The Chinese journalist Li Datong has been writing a
column for openDemocracy for two years in which he casts a mordant eye
on China's political elite, the workings
In his latest contribution to OurKingdom's debate about the future of the UK, Gerry Hassan points to the limits of nationalism as a response to neo-liberalism. Scotland&
A hopeful, confident, generous-spirited young leader is contending for
the presidency of the United States. But the country's position and
reputation in the world today evokes none
"...an apparent US victory
achieved before the end of the year may, in reality, be just a further stage in
a longer-term civil war in Afghanistan. This is
I spent most of the afternoon wandering around looking at people who came here for different reasons. There are a lot of strange people here, including a whole delegation of
Tom Griffin (London, OK): Over at Comment Is Free, Paul Kingsnorth reflects on his recent OurKingdom debate with Vron Ware, and re-states his left-wing case for English nationalism:
I've arrived in Denver and slowly finding my way around the city. Tomorrow, I am speaking at a UN Foundation event in "The Big Tent" about
The Nation magazine is doing excellent "unconventional" coverage of the Convention on their website including blog posts, videos, and articles. On this video, festivitas-expert and Nation writer,
At times it feels the Democratic Convention operates a little bit like a big events company. Witness for instance, the press release they sent out on August 14, announcing the
Democratic inboxes have been bombarded for days with emails from the Obama campaign and the Democratic Convention. Today, came the latest installment of the elegant communications operation - a video of
Pepsikola blogs from occupied Poti
15 August - Still OK
16 August - 12.21am
18 August - Greetings Everyone
18 August - Photos of Poti
18 August - To Whom It May...
19 August
Tom Griffin (London, OK): It seems the Westminster/Holyrood faultine inside the Scottish Labour Party extends to the question of whether there should be a UK football team at the
