh Neier draws between human rights and social justice is premised on a limited notion of what constitutes “power”, argue Ignacio Saiz and Alicia Ely Yamin.Aryeh Neier affirms...
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Proud to be German? Football and the fear of nationalism
Though some fans are enthusiastic, even proud of today's multi-ethnic, multi-racial German football teams, taking pride in Germany is troubled by the historic affiliation of nationalism and...
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UKIP’s growth - misunderstood by left and right in Britain
Dig a little deeper and you will see most popular characterisations of UKIP leave much to be desired - they are in fact attracting plenty of young voters and the public generally rejects comparisons...
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Changing sides doesn't always make for transformation — just look at Egypt
What is the best kind of defection? During Egypt's recent turmoil there was too much collusion between nonviolent people power and security forces. Instead, civil resistance campaigns should focus on...
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Cigarette packaging and international trade - a warning
The government's failure to implement the plain cigarette packaging legislations in the UK reveals a much larger issue to do with international trade and the restrictions it will put on democratically...
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