by Jessica Reed
The 7th edition of the World Social Forum 2007 will take place in Nairobi from the 20th to the 25th of January. representatives from organisations, social movements,
by Jessica Reed
How the Sunni insurgency has changed, via a Guardian article by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad:
He [a former Republican Guard commando named Rami] told me that one of his
by Jessica Reed
As I walked back towards the tube station from the screening of Richard Linklater’s Fast Food Nation, I found myself in low spirits.
It was not
by Jessica Reed
The "funniest story we've heard in a while" indeed, via Grist:
The school board in Federal Way, a southern exurb of Seattle, just
by Tan Copsey
The world wakes a little more worried today as it seems we may be inching towards a conflict no sane human being wants. As I write this
by Jessica Reed
My favourite quote goes to Tony Snow, who last tuesday said during his press briefing:
As far as public opinion, the President will not shape policy according
by Tan Copsey
Today President Bush will announce his new strategy to win the war in Iraq. A so-called ‘surge’, that will entail increasing the number of troops in Iraq
by Tan Copsey
Its 22 degrees Celsius in New York in January. The considered wisdom of the openDemocracy crowd that there is a 60% chance that this will be the
by Jessica Reed
Guantanamo’s 5th anniversary is looming. We published a lot about the topic in the past few years, with highlights such as Clive Stafford Smith’s “torture:
by Felix Cohen
David Miliband's recent comments about organic farming have caused uproar in the organic farming community, as organic farmers feel that their livelihood is under attack.
We rip up big-bellied women, and tear children limb from limb by Katherine Hudson
So says Crambe, the anatomist colleague of our hero in the Memoirs of the Extraordinary Life,
by Jessica Reed
In France, it was the most talked-about topic of the holidays. A few weeks ago an association named "Les enfants de Don Quixote" (The children
