Ahead of openDemocracy's debate on the politics of climate change, which starts on 21 April, we're creating a new dedicated space for the climate blog, tentatively
For the world’s one billion Catholics and for the non-Catholics who watch, the passing of Pope John Paul 11 will be an historic moment. Few Popes have been
Gamersloot.com employs a room full of young Romanian men £70 a month to play games 10 hours a day. Video games like Everquest or World of Warcraft are virtual
This came through the grapevine (email) from Danny Postel:
New Progressive Foreign Policy Blog
The Security and Peace Institute (SPI), a joint initiative of the Center for American Progress and
The United States has 17% of the share capital and 100% of the power when it comes to appointing the new head of the World Bank. Not everyone is wild
Channel 4 are setting up a site that allows you to check the facts behind the statements made by politicians, chaotic_mind notes in our forums. C4 claims that the
Here's an interesting innovation in online activism:
A whole bunch of American organisations (most of them faith-based) are getting their members together 30 March to write a
There's a webcast up of the debate on privatisation of social security that openDemocracy co-sponsored at the New York Society for Ethical Culture with Paul Krugman, Mike
A vivid and exciting eye-witness account of the revolution in Kyrgyzstan on March 24th by Elnura Osmonalieva from Thinking-East. Protestors stormed the White House in Bishkek and ousted
From American Prospect Online:
"Sudan's central government may be orchestrating bloody attacks on humanitarian workers in Darfur...
"According to Eric Reeves... the central government in Khartoum
You'd think it was a hoax, but for a modest price a company named LifeGem will make you a real diamond out of the cremated remains of your
Dear Women Making a Difference friends,
I apologise for returning to you a day late with a summary of our discussion to send to the UN and the EU. The
