Tom Griffin (London, OK): Back in August, Borders and Immigration Minister Liam Byrne provided the theme for our summer limerick competition, when he recalled how "In my conversations around
Sergio Ramírez is a Nicaraguan writer and politician
who was a leading figure in the FSLN (Sandinista) revolution of 1979 against
the Somoza dictatorship and later (1984-90) served as foreign
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Amnesty have been marking the 25th Day of the Disappeared. We may think that this is something that only happens elsewhere in the world. To remind
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 of
"...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 supported
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:
because the
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, Ari
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
