Our editorial partners Counterpoint are delighted to organise an event with Tristram Hunt MP on populism and extremism in Greece, the Netherlands and the UK. The event will take place
It seems that UN envoy, Lakhdar Brahimi is still convinced of the effectiveness of soft diplomacy and of rhetoric, in coming up with compromises to put a halt to continuing Syrian homicide.
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The Battle of Algiers
Martin Evans, Professor of Modern History at University of Sussex.
Gillo Pontecorvo’s 1966 film The Battle of Algiershas an iconic status in the film canon.
With just one week left until the US picks its President, openDemocracy continues its series of global viewpoints on the election, How it Looks From Here.
So the rockets have stopped in Gaza. But these events need to remain tied to their historical context, says Eóin Murray; Israel is playing a long game. Martin Shaw sees them playing with fire, while our columnist Paul Rogers argues that, despite the close relationship between Israeli and US defenc
On openDemocracy last week the unfolding tale of Iceland’s innovative constitutional experiment is deconstructed by Thorhildur Thorleifsdottir, Kristinn Már Ársælsson looks at the lessons learned, arguing for randomly selected citizen assemblies, and we have an inside view from a former member of
As Obama congratulates himself, Paul Rogers, Ahmed Kadry, Cas Mudde and Salam Al-Kawakibi set about qualifying any glib triumphalism, a mood deepened by Helen Tilley and Joanna Wheeler on the politics of aid.
There are two weeks left till the US elections, and openDemocracy launches its series, How it looks from here - perspectives on the American choice from across the globe - with voices from Russia, Greece and Cuba. In the US, Ruth Rosen looks at the key role of women in the elections, and Meredith
This week 50.50 and 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence, bring important stories from Kenya, India, Cameroon, Spain, the UK, France, Namibia, Yemen, Morocco, Israel and Palestine, Turkey, S.E.Asia and Sudan, alongside inspiring poetry from Africa’s feminists and a challenge to militarism f
People have a pent-up need for discussion’, remarks Finnish journalist Johanna Korhonen, winding up this week’s launch of a Counterpoint series on oD exploring rising right wing populism in Europe, and asking how to retrieve support for our democracies. We learn about a contrasting case of failed
The lessons learned from Egypt and Tunisia are that the only solution for the successful handling of transitions, away from the reproduction of authoritarian models – even those with good intentions – is a collaborative approach during the fundamental building stages, regardless of the outcome of
