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Published in: HomeKyrgyzstan, violence vs justiceThe chaotic scenes at the trial of a man charged over inter-ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan are damaging the legal...
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Published in: HomeNorth African diversities: Algerian tales, Maghrebi dreams
A career in journalism took Francis Ghilès to the heart of power in the post-independence states of Algeria, Morocco...
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Published in: HomeIn short: Dr Meziane Saidi, historian of Algerian War, on Pontecorvo’s The Battle of Algiers
The film shows a popular revolution above all else.
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Published in: HomeLetter from Tirana: Who is a guest in Europe’s house?
The political establishment has a decisive role in determining the place of hatreds in society; with adequate rules,...
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Published in: HomeThe closure of ERT: public service broadcasting and austerity politics in GreeceOn Tuesday, the Greek government announced the immediate closure of their public broadcaster, ERT. This simple piece...
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Published in: HomeIkaria: a reply to Anthony on the 'secret of longevity'Ikaria is everything that our society, our obsessive consumerism, our corporate madness, our worship of technology,...
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Published in: HomePopulism: a European warning shot and what to do about it
This sudden emergence of populism was in fact a true sign of modernity. This is what you might describe as a warning...
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Published in: oDRDoin' it for themselvesThe women’s self-help movement is alive and kicking in Ukraine, with a range of group classes designed to get women...
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Published in: HomeThe future of humanitarian action to be decided in Medellin
It will be decided in these new types of situations that are neither war nor peace, a new kind of menace facing...
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Published in: openIndiaIndia in the early twenty-first century is not 1930s GermanyThe Modi camp seems to have studied Chinese success in keeping saturation control over the media. But Indians are...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The Canary Islands, Spain’s paradise lostThe country’s hard-won welfare state system is in reverse gear, with rights and social justice being handed back to...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?‘We are all in this together’: a civic awakening in Bosnia-HerzegovinaIn Bosnia-Herzegovina, a seemingly trivial administrative issue ignited an unprecedented movement of civic...
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Published in: 50.50Excluded and silenced: Women in Northern Ireland after the peace process
There is a backlash against women’s agency in Northern Ireland in a number of different ways, all of which impact on...
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Published in: HomeAn unholy alliance
Private companies and intelligence services have entered an unholy alliance: The former collect vast amounts of...
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Published in: oDRRussia's internet partyDoes Russia's online community have anything resembling a common philosophy? New analysis of social media suggests...
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Published in: HomeThe Gezi Occupation: for a democracy of public spaces“Respect” has become a new slogan tagged on walls all over the cities, and expressing the need for a return to...
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Published in: 50.50Death in Woolwich: a case of déjà vu?
The Prevent strategy in the UK has not worked. Prevent 2.0 needs a fundamental rethink if the mistakes of the past...
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Published in: HomeWelcome to the digital commonsopenDemocracy calls itself a digital commons - but what does that really mean - and is it a sustainable model in a...
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Published in: HomeMe and the Copts Part One
“My name is Ahmed, this is my brother Mahmoud, and this is Hany, and that last kid is Christian”
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMohamed and Michael are both Egyptian
Egypt all of a sudden, at least on the surface, appears to have a growing problem of sectarianism.
Tell Priti Patel: Stop your attack on journalistic freedom
Journalists who share leaks of official information should not face life imprisonment for doing their job
