-
Published in: oDRSummer days at the dachaIn theory, Russians can holiday abroad these days. In practice, most can't afford it. Still, there are the pleasures...
-
Published in: HomeOnce again, the Tease
As Louisiana braces itself for Tropical Storm Bonnie, Jim Gabour reflects on the current mood in New Orleans.
-
Published in: HomeCulturalism: culture as political ideology
More unites than divides Left and Right in the fierce debate on multiculturalism, argues Jens-Martin Eriksen and...
-
Published in: oDRSoviet anti-religion has returned, claim Europe's last surviving pagansIn their remote forest republic 400 miles east of the Moscow, the pagan Mari people are once again being harassed by...
-
Published in: HomeVilnius Poker: Ideas for Eastern Europe
Since the anniversary of the tearing down of the Berlin Wall last year there has been a renewed interest across...
-
Published in: HomeCan you represent the subaltern?
Call for artistic submissions for openDemocracy's next Discourses event, Subaltern voices, opening on October 7th.
-
Published in: Home''Defending one's character is not an intellectual exercise'' - an interview with Ian Buruma, author of Taming the Gods
Author Ian Buruma reflects on his recent book and delves into his findings on religion and its impact on democracy.
-
Published in: 50.50Not the Church, Not the State? Gender equality in the crossfire
The challenge to platforms for gender equality comes not just from actors with fundamentalist agendas, but from a...
-
Published in: HomeAfghan civil society must not be abandoned
Afghan civil society and NATO war aims: talk to the Taleban and all traditional leaders
-
Published in: oDRGastarbeiters in kino: Russia's invisible class gets its big break
At the recent Kinotavr film festival — "Russia's Cannes" — the main competition featured no less than three films...
-
Published in: HomeThe antiquarian of Herat
Diplomatic reminiscences from Herat in the 1970s; delicate interventions, fragile civil society.
-
Published in: HomeCosmopolitan citizenship in the Middle East
As ethnic and sectarian solidarities and conflicts sharpen in this part of the world, it may be worth reminding...
-
Published in: oDRCoats and turncoats: translating Pushkin’s The Captain’s DaughterTranslating Alexander Pushkin’s novel The Captain’s Daughter launched Robert Chandler on a journey of revelations...
-
Published in: 50.50The power in telling stories
Nonviolence is a value, a tool, and a force which ordinary people can and do use daily. The undocumented nature of...
-
Published in: openDemocracyUKThe dangers of a burqa ban
A ban on the burqa will not resolve the identity crisis many European countries are going through, nor will it help...
-
Published in: oDRLiberating PushkinRussia’s greatest poet Alexander Pushkin is notoriously hard for non-Russian speakers to appreciate. So Susan...
-
![[champions] Chelsea x Juventus : 1](https://cdn-prod.opendemocracy.net/media/images/3310828336_3c491e78b7_ZJ7FtII.2e16d0ba.fill-380x220.jpg)
Published in: openDemocracyUKFootball, Failure and Laissez-faireWith its dominance by overseas players, managers and finance, the Premier League is a symbol of the UK's failed...
-
Published in: openDemocracyUKHunt's silence on public service broadcasting
Plans for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport set out yesterday completely miss the plot when it comes to...
-
Published in: HomeEurope's Muslims: burqa laws, women's lives
Several European states - France, Italy, Belgium and Britain among them - are involved in legal, social or political...
Latest in "Cultural politics"
New in our projects
-
Published in: Can Europe Make It?Thirty years in the shadow of the Wall -
Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionBoris Johnson is no liberal -
Published in: Rethinking PopulismIs Left populism possible? -
Published in: Countering the Radical RightThis is American fascism
