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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe military response to direct action, General Kitson's manualIn 1971 a counter-insurgency manual set out an operational response to non-violent direct action protest movements...
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Published in: openEconomyFellow Britons! Remember: the banks still owe their survival to us. Let's use that power well
Without massive ongoing public support the banks will fail. We should take the consequences seriously, they extend...
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Published in: HomeThe state of things: a London protest
A student protest in central London reveals the ugly face of an unaccountable government and the angry one of an...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA Tory message for Ed Miliband to take further: Jesse Norman MP’s PFi Rebate goes live
The Conservative MP, Jesse Norman, this week launches his PFi Rebate campaign, a proposal to raise £500 million by...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK“Middle-class kids and mad militants”: the battle against media stereotypes
Protestors and strikers always have two opponents: those they are against and the way the media represents them....
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Published in: openDemocracyUKUK Channel 4’s own ‘Horror Story’ continues
With the axe in full swing, the broadcaster’s aspirations now seem to rise no higher than playing Chancellor...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe top side of social cleansing
Who is buying London houses and apartments?
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDoes the union need unionism?
It is not clear what unites political unionism in Northern Ireland in its present form.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Left and the Big Society IV: Matthew TaylorHow will the left respond to the clear challenge of the Conservatives' Big Society project? Matthew Taylor, chief...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Left and the Big Society III: Will StrawHow will the left respond to the clear challenge of the Conservatives' Big Society project? Will Straw, editor of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Left and the Big Society II: Neal Lawson
How will the left respond to the clear challenge of the Conservatives' Big Society project? Niki Seth Smith is...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKNorthern Ireland Secretary quizzed over dissident contacts
Is the British government talking to dissident republicans?
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Published in: openEconomyKnotty independence: who guards the BBC
The Director General of the BBC was photographed coming out of Downing Street with notes about how the national...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWill London's East End witness a return to confrontation?
With the collapse of both the British National Party and George Galloway's left-wing Respect movement at recent...
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Published in: openSecurityUN Security Council imposes new sanctions on Iran
UNSC imposes fourth round of sanctions on Iran. Obama meets Abbas and pledges aid. NATO helicopter shot down by...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAn open invitiation to the London symposium of the Public Service Broadcasting Forum, 10 June 2010
A symposium on the future of public service broadcasting organised by openDemocracy and hosted by the Department of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBut look what the current system has produced...could I do worse? Suzanne Moore stands for parliament
Without the prospect of real change, one of the UK leading left-wing commentators decides to stand as an independent...
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