Alexandra Stein was born in South Africa, brought up in London and has lived in Paris and the United States. She is studying for a doctorate in sociology at the University of Minnesota, focusing on the social psychology of extremist groups. She is the author of a memoir, Inside Out: a memoir of entering and breaking out of a Minneapolis political cult (St Cloud, North Star Press, 2002).
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
