people

From individual experience to emergent identities, we measure the pulse of life and change, from the ground up. This theme is a place for memorable, exemplary, innovative and intriguing individuals.
Thursday 1st October

Islands of Solitude: a conversation with Hala Al Faysal

Dana Omari Berg, 1 October 2009
A portrait of a proud, independent and brave Syrian artist who chose the unthinkable
Wednesday 23rd September

Neo-conservatism: Irving Kristol’s living legacy

Cas Mudde, 23 September 2009
A pioneer has died, but the intellectual-political current he led is strong inside and outside the citadel
Wednesday 19th August

A world of dignity

Sergio Vieira de Mello, 19 August 2009
The renowned UN envoy killed in Baghdad on 19 August 2003 outlines his vision of human rights 
Saturday 15th August

Arthur C Helton: a tribute

David Hayes and Caspar Henderson, 15 August 2009
A voice for human rights, and our friend, died in Baghdad. An openDemocracy salute 
Wednesday 29th July

Leszek Kolakowski: thinker for our time

Roger Scruton, 29 July 2009
The Polish philosopher demolished Marxism in the west. How did he get away with it?
Thursday 23rd July

The moon landing: an openDemocracy symposium

David Hayes, 23 July 2009
In 1969, our authors commented on a "giant leap for mankind". A tour of openDemocracy's archives
Tuesday 21st July

Leszek Kolakowski, 1927-2009: a master figure

Adam Szostkiewicz, 21 July 2009
A voice for reason, truth and decency amid the deceits of the communist era is stilled
Friday 17th July

Nelson Mandela: assessing the icon

Tom Lodge, 17 July 2009
He led South Africa beyond apartheid. He remains a global hero. But what of the revisionist case?
Monday 30th March

Cambodia: surviving the Khmer Rouge

Var Hong Ashe, 30 March 2009
After thirty years, a Khmer Rouge trial opens. One witness tells her epic tale
Monday 22nd December

Conor Cruise O'Brien, the irascible angel

Neal Ascherson, 22 December 2008
A man of high wires and sharp edges, Conor Cruise O'Brien, recalled by Neal Ascherson
Plus: John Horgan on a great Irish internationalist

Conor Cruise O’Brien, a protean figure

John Horgan, 22 December 2008
A tribute to a giant Irish internationalist who traversed worlds and professions
Friday 28th November

Claude Lévi-Strauss at 100: echo of the future

Dan Sperber, 28 November 2008
The pioneering anthropologist's ideas still inform understanding of the human mind and its cultures
Wednesday 22nd October

Edward Carpenter: a pioneering open democrat

Sheila Rowbotham, 22 October 2008
A neglected radical who sought to extend liberty and enlarge life is our contemporary
Wednesday 17th September

Dakar, once again

John Matshikiza, 17 September 2008
John Matshikiza, a South African voice of reality, has died. In tribute we publish a sharp 2003 column
Wednesday 10th September

Georgi Markov: the truth that killed

Irina Novakova, 10 September 2008

The "poisoned umbrella" murder on 11 September 1978 silenced a brave voice and still flouts justice

Thursday 7th August

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: the line within

Roger Scruton, 7 August 2008

The prophetic message of Alexander Solzhenitsyn transcends the circumstances that gave rise to it

 

Plus: Memorial's tribute, Evgeny Morozov's cyber-war, and the Harvard address


 

Monday 4th August

A world split apart

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, 4 August 2008
The true project of the great Russian writer was spiritual rather than political
Tuesday 29th July

Youssef Chahine, the life-world of film

Tarek Osman, 29 July 2008
The passing of a great filmmaker of Alexandria and Egypt casts light on his country’s journey (archive)
Friday 30th May

Chinese migrant workers: lives in shadow

Hsiao-Hung Pai, 30 May 2008
The work of Chinese immigrants in the rich west puts them in a trap with many locked doors
Wednesday 30th April

Hoang Minh Chinh: the honourable dissident

Sophie Quinn-Judge, 30 April 2008
Vietnam’s official memory has no place for Hoang Minh Chinh, an honourable critic who embraced democracy
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