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Published in: openDemocracyUKEmpire 2.0? In the Chagos islands, Britain is still fighting to maintain Empire 1.0To refashion its place in the world, Britain must first do right by its former colonies, as a new feature-length...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaTrump vs Mexico: A new trade war?The migratory debate has created a rift between Trump and Mexican president Lopez Obrador that could lead to a...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Europe is criminalizing humanitarian aidPeople are drowning while politicians claim that avoidable civilian deaths are required for the defense of “European values”.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Something beautiful, despite the odds, lives on in CalaisA disturbing trend across Europe sees NGOs attacked and people showing compassion stigmatized.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Triple threat to transparency: a Brexit StoryAny discussion of propaganda and the 2016 European referendum starts with years of Euromythology and migrant-bashing.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?PNL and ‘European Others’How France’s most successful rappers set about countering Europe's hegemonic narratives.
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Published in: 50.50Hundreds of Europeans ‘criminalised’ for helping migrants – as far right aims to win big in European electionsElderly women, priests and firefighters among those arrested, charged or ‘harassed’ by police for supporting...
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Published in: ourNHSHow NHS staff are fighting back against the ‘hostile environment’The Daily Mail's claims of our success are sadly premature - but the "patients not passports" campaign is indeed growing.
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Published in: Shine A LightHungry, homeless, exploited. How does Europe protect the most vulnerable children?Teenagers Ali and Musa have the right, enshrined in law, to be reunited with their families. What’s stopping them?
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?European citizenship for all residents in the EU? Let’s carry on the fightTwo stories about Salvini’s Italy explain why our transnational political community of Europe must include, on the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Saviours of the nation? – on the breakthrough of the radical populist right in SpainAttacking the symptom (i.e., the populist radical right) is not going to do the trick – not in Spain, not in the...
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Published in: TransformationFinding a place for the painCan we acknowledge the suffering inherent in displacement without letting it define refugees?
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Published in: openDemocracyUK“Brexit does split families” - anxious EU citizens unconvinced by Home Office reassuranceAs Brexit limbo rolls on, EU citizens in the UK are sick with anxiety, and feeling that the human costs are being...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia“Sometimes it’s worth the fight”Actress and photographer Raneem Al Daoud on unpicking prejudice and chasing her ambition from Amman to Los Angeles...
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Published in: HomeSafe harbours: the cities defying the EU to welcome migrantsWith the EU deadlocked over migrant reception, the German Seebrücke movement offers a model for bypassing it.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaDemocracies are not politeDemocracies thrive on discussion and the contest of ideas. However, we must reach a consensus that certain values...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryThe UK Modern Slavery Act: more for the ‘saviours’ than the ‘saved’As the UK Modern Slavery Act turns four years old, we ask why the government still refuses to speak to workers about...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Lone actors with shared ideasThe Christchurch mass murderer acted alone, but the core ideas in his manifesto are widely shared by Islamophobic...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaRadio Hakaya Podcast, episode 7: Labeeba - the female shawishEpisode 7 of a podcast series about the socio-political climate faced by Syrians and their host communities through...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAfter Christchurch, the political class must stop positioning racism as a democratic demandPoliticians, media and some academics have spent years peddling narratives that racism and Islamophobia are the...
