John McCain wants to regulate blogs and hold their authors responsible for their content and comments - they could be fine up to $300k if not abiding to his new
by Jessica Reed
JayfromTexas explains the difficulty of amending the American Constitution - and why it means that no one will open the debate on legalized guns:
I know that
by Tan Copsey
As a bloke from a small nicely radiation-free little island I can’t help but fret and worry about the slightly luminous glow covering the news this
by Jessica Reed
As Christmas makes its way in our calendars many incidents have made the news - some call it the War against Christmas, but I wouldn't
by Tan Copsey
The buzz, the buzz!!! All weekend the hype has been building around Barack Obama. Largely because he went to New Hampshire, home of the first presidential primary.
Unicef – the United Nations Children’s Fund – has done something unique with its just-released annual report, The State of the World’s Children 2007. In the past, the yearly flagship
by Joshua Gregory
By presenting both sides of an argument, openDemocracy seeks to open up debate, and move away from the usual, entrenched positions. The lecture series "Beyond the
by Tan Copsey
Here in the UK Gordon Brown has ever so artfully staked out a position for himself straddling the grey-green divide, un-leashing a pre-budget report which broadly hinted
Adbusters magazine published a really good article about Brazil's Landless Workers Movement, which gathers farmers who, after having been repeatedly denied access to agricultural lands decide to occupy
This friday's Blog of the Week is a one written by openDemocracy contributor Zulkifli Mohamad, titled
Svarnabhumi Studio Kuala Lumpur - Contemporary Performance Space & Media. His blog
by Tan Copsey
News out of the US today has focussed on the entirely unfamiliar experience of a senate confirmation hearing marked by, of all things, a prospective Bush administration
openDemocracy forums' members Matt and Chris discuss the 2001 destruction of the Buddha Statues in Bamyan Valley, trying to find answers to their whys:
I still remember the sick
