There was for a moment a breath of democracy in the crisis of the European currency and an attempt at honesty. But the Greek referendum was not to be. This was heavy duty blackmail says openDemocracy founding editor. Takis Pappas could not disagree more.
Occupy London is fundamentally different in nature to the occupations in Madrid and Greece. It is small, but determined, and is on sacred ground: the skirts of St Paul's Cathedral. But how long will the anti-city in the City last?
Will the activists who tried to occupy the London Stock exchange be part of the start of a revolutionary movement?
The creative protesters of UKUncut generated exceptional media coverage of the issue of tax avoidance by Britain's super-rich at the end of 2010. For the first time a group, the Brighton 9, are on trial after they super-glued themselves to a TopShop window. An effort has been mounted to link their
A pleasant discussion with the authors of the first book on the new young leader of the Labour Party fails to light at least one person's touchpaper.
A local argument in the UK over hanging has taken to the new parliamentary petitions. Will the populists stand and be counted?
Parliament may debate but it cannot in fact introduce capital punishment.
The pressure group Compass have launched a new campaign in Britain. Will it work?
How did we make it to a better world? Three things happened: to state power, corporate power and human society. They came to a head in 2020 but had been
