OpenDemocracy contributor on war, genocide and global politics, and more recently on racism, Brexit and British politics. Sociologist and International Relations scholar and author of numerous books, currently a Research Professor at IBEI, Barcelona, and Roehampton University, and Emeritus Professor at Sussex. Also an Independent Councillor on Devon County Councillor, campaigning for the local NHS, and an active supporter of Devon for Europe.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK38 Degrees and the 52 per cent: Against the politics of the lowest common denominatorThe inability to reach a consensus is no reason to opt for neutrality on an issue as important as Brexit.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK38 Degrees and the 52 per cent: ‘Neutrality on the EU means 'lexit' by Theresa May’s rules’The campaigning organisation 38 Degrees has adopted a version of 'neutrality' that means kow-towing to a restrictive...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKLabour must fight for our European rights (neither Corbyn nor his opponents have got the response to the crisis right)This is probably the first opportunity since Blair’s disastrous Iraq venture fractured Labour’s support for Labour...
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Published in: HomeWhy I’m not discussing genocide in JerusalemJerusalem is not just a site of ‘conflict’, as the INOGS conference programme says. It is a site in which questions...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBREXIT: the R is for RacismB in Brexit stands for Boris and his overweening ambition. But R is for Racism, the method through which Vote Leave...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhat will happen after the referendum?A quick examination of the Tory project whatever the results shows worrying prospects.