David Ackers was an editorial intern at terrorism.openDemocracy. He studied MA Conflict, Security and Development at King's College London; his final term thesis was on the efficacy of the Indo-Bangladesh border fence. He attained a first class honours in BA Modern & Contemporary History from Queen Mary's London, and was awarded the Westfield Trust Prize for Excellence.
openAwakening in conjunction with the University of East London is organizing a three-part event series on ‘The Tahrir Square Meme’ to be held at UEL's Dockland Campus.
Our first event is Rap and the Arab Spring.
The Long and the Quick of revolution Anthony Barnett
We live in revolutionary times... but what does this mean? Anthony Barnett
The precariat: why it needs deliberative democracy Guy Standing
The Long Revolution Raymond Williams
Jim Gabour Sunday Comics
James Warner Standing Perpendicular, as books do
Markha Valenta Inter Alia: religion, politics, culture
Paul Rogers on Global security
Li Datong on China from the inside
Mary Kaldor on Human security
Daniele Archibugi on Cosmopolitan democracy
