openDemocracy and Our Kingdom are proud to serialiseThe Skinback Fusiliers, a fast, funny and deeply disturbing novel about life in the British army today seen through the eyes of three young men.

Monday 10th January

The dangers of illiberalism call for a pluralist state

Rosemary Bechler, 10 January 2011

Paul Hirst explored one particular cause for the creeping authoritarianism of the liberal democratic state that he identified before 9/11: the worsening crisis caused by the attempt to govern by one community standard in a diversifying world.

Thursday 6th January

The higher education debate exposes the need for a new approach to social organisation, large and small

Rosemary Bechler, 6 January 2011

While we must respect the organic nature of our institutions, we must also accept them as social constructs. We need to develop a new approach to social organisation that is radically democratic, encourages accountability and works to resist tribalism.

Tuesday 28th September

Human rights and openDemocracy – a conversation

Rosemary Bechler, 28 September 2010

Good luck, Dialogue, for the launch of your initiative on democracy and human rights on international democracy day! Thank you for this opportunity to tell you something about openDemocracy and human rights.

Monday 13th September

Forensic Architecture and the speech of things: a conversation

Eyal Weizman and Rosemary Bechler, 13 September 2010

In part two of our coverage of the Paul Hirst Memorial Lecture, 2010 , Eyal Weizman, in conversation with openDemocracy editor, Rosemary Bechler, discusses the challenge of how to use international humanitarian law to permit the articulation of progressive political demands, and why this involves a sure grasp of the kind of elastic space he called the ‘political plastic’

Monday 21st June

50.50 – equal but different: a reply to Ruth Rosen

Rosemary Bechler, 21 June 2010

Something challenging and refreshing has begun to emerge in some serious publications. Women are claiming an equal right to exploration and debate, and helping to redefine the 'mainstream', but through gender difference, not through submerging

Saturday 5th June

Everybody on the ground wants peace

Rosemary Bechler, 5 June 2010

"Everybody on the ground wants peace"

Mairead Maguire is currently travelling on board the MV Rachel Corrie delivering aid to Gaza. Read the Nobel Women's initiative call for the safe passage of MV Rachel Corrie.

Tuesday 11th May

Against power-mongering - moving on from the politics of 'winner-takes-all'

Rosemary Bechler, 11 May 2010

The longing for 'macho' style 'strong' politics is exposed by the UK's post-election arguments

Thursday 11th March

Can lobbying colour our whole UK democracy?

Rosemary Bechler, 11 March 2010

One of the really insistent questions raised throughout the Convention of Modern Liberty one year ago was the one Anthony Barnett signalled in his opening invitation to participate: " What is the problem to which the database state and the surveillance society is... the solution?"

Friday 26th February

Bullygate - not a sideshow

Rosemary Bechler, 26 February 2010

Tuesday 12th January

Sunday morning with James Fishkin and POWER2010

Rosemary Bechler, 12 January 2010

Rosemary Bechler gives her account as an observer of the POWER2010 Deliberative Poll.

Friday 11th September

Power and the many

Rosemary Bechler, 11 September 2009

An OurKingdom conversation. This is Part 2 of Rosemary's response in our 'Which Plurality?' debate [History: Jeremy Gilbert > Rosemary Bechler > Jeremy Gilbert > first part of this reply > this post > Jeremy Gilbert]