Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Here is Jack Straw's speech on our constitution in full. Its official title is
Modernising the Magna Carta
This defies satire. Tiring of modernising the 20th century and before even they have managed to 'modernise' the House of Lords, they are now modernising feudualism!
is deputy editor of openDemocracy. He has written textbooks on human rights and terrorism, and was a contributor to Town and Country (Jonathan Cape, 1998). His work has been published in PN Review, the Irish Times, El Pais, the Iran Times International, the Canberra Times, the Scotsman, the New Statesman and The Absolute Game.
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.
Read Anthony Barnett's lecture for the Raymond Williams Society and his foreword to the new edition of The Long Revolution:
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
