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Published in: HomeVarieties of ‘Islamophobia’ and its targetsThe presence of growing Muslim populations in Europe at the same time as the rise of political Islam and the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Why is Europe desperate to spy on its Muslims?The Muslim, in the eyes of the west, is stuck in a perpetual condition of imminent fanaticism. This is why the west...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Charlie Hebdo and the dawn of French McCarthyismAfter a short-lived phase of national unity, critics have stressed that France is now more intolerant. Furthermore,...
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Published in: oDR'Is your mum a foreign agent?'Russian NGOs, large and small, are facing closure after the blacklisting of their foreign funders. Colta.ru speaks...
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Published in: HomeNeoliberal realpolitik: choking others in our nameThis lack of lived experience with the violence of our state entails an almost inevitable blindness to the deepening...
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Published in: digitaLibertiesDrawing the line between free speech and online radicalisationTwo court rulings in Denmark and Norway reveal the contradictions at the heart of the European debate on free speech...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKTaking racism seriously: Islamophobia, civil liberties and the stateRacism and Islamophobia are driven by the practices of the powerful. Self-proclaimed 'liberals' need to know this.
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Published in: openSecurityThe five pillars of IslamophobiaVague categories like ‘extremist’ and ‘radicalisation’ are trawling Muslims in a very large ‘counter-terrorism’ net.
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Published in: oDRRussian dissidents seek asylum in KyivAs oppression heats up in Russia, post-revolutionary Ukraine is attracting political émigrés from the Russian opposition.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKSo much for free speech: Southampton University and the pro-Israel lobbyIf our universities can’t stand up to the Israel lobby and uphold free speech, how will the international community...
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Published in: HomeFair business for Muslims?Counter-terrorism regulation is having a corrosive effect on charity banking worldwide. International banks, under...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK"Our turn to talk": why we should listen to Occupy LSEUniversities are increasingly becoming factories, churning out obedient citizens and “human capital.” It's time to...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKUncaging the Charity CommissionThe regulator’s unprecedented moves to block funds to the Muslim advocacy group Cage raises troubling questions for...
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Published in: oDRA guide to political persecution in RussiaA raft of new criminal offences allows the government’s opponents to be arrested for just about anything – or nothing.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy Britain won’t talk about crucial elements of Jihadi John’s story
The role of our security services in the actions of 'Jihadi John' needs grown up discussion – we must not forget the...
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Published in: civilResistanceArrest of a nonviolent leader in the Maldives challenges the international community‘Terrorism’ charges might give the government leverage against a bid made by Nasheed to participate in any official...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy did intelligence agencies spy on Greenpeace?Because they are building a vast system of social control.
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Published in: openSecurityMass surveillance: wrong in practice as well as principleThe paradox of mass state surveillance, as the answer to non-state violence, is that it can overlook the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Will the democratic debate over counterrorism gain the edge in battle?It is our role, as citizens, to scrutinise measures taken in the name of our security and ask, once and for all, for...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Prevent and anti-extremism educationIn fact, the removal of the ‘duty to promote community cohesion’ in schools from the UK's Ofsted inspection regime...
