While our election coverage ranges from Serbia and Ireland to Brazil, an unplanned debate on protest has broken out on openDemocracy. It is mainly British in its examples at the
Mass indiscriminate killing has returned. In Bali, a terrorism which steals the name of Islam, has not just attacked a centre for western tourism. It has assaulted the Balinese for
Paul Rogers has become a companion, carefully walking us through the minefield some call world government.
He has been writing his global security column for a year. All fifty are
If US forces attack Iraq, will Iraqis be freed from a horrible dictatorship? They dont need to dance in the streets of Baghdad to express appreciation. Whatever may go
Across the world people are taking to the streets. In Italy enormous numbers mobilised against Prime Minister Berlusconis re-writing of Italys legal system to suit himself. In Palestine,
Peace breaks out in Macedonia! Misha Glennys article is not a lead story. Alas, as the world prepares for war, this weeks top articles in openDemocracy continue our post
It is too soon to look back. The current media re-run of 11 September is not an innocent reminder of what it was like. Repeats and slow motion reinforce a
The head of the International Chamber of Commerce is interviewed about globalisation in its Paris headquarters
As US forces (and US cruise missiles fired from British submarines) strike and sometimes miss targets in Afghanistan it is natural to think, ‘here we go again’. Natural, even comforting.
Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have been one of the success stories of civil society and democracy for two decades. They have brought together issues of social justice, the environment and sustainability.
I first heard the word normal used with political consequence in 1987. But I did not realise its significance at the time. It was in Moscow, where people were starting
For thirty years, Hugh Brody has lived, worked with and reported on hunter-gatherers. His work is an attempt to communicate the profound difference of their way of life from urban
