Gilbert Ramsay - openDemocracy

Who is observing the occupation in Hebron?

Following the expulsion of international observers from Hebron, settler violence is already escalating.

By Gilbert Ramsay and Badia Dwaik

/ 22 Feb 2019

Theresa May offers a gig-economy approach to counter-terrorism

Regulating the internet won't work. Investing in public services might.

By Gilbert Ramsay

/ 6 Jun 2017

No, the link between terrorism and our foreign policy isn’t simple. But Jeremy Corbyn is basically right.

Look at ISIS's own propaganda and it's clear that Western intervention is a key driver of their violence.

By Gilbert Ramsay

/ 28 May 2017

In troubled Hebron, an innovative programme of activism training brings new hope

The organisation that filmed the notorious incident of an Israeli medic shooting a wounded Palestinian teenager in the head, is at the crest of an exciting new wave of creative resistance.

By Gilbert Ramsay and Badee Dwaik

/ 17 Mar 2017

The untold story of how the killing of Abdul Fattah al-Shareef was filmed

The story of the camera, and the campaign that helped reveal the criminal acts perpetrated by Israel's military occupation of the West Bank.

By Gilbert Ramsay and Badee Dwaik

/ 12 Jan 2017

Those who don't like the referendum result should demand more democracy, not less

Britain's referendum shows the need to deepen democracy, and make it truly deliberative.

By Gilbert Ramsay

/ 16 Jul 2016

We can only contemplate leaving the EU because its miracles have become banal

The EU is an astonishing institution, unique in human history, imperfect because of the scale of its ambition. Let's not tear it down.

By Gilbert Ramsay

/ 14 Jun 2016

Authoritarian Britain is made freer by the EU

The idea that the EU undermines English liberty is nonsense: it has helped curtail the British state's repressive surveillance.

By Gilbert Ramsay and Javier Argomaniz

/ 31 May 2016

Has a generation of activists given in to surveillance?

Reflections after months poring over interviews with activists about surveillance.

By Gilbert Ramsay

/ 24 May 2016

Report: Impacts of surveillance on contemporary British activism

St Andrews University and openDemocracy interviewed 25 activists, and surveyed more than a hundred, about the impacts of surveillance on activism in the UK. Here are our findings.

By Adam Ramsay, Gilbert Ramsay and Sarah Marsden

/ 23 May 2016

IS attacks and not playing their game

For the terrorists, best would be to be left alone to consolidate. Next best would be an epic all-out confrontation with western infidel ground forces. We should not give them what they want.

By Gilbert Ramsay

/ 15 Nov 2015

On the unexplained killing of Raqib Ruhul Amin

British government air strikes killed three IS combatants. It only appears to have tried to justify two of these deaths.

By Gilbert Ramsay

/ 9 Sep 2015