Film: Testimony of the violence of a police-led eviction and experience of the policing which comes from racist stereotypes defining Travellers as 'criminals'. Part of the Whose Police? collection of interviews with citizens, analysts and activists around the world exploring the question: where do
Film: An organiser for transgender rights from The Humsafar Trust discusses insecurity and everyday experiences of policing for LGBTQ people in Mumbai. Part of the Whose Police? collection of interviews with citizens, analysts and activists around the world exploring the question: where does secur
Film: Struggling for the right to decent housing and against the criminalisation of poverty, South African shack dwellers movement Abahlali baseMjondolo face severe police repression. Here S'bu Zikode outlines the lethal consequences of police militarisation and the ANC's political capture of the
Film: Experience of policing the community you have grown up in holds real challenges for an ex-Special Police Constable. Part of the Whose Police? collection of interviews with citizens, analysts and activists around the world exploring the question: where does security come from?
Film: In this interview, direct experience of London's Metropolitan Police has led to a focus on non-compliance as a fundamental response. Part of the Whose Police? collection of interviews with citizens, analysts and activists around the world exploring the question: where does security come from
Fawaz Gerges and Rosemary Hollis with Robin Yassin-Kassab at the openDemocracy conference Syria's peace: what, how, when?, discussing the regional proxy war, class dynamics in Syria, intervention and the costs of not negotiating with Assad.
The articles gathered in this special feature reflect both issues that are urgent now, and trends that we believe will be important in the year ahead.
A year on from the Anders Behring Breivik's terrorist attacks on Norway, Marte Christensen conducted a series of interviews in Oslo for openDemocracy.
