Zubeida Mustafa has written a great article on OneWorld South Asia. He looks at how a more representational local-to-national hierarchy of Forums might turn it into a more
Jill Carroll, a freelance reporter working for the Christian Science Monitor newspaper, was kidnapped in Baghdad over two months ago. All indications are that she is still alive. The Monitor
Around 30% of sub-Saharan Africa’s GDP disappears to offshore tax havens says Ghanaian website, Public Agenda, in an article about a new African campaign for tax justice in
From the Washington Post: American political parties are honing their database techniques to target voters with more personal messages. Contacting voters and learning what they care about… an exercise in
Excellent comment in today's UK Guardian on the forthcoming elections in Belarus...
Thanks to Doug Ireland for posting this account of the international women's day protests in Tehran where trash cans were emptied over the heads of women and security
The April issue of Vanity Fair has a fascinating piece on Jack Abramoff, featuring interviews with the uber-lobbyist himself. You can read the full thing here.
Today is International Women's Day; a "celebration of the economic, social, cultural and political achievements for women" around the world. A quick scan of international headlines
The idea that a democratic China might be significantly more war-like and unstable is not a new one. For years commentators have noted with concern a rising tide of
Is the war in Iraq a Global War on Terror, or a Long War, or is it just a ‘situation’? Check out this brilliant piece on Tomdispatch, in which Tom
An exceptionally great movie will not win the Oscar for best film later today or deliver the golden statue to Fernando Meirelles for best director. In neither category has the
Political pressure groups campaigning to get Pakistani blogs who republished the Mohammed cartoons removed from the internet, got more than they asked for. Internet service providers have blocked all domains
