Benjamin Ramm - openDemocracy (Page 2)

If the Left wants to win again, it must learn the art of storytelling

In post-truth Brexit Britain, politics has become a storytelling competition. The Left must respond with a vision of solidarity and liberation.

By Benjamin Ramm

/ 19 Jul 2016

Slavoj Žižek habla sobre el Brexit, la crisis de la izquierda, y el futuro de Europa

“La supervivencia del proyecto europeo es un tema demasiado importante para que se decida a través de un referéndum” le dice el filósofo esloveno a Benjamin Ramm. English

por Benjamin Ramm and Slavoj Zizek

/ 4 Jul 2016

Slavoj Žižek on Brexit, the crisis of the Left, and the future of Europe

The Slovenian philosopher tells Benjamin Ramm that the survival of the European project is too important to be left to a referendum. Español

By Benjamin Ramm and Slavoj Zizek

/ 30 Jun 2016

Slavoj Žižek on Brexit, the crisis of the Left, and the future of Europe

The Slovenian philosopher tells Benjamin Ramm that the survival of the European project is too important to be left to a referendum. Español

By Benjamin Ramm and Slavoj Zizek

/ 30 Jun 2016

Todd Gitlin: 'There was always a constructive ambiguity about Obama'

Todd Gitlin discusses Obama's legacy, Donald Trump, and the future of Bernie Sanders’ movement.

By Todd Gitlin and Benjamin Ramm

/ 28 Jun 2016

We face a national emergency. Only an alliance of progressive forces can save Britain now.

The Brexit crisis offers a unique opportunity to build a politics of plurality and solidarity.

By Benjamin Ramm

/ 27 Jun 2016

An unprecedented act of self-sabotage

Never has a nation relegated itself into obscurity with such needless, reckless abandon.

By Benjamin Ramm

/ 24 Jun 2016

Torment in the clutter

Thy Father’s Chair explores the relationship between mental health and domestic disorder. At the Open City Documentary Festival, 23 June 2016.

By Benjamin Ramm

/ 23 Jun 2016

The long shadow of Empire has cast a pall over the EU referendum

The cry of 'Rule Britannia' reveals not a yearning for sovereignty, but a lament for the loss of empire.

By Benjamin Ramm

/ 20 Jun 2016

"Our children are dying": meet the activists saying 'no more' to the 'war on drugs'

In April, openDemocracy was in New York to meet the Caravan Activists, a remarkable group of men and women, who have lost loved ones to the 'war on drugs'. Now they campaign to change the system.

By Benjamin Ramm

/ 16 May 2016

‘Un símbolo de vida’: cuando tomar drogas es un acto sagrado

La guerra contra las drogas se presenta como una lucha contra ciertos males sociales. Pero desde los Andes hasta el Caribe, lo que la prohibición ha criminalizado son expresiones culturales. English

por Benjamin Ramm

/ 2 May 2016

‘Symbol of life’: where taking drugs is a sacred act

The war on drugs is presented as a battle against social evils. But from the Andes to the Caribbean, prohibition has criminalised cultural expression. Español

By Benjamin Ramm

/ 26 Apr 2016