Do nurses take pride in their jobs? How many doctors take bribes to keep their mouths shut? A retired professor of medicine speaks out on the NHS in this extract from upcoming book 'Public Service on the Brink'.
Income breakdown
Expenditure breakdown
Islamophobia, the Media and Echoes of 9/11
7 September, 5 pm, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, 2950 Broadway, New York 10027
As time passes, stories are abound to change
9/11: How Remembering Tells Our Future
9 September, 7 p.m., Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, London W2 1QJ. Tickets from £10. (Each ticket includes a copy of Granta
September 16th-17th 2011, London E2
Book tickets online. Enter the oD discount code: OD2011
openDemocracy and Know Drugs host two evenings of films (including the final cut of Exile Nation
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The People Reloaded: The Green Movement and the Struggle for Iran's Future
6 June 2011, 6pm - 8pm
SOAS, London
What does the reappearance of the Green Movement
Women Peace Laureates urge leaders to protect women in armed conflict, citing evidence from a new report.
Afghan MP Shinkai Karokhail talks about the importance of women making international connections and sharing their experiences. (Video)
Nobel Laureates Shirin Ebadi and Jody Williams talk about strategies for change, drawing on their experiences of working for human rights reforms in Iran and of campaigning to ban landmines. (Video)
Jessica Horn, writer, women’s rights consultant and openDemocracy 50.50 blogger, discusses her thoughts on different approaches to militarism at the Women Forging a New Security: Ending Sexual Violence in Conflict conference. (Video)
The Nobel Peace laureates, Shirin Ebadi, Jody Williams and Mairead Maguire, open the third international conference of the Nobel Women's Initiative: Women Forging a New Security: Ending Sexual Violence in Conflict. (Video)
