Hossein Derkhshan (aka Hoder - the Iranian blogger) has posted photos of openDemocracy headquarters on his Flickr photo-sharing account from his recent visit to London.
Ever wonder what we look
Mostafa Moeen, the main reformist party's candidate has had an informal dinner and meeting with Tehran-based bloggers and has had an intense discussion with them. Adventures of Mr.
E'temad [moderate]: "A minority of 15 per cent of the people could reach a majority of 85 per cent in the Majlis and if the people do
English language newspaper, Iran Daily, published in Tehran reports the not so surprising news!
"Former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on Tuesday announced his decision to run for president. In
The only special thing about this election is, that this will be the first election since 1979 that will have only 30% turnout (it will be even less if there
This week openDemocracy published an exchange between some environmental activists based in the UK on the challenge of campaigning on climate change. We hope that this will elicit some insightful
I was right, Tony Blair sees the election as his penitance. He has now atoned for the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and, having suffered the
Keep your eyes peeled for Luis Posada Carriles. Anyone who the New York Times says could “create tension between the politics of the global war on terrorism and the ghosts
The most astonishing aspect of the election is its utterly undemocratic result in terms of the parliamentary balance of power. The proportion of the votes were: Labour 35.2 percent
Using ocean data collected by diving floats, U.S. climate scientists released a study Thursday that they said provides the "smoking gun" that ties manmade greenhouse gas emissions
We at openDemocracy have been trying to encourage those who campaign on climate change to look at the debate between activists that we published last week here. An individual from
The Center for Public Integrity in the US has created a new, free online database that details the names of lobbying companies, which issues they campaign for, and most interestingly,