Whether they are benefiting or are being harmed by the current situation in Syria, what role do the various regional and international actors play and how do Syrians deal with them? They are fully aware that the external stances with regards to their revolution will not be the most crucial ones fo
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So the Greeks are out of Euro 2012 – but still in the Eurozone. Despite 55% voting for parties against the austerity measures, the country now has a pro-bailout government – Yanis Varoufakis explains why.
There are many women writers on openDemocracy this week, and two new debates which have us pinching ourselves: is this the twenty-first century? The first, on AIDS 2012 sees the US banning people with HIV from attending a conference plus the ongoing Sisyphean task of giving women informed choices.
UK readers recover from an excess of monarchy with the help of Peter Tatchell, who wonders why the biggest celebration of recent times is for the privilege of being subjects to hereditary rule, when there are so many worthy things to celebrate from British history.
Chekhov said that “any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.” Àngel Ferrero, watching a desperately uninteresting boxing match in Berlin, reflects on immigrant life in Germany, which is tolerant but not open - unlike his native Spain which is open but intolerant. Who
