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Keeping calm and carrying on
St Petersburg's Regional Press Institute has defended Russian media rights for the last two decades. Like other similar organisations, it has been subjected to various forms of governmental harassment,...
View ArticleLegal house-keeping in the EU
The recently issued EU guidelines banning funding to projects in settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory is not a new proactive political strategy; it is simply a matter of legal necessity.To...
View ArticleIsrael, the Palestine-Iran fork
The hope for progress in the core middle-east dispute arises at the very time when a new Iranian president tests Israel's unyielding stance on nuclear security.The Israeli-Palestinian talks convened in...
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Global Human Rights: For futures unlike the past
Vijay K. Nagaraj responds to Aryeh Neier, criticising his construction of social justice. Neier’s discomfort with mass mobilization, he argues, reveals an uncomfortable truth about the global human...
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A golden moment for Lewisham NHS campaigners in Britain
Today Health secretary Jeremy Hunt’s plans to cut services and close departments at Lewisham Hospital were defeated in the High Court after a fiercely fought grassroots campaign.Picture: Ruby...
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Misogyny and Twitter - confusing cause with medium
Despite the lazy characterisations of much mainstream media, misogyny is not created by new technologies and it will take much more than an "abuse button" to resolve. Flickr/Johan Larsson. Some...
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Reclaiming nonviolent history
In conventional histories, violence is generally celebrated. National memorials glamorize death, bloodshed and warfare. This hides a global tradition of nonviolent struggle. This is the third article...
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Chauvinism on social media
Operating a spoof Twitter account during BBC Question Time gave me a glimpse of the level of misogyny that women in politics face on social media every day.I’ve dubbed tonight “the #vennfestfinale”—the...
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The insidious effects of trolling women on the TV and radio in the UK
Somehow society must come to terms with this problem and start thinking of ways to address it. It doesn't only demean the women in question, it degrades us all and cheapens the public sphere....
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Sentence first, verdict afterwards
The Russian legal system’s human rights record is appalling, but the European Court in Strasbourg is powerless to enforce its own rulings. Kirill Koroteev describes the day to day of working as a...
View ArticleThe art of giving
Just as Warren and Doris Buffett launch their new philanthropy course for college students, Peter Buffett has spoken out against the ills of charitable giving. Radical grassroots fund Edge Fund casts a...
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Unsettling art: caste, gender, and dalit expression
Critical issues of domination, discrimination and gender find powerful articulation in the expressionist imagination of dalit artist, Savindra Sawakar. His work traces the dense contradictions and...
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Northern Italy and the republican tradition
The Emilia Romagna region in northern Italy gives an insight into how a republican economy might look in practice. The whole infrastructure is significantly geared towards cooperative production...
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The dignity of dissent: E.P. Thompson and One Nation Labour
E.P. Thompson was an advocator of freedom of speech and maintaining every citizen's right to dissent. In light of this, how would he have viewed the state of the way One Nation Labour aim to shape...
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Organizing as whole people
There are no shortcuts to building the kind of power it takes to win meaningful change. As an organizer in a county with an acute housing crisis, simmering racial tension and little unionization, I...
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Not single spies, but in battalions…
The new law obliging Russian NGOs receiving foreign funds to register as 'foreign agents' or spies has created a furore in the NGO world. Moscow's illustrious Sakharov Centre has existed for over 20...
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Who’s who: the trinity of jihad in Syria
The relationships between the militias fighting the regime in Syria are extremely difficult to untangle. To date there have been no outright military confrontations between the various factions, but...
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Why care about international prestige?
There was once a time when the Turkish Prime Minister was hailed for constructing a model country for the Middle East. Today, the picture is very different.On July 24, The Times of London published an...
View ArticleA Moroccan political template for the Arab Gulf states?
It is unfathomable to continue governing the Gulf states without some form of citizen participation in the legislature. Also, there is mounting international criticism of these Gulf states, who value...
View ArticleTunisia: in search of a political exit from political violence
In addition to the transitional process falling into paralysis, there is also a palatable sense of insecurity. The political assassinations, once relatively unknown in Tunisia, are now picking up their...
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