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Published in: openDemocracyUKRebuilding democracy in Iceland: an interview with Birgitta JonsdottirIn the first of a series of interviews by Phil England examining the situation in Iceland and the possible relevance...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe EU referendum: why we need a Deliberation DayThe UK is going to vote on staying or leaving the EU. A special bank holiday – Deliberation Day – can help make the...
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Published in: ourBeebHow did mistrust of mainstream media become a sign of violent extremism?The UK Government’s Prevent strategy has led to official claims that mistrust of mainstream media and anger about...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKEqual rights for all: the limits of Magna Carta and the 1965 Race Relations ActThe commemoration of Magna Carta should not be a complacent celebration, but an opportunity to explore what more we...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKMagna Carta: a beggarly thing, a mess of pottage
If Magna Carta is the cornerstone of liberty, why did the Levellers, democratic radicals of the 17th century, reject...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA Magna Carta for learning disabled people800 years of Magna Carta but learning disabled people remain 'villeins', denied rights against arbitrary power. What...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKNo place for the young: the towns where childhood is being criminalisedAcross England, local councils are banning young people from public space.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDigital rights and pornography – a child protection catch-22 or lazy policy solutions?Internet filters all too easily threaten children's legitimate right to information in the well-intentioned effort...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKPornography and digital rightsPublic debate needs to take proper account of the risks of internet filters, imposed by the state or private...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKMagna Carta 800th anniversary: three contrasting videosA message to England from America's Black Lives Matter, A talk under the oldest Yew in England, and might says it is right
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Published in: openDemocracyUK800 years since the Magna Carta: Remembering the British struggle for ethnic minority rights
As we approach the 800th aniversary of Magna Carta, let us recall other important anniversaries which mark the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAbolition of the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee is a loss to British democracyThe government's decision to abolish the Political and Constitutional Reform Commitee is a major blow, depriving...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Convention on Modern LibertyThe Magna Carta 2015 conference in Cambridge this weekend will provide the last chance to buy the book on...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe future of human rights in the UKA British Bill of Rights will not only allow the Conservative government to deport an individual to a country where...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKNew counter-extremism laws must not cut out spaces for dialogueHow do we address extremism in a way that does not impinge on civil liberties and exacerbate tensions in our communities?
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Published in: digitaLibertiesIn new gods do we trust?Do you expect the machine to solve the problems? In this wide-ranging interview with the Director of the Open Rights...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKRule BritanniaToday’s parallel with feudal 1215 is the absolute dominance of a “collective monarchy”, combining the power not...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDigital rights and freedoms: Part 1Under the rubric of state security on the one hand and commercial openness on the other, we are being lulled into an...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDigital rights and freedoms: Part 2More than rights, a set of guiding principles is needed to counterpose to the reigning ideals of ‘security’,...
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Published in: HomeDigital citizenship: from liberal privilege to democratic emancipationOn the anniversary of the Magna Carta, a call for a new debate on the conception of citizenship. Let’s seize the...
