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Privatising the Royal Mail will make it more expensive for them to borrow
The UK government says it is selling off the Royal Mail to allow it to borrow and invest in its future. Yet it would be cheaper for the Mail to take on loans if it weren't privatised - this shows us...
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The forced displacement of Palestinians
Where the law fails to protect, a human rights-based approach provides a structure of accountability for both sides of the 'Green Line', from Al-Araqib to Susiya.Al-Araqib is a Palestinian Bedouin...
View ArticleThe return of the Arab Peace Initiative
It would be comforting to believe that a revitalised API could provide sufficient incentive for a successful peace process. Sadly, this discussion is almost certainly theoretical.Seen against the...
View ArticleSyria, war and negotiation
The unexpected Washington-Moscow diplomacy - made possible by London's parliament - creates space for progress in ending Syria's "double proxy war".The British parliament's vote on 29 August 2013...
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Discussing Europe in eastern Ukraine
Ukrainians have the power to change their society for the better. Can European values serve as the guiding principles of progressive change instead of self-defeating stasis?Flickr/Bogdan Seredyak. Some...
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New values for One Nation Labour
It was values, not aiming at the 'centre ground', that won New Labour power in Britain. If Miliband and One Nation Labour are to prosper they need to show a values-based approach that resonates with an...
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How politicians and the media made us hate immigrants
Politicians and the press are locked in a cycle of increasing anti-immigrant rhetoric, presented as 'uncomfortable truth'. Yet the problem is not immigration but socio-economic inequality. Poverty and...
View ArticleThe surveillance marketplace
Behind Google and Verizon lies a much more complex landscape of American companies ready to do global business selling surveillance technologies - and stay apathetic to the consequences. In 2006, tech...
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Civil society, human rights and Jewish-Israeli communitarians
Many Jewish-Israelis see local human rights groups as traitors, but a boycott will only make things worse. A response to Ron, Crow and Golden, Jessie Montell, Ian Lustick, and Lori Allen. In many parts...
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Art where it belongs
Houghton Hall, Norfolk has been drawing the crowds all summer to see the art collection of Sir Robert Walpole, subsequently sold to Catherine the Great of Russia. All the pictures hang in their...
View ArticleSyria, savagery, and self-determination: what those against military...
Military intervention, as regrettable and complicated as it may be, is the only way to stop Assad’s killing machine. This is what most Syrians are demanding from the international community. If we...
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The resource curse, or the paradox of poverty from plenty
Is finance like crude oil? Countries rich in minerals are often poverty-stricken, corrupt and violent. A relatively small rent-seeking elite captures vast wealth while the dominant sector crowds out...
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Saturday morning in London and an Open University honorary degree
openDemocracy founder and long serving editor at OurKingdom, Anthony Barnett has been awarded an honorary degree from the Open University. Here's what he said in his acceptance speech.Had you asked me,...
View ArticleIs gendered austerity finally on the political agenda?
The 2013 Green Party conference made women and austerity one of its themes, while a new report from the Women’s Budget Group calls for a ‘Plan F’ to tackle the impact of the crisis on women's lives....
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The ills of financial dominance
The power of the financial sector in Britain has worked a transformation on the country’s ‘common sense’. A successful challenge will require a radical change to the language we use to describe our...
View ArticleRhythms of resistance
What to do with abandoned properties in Porto? Turn them into community gardens and public spaces for art, music, learning and social action. This is the fourth video in our Everyday Stories series,...
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A sea of dissent: nonviolent waves in China
What are the lasting sources of discontent that are driving an increase in protest? What tactics are Chinese activists employing and how have nonviolent actors adapted in the face of severe government...
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We are Gromit - the challenge for Ed Miliband
Can Labour give voice to the energy and anger of England, which from its health service to its fundamental liberties, not to speak of its economy, is threatened by the Coalitions embrace of global...
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The Syrian resistance: a tale of two struggles, Part 2
Probabilities are always shredded by violent conflict, except the probability that freedom and justice will be postponed. See Part One here.Rima Dali holding a banner that reads, “My brother the...
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No, Catherine Bennett, the independence campaign isn't about bagpipes and...
The only people talking about Bannockburn and the independence referendum are London based journalists. Catherine Bennett's criticisms of the campaign for Scottish independence are based on a...
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