Calls for calm after Haiti riots target UN

Josephine Whitaker 18 November 2010
Calls for calm after riots target UN over cholera. State of emergency declared over post-election violence in Guinea. Attempted 'coup' as Madagascar votes on constitutional referendum. All this and more in today's briefing...

War and 1325: principles or diversity checkbox ?

Lyric Thompson 18 November 2010
Why were women career soldiers, US defense contractors, female peace activists and Pentagon officials talking to each other in Washington DC ? Lyric Thompson reports on a most unusual conversation...

Can Murdoch be stopped? Britain examines its stable door

Oliver Huitson 18 November 2010
As with Italy, it is not just the failure to maintain public standards that damages the nation. A foreign media tycoon wields staggering power and control over British politics and yet, so shabby has public life become, that even the pretence of integrity seems too much effort for the political class to muster.

Remember the Suffragettes: a Black Friday vigil in honour of direct action

Helen Lambert 17 November 2010
A hundred years ago a massive confrontation outside parliament led to two suffragettes dying from police brutality as many were wounded. We should join a memorial vigil and honour the methods as well as the sacrifice and the cause of those who died.

'Lord of War' arrives in US following extradition

Luke Heighton 17 November 2010
Viktor Bout, the man at the centre of a long-standing war of words between US and Russia, finally arrives in NYC; Millions of North Koreans face food-shortages despite better harvest, says UN report; Serbia asks Interpol for help in the hunt for Ratko Mladic. All this and more in today's global security briefing.

Red lenses on a rainbow of revolutions

Cynthia Boaz 17 November 2010
Given continued strikes in Iran and the freeing of Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma, neither the Burmese nor Iranian struggle for democracy is a story that should be characterized as an example of a failed movement and successful repression. But it is up to us - the global audience - to understand our responsibility in this dynamic.

The Anishinabe and an unsung nonviolent victory in late twentieth-century Wisconsin

Tom H.Hastings 17 November 2010
In the wake of the civil rights movement in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s, many Native Americans adopted civil resistance to fight for rights supposedly guaranteed in the 19th century by the government's treaties with their tribes. This true story is how one tribe in Wisconsin, using nonviolent strategies, prevailed in that fight.

Repression’s paradox in China

Lester R. Kurtz 17 November 2010
From the authoritarian’s perspective, internal dissidents are easy to deal with – put them in jail, have them disappeared, exiled, or executed. It is not so easy to silence the prestigious Nobel committee, however, let alone the international community. Of course, that is exactly why Professor Liu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Upsurge in repression challenges nonviolent resistance in Western Sahara

Stephen Zunes 17 November 2010
Sahrawis have engaged in protests, strikes, cultural celebrations, and other forms of civil resistance focused on such issues as educational policy, human rights, the release of political prisoners, and the right to self-determination. They have also raised the cost of occupation for the Moroccan government and increased the visibility of the Sahrawi cause.

Humiliated Met police is an enemy of free speech

Kevin Blowe 16 November 2010
It shouldn’t come as a great surprise that a powerful institution like the UK's Metropolitan Police, wrong footed and deeply embarrassed by the student protest at Millbank on 10 November, would throw its resources into a major operation to hunt down the protesters who had humiliated them.

People power and the new global ferment

Stellan Vinthagen 15 November 2010
People power does not lend itself to the geo-strategic interests of empires or warlords, since it is based on collective action and civic unity, as well as the refusal to comply with existing power-holders. Any movement that opts for civil resistance has to encompass and attempt to represent diverse social groups.

Killing a Mockingbird: Letter to my unborn daughter

Damola Awoyokun 13 November 2010

There is something about education that confers dignity and breaks chains. It is the reason, dear daughter, why I cannot wait to read you this book once you are born. What Jem and Scot know at 10 and 6 years of age, many adults do not know at 50 and 60 years of age

Rights groups call for investigation into violence in Western Sahara

Josephine Whitaker 11 November 2010
Rights groups call for international probe into violence in Western Sahara. Cholera reaches Port-au-Prince, confirming health workers’ worst fears. Iraqi politicians finally negotiate government after months of deadlock. Former Navy admirals slam decision to scrap Harriers, claiming the move will jeopardise the Falklands. All this and much more in today's Security Briefing...

Leaving Camp Liberty

Pooyan Tamimi Arab 11 November 2010
An interview with Michael (pseudonym), US citizen, born in 1978, who went to work in Iraq in April 2010 for a company taking care of logistics for the US. After three months at three military bases, he concluded that it would be better for the Americans to leave

Turkey's judgement day: the trial of the Kurds

Margaret Owen 11 November 2010
Margaret Owen, a member of the UK Independent Observer delegation, reports on the KCK trial in Diyarbakir before today's ruling

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Niki Seth-Smith is a freelance journalist and co-editor of OurKingdom.

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