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We begin the week with a fresh look at why the Syrian army is winning which, like divide-and-rule in Iraq, fills some gaps in our grasp of a Middle East now plunged into regional war or what could be called the new great regional game. Others argue that a new map is needed, while just keeping up w
Former members of Pussy Riot tell of their difficulties in setting up an NGO for prisoners’ rights, while Meredith Tax joins the debate on human rights and religion. An NGO worker gives testimony of her journey towards humility. In Egypt, the Al Jazeera arrests reveal the desperate state of press
ISIS is on the march in Iraq. We publish a dispatch from Baghdad and ask why the call to arms from Ayatollah Sayid Ali Al-Sistaniis a game changer. Paul Rogers argues that US intervention would only play into their hands, while in the Kurdistan region life appears untroubled, for now… amazingly so
In January 2015 Schumacher College starts a new postgraduate programme in Ecological Design Thinking.
Two years in the planning, this programme will lead the way we think about our world
The week opens alongside the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict in London, with an exhortation to listen to women on the frontline. 50.50 listens to Syrian women refugeesfleeing rape; reports uproar in India at gang rape; calls for an end to the violence of detention of asylum seeker
On 7 June 2014 individuals and organisations from around the world took part in the first Global Day of Citizen Action, a participatory campaign asking people if they feel free
Our euro-elections coverage closes with the last thoughts of the young Euro-bloggers in two parts, ongoing interest in Renzi’s triumph and Podemos in the vacuum left by Spain’s monarch,populism in the media (podcast), Europe’s Roma, and a recognised comeback for left-right politics as well as raci
The Annual Conference of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) is a three day event that brings together prominent scholars, publishers, diplomats, non-governmental organisations, and the press to
The European elections may be a return to right-left politics. UKIP’s racism isn’t all we have to worry about, and how does it relate to Scottish politics? Right wing populists make gains in France and Sweden, while Italy bucked the trend by opting for Renzi and the centre ground. Syriza may provi
