It is clear from Todd Gitlins reporting and Anthony Barnetts editorial comment that, in so far as there is an openDemocracy establishment, it would have voted for the
Even before the British government of Tony Blair first proposed to ban hunting with dogs in England and Wales two years ago, thus provoking massive protest demonstrations involving hundreds of
There is much food for thought in David Helds appeal for a new global covenant, and readers of openDemocracy will surely be helped by his contribution. We all need
Godfrey Hodgson is right that the British prime minister Tony Blair and his immediate circle have sought to reshape the constitution of the United Kingdom according to an American paradigm,
The bicentenary of Immanuel Kants death occurred on 12 February 2004. The British media ignored the event, assuming that dead philosophers are of no significance compared with living celebrities.
What single factor connects the following features of the contemporary world?
* the clearance of the rain forests
* the desertification of the grasslands
* soil erosion caused by deforestation
* the loss of
It is 12 January 2003 and US president Bush has rallied his troops for what he calls “The first war of the 21st century”. What is your view of this crisis, where, briefly, do you stand? This is the question we are putting to people around the world, especially those with their own public reputatio
Adam Lent has impressively clarified, and also developed, his position. I see that I was wrong to think of his reference to those youthful protest movements of thirty years ago
Thirty years ago, writes Adam Lent, the industrialised world was swept by a wave of youthful movement activity that encompassed womens liberation, gay and lesbian rights, antiracism, radical
International summit conferences, such as the forthcoming World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, are a fixed part of the landscape of global governance. But while the texts or declarations
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In her evocative description of the Saxon district of Romania, Jessica Douglas Home shows how habits of farming have shaped and been shaped by a landscape,
The general election that has now begun in Hungary has received little attention in the media outside the country. Yet it is highly significant not merely for the Hungarians but
