Egypt’s coup, liberals' dark chapter
The military's deposition of Egypt's elected president has been welcomed by the Muslim Brotherhood's liberal opponents. This is a historic error that carries big costs and risks, says Khaled...
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The antithesis of elitism
The author refutes the charge of elitism. Such long, unpaid and mostly unsung work undertaken by local Amnesty groups was its antithesis. And then there was the start-up support for small local ngo’s...
View ArticleItaly's two-front war against xenophobia and sexism
Attacks on Cecile Kyenge, Italy’s first black minister, reveal interlocked legacies of xenophobia and sexism that continue to manifest in Italian public life.In its latest attempt at establishing the...
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Moving beyond cold war visions and endtime prophecies: claiming all human...
The myth that economic, social and cultural rights are merely aspirational is still being perpetuated. The human rights framework reaffirms the interrelatedness of all rights and provides essential...
View ArticleArgentina: militarism vs democracy
The promotion of an army general accused of complicity in human-rights violations raises a wider question about the military's role in Argentina's political life, say Federico Finchelstein & Fabian...
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Taste of the lash
The strange reappearance of a whip-cracking cowboy from the silver screen leads our Sunday Comics author to consider how life is measured in smaller and smaller increments of time from every electronic...
View ArticleHow to be a rogue superpower: a manual for the twenty-first century
It hardly matters under what label - including American “safety” and “security” - such a governing power is built; sooner or later, the architecture will determine the acts, and it will become more...
View ArticleHow do Turkish citizens participate in decision-making?
The Gezi Protests have shown us that the Turkish government must urgently adopt concrete mechanisms to ensure citizen participation in decision-making processes. Can the EU help?As Kerem Öktem pointed...
View ArticleWelcome to post-Constitution America
What if your country begins to change and nobody notices? As the weaponry and technology of war came home, so did a new, increasingly Guantanamo-ized definition of justice. This is one thing the...
View ArticleTwo US battles for marriage equality
On same-sex marriage, the US Supreme Court has chosen states rights over equal rights. Of course, it is still a victory for social justice. But the contrast with the ruling on inter-racial marriage...
View ArticleEgypt: back to military despotism?
The only way out of the current stalemate is launching an inclusive reconciliation process in which all political forces admit their responsibility for the early failure of transition and show their...
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Trident Alternatives Review: the elephant in the room
The recent Trident Alternatives Review excludes any consideration of alternative means that might provide effective deterrence and more reliable security for Britain in the 21st century. Rebecca...
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We Own It - a new campaign against the UK's disastrous privatisations
The results have been terrible. Soaring prices, corruption, fraud, enormous expense to the public purse. But Westminster is determined to keep on privatising. New campaign, 'We Own It', says enough is...
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Loving kindness – it just takes practice.
Want to meditate but don’t know how? Try these step-by-step instructions on “loving kindness meditation” from author Barbara Frederickson. Flickr/Wiertz Sebastian. Some rights reserved.According to...
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“Love 2.0:” a conversation with Barbara Frederickson
Is there any scientific basis for believing that love can be a force for change in politics and economics? An interview with one of the world’s leading authorities on positive psychology and the value...
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Labour and independence: the power of the past in the politics of the future
Traditionalism and idealism: is Labour's refusal to disregard the past for the future crippling their progression on the Scottish Referendum? Flickr/Tom Parnell. Some rights reserved.Beyond the...
View ArticleLand of gold
The early months of 2013 have once again seen the severe deterioration of Darfur’s humanitarian situation. There may be links between this recent violence, the region’s newly discovered gold mines and...
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The land of hypocrisy - weekly comments roundup
A look at this week's best reader comments on our Can Europe make it? debate.Is the European Court of Human Rights undemocratic? Marco Duranti's article drew a strong response in our comments section....
View ArticleThe Pahari indigenous people: dispossessed
Thousands of Pahari indigenous people have been left homeless and denied access to their traditional lands in Bangladesh’s eastern Chittagong Hill Tracts, a situation that is fuelling violent clashes...
View ArticleWeliweriya: crushing protest, polluting democracy, Sri Lankan style
They demanded clean water and got bullets instead. The blood- bath in Weliweriya last week is a clear signal of what lies in store for those who may dare to publicly assert themselves. Militarisation...
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