> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.opendemocracy.net/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # The Week in 1 Minute: In remembrance of times past – March 10 – 16 on openDemocracy - URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/week-in-1-minute-in-remembrance-of-times-past-march-10-16-on-opendemocracy/ - Published: 2014-03-16T00:03:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-04-23T01:37:28.000Z - Description: Remembrance is this week's overarching theme. For the third anniversary of the nuclear disaster at Fukushima Bob Stilger writes on Fukushima's future, while Rebecca Johnson argues it was both avoidable and inevitable. - Author: openDemocracy Supporters - Tags: The Week in 1 Minute, #Migrated, #en, #Import 2026-04-09 17:46, #appended-excerpt **Ten years after the Madrid rail bombings**, Diego Muro [analyses](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/14eac093ea&ref=opendemocracy.net) the consequences. Koča Pavlović [criticises](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/82bf589738&ref=opendemocracy.net) the Montenegrin Prime Minister's political violence. Igor Štiks and Srećko Horvat say that the current wave of [Bosnian protests](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/f54789f236&ref=opendemocracy.net) mark the birth of activist citizenship. An interview with [Costas Douzinas](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/181e090a87&ref=opendemocracy.net) suggests that Greece might be the future of Europe. **We eulogise three important figures**: late British politician Tony Benn's [address to the Convention on Modern Liberty](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/248b51f170&ref=opendemocracy.net) is republished, Michael Danson remembers [feminist economist Ailsa Mckay](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/ac372b4667&ref=opendemocracy.net) and Ted Comet writes for Transformation on his wife [Shoshana Unger, a holocaust survivor](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/36a968c046&ref=opendemocracy.net), artist and psychotherapist. Jamie Heckert emphasizes the importance of [queer and glorious differences](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/763c91c90c&ref=opendemocracy.net) between people. With a focus on **poverty and the politics of austerity**, Lawrence Scanlan describes his year of [living generously](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/6384dcec0a&ref=opendemocracy.net). Mary Evans reconsiders controversial UK TV show [Benefits Street](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/82025a30da&ref=opendemocracy.net), Deborah Padfield reports from [the front line](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/c3a59c81a8&ref=opendemocracy.net). [Anne Cato](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/ecbc18d721&ref=opendemocracy.net) and [David McCoy](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/52c0fcc0d9&ref=opendemocracy.net) discuss neoliberal universities, while James Butler and Jon Burnett write on [racism, corruption](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/00c334fafa&ref=opendemocracy.net) and ['abolishing'](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/55bb49ac53&ref=opendemocracy.net) the London Metropolitan police. Christopher Stacey investigates reforms to [UK prison law](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/f6c68a68cf&ref=opendemocracy.net). Continuing the Transformation section's “Money” series, Genevieve Lebaron and Peter Dauvergne [argue](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/5b3c2bdc24&ref=opendemocracy.net) that activist groups and **NGOs increasingly look and act like multinational corporations**. Grigory Tumanov [questions](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/7a746460e1&ref=opendemocracy.net) whether Russia's 'foreign agent' law is illegal. Saskia Brechenmacher and Thomas Carothers examine the [global pushback](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/466f26d21b&ref=opendemocracy.net) against domestic NGOs. [Andrei Vasiliev](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/8dbfb30cfe&ref=opendemocracy.net), [Agnia Grigas](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/e95e8085b4&ref=opendemocracy.net) and [J. Paul Goode and Marlene Laruelle](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/cbe2ada9c5&ref=opendemocracy.net) investigate **Russia and the crisis in Crimea**. Samir Dayal highlights [Putin's Presidency](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/1522e48224&ref=opendemocracy.net) as a ritualized performance. Yakov Feygin says Ukraine is a post-Soviet state unable to [escape its history](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/2b6db6d678&ref=opendemocracy.net), while Zakir Magomedov discusses [Dagestan](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/5c3b410c0a&ref=opendemocracy.net). Almut Rochowanski writes on an [unusual Chechen initiative](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/8484c716ee&ref=opendemocracy.net). OurBeeb consider **the 'online-only' move for television channel BBC 3**. openDemocracy Board Chair [David Elstein](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/47e78ceb3b&ref=opendemocracy.net) argues that the closure is the inevitable consequence of cuts and changes, while Brian Winston holds that the choice stems from [the BBC's unease with the 'popular'](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/043a930e59&ref=opendemocracy.net). Tony Ageh considers our [digital future](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/12baf2bdc9&ref=opendemocracy.net). As part of our continued focus on the Middle East, Hakki Tas warns against [anti-westernism in Turkey](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/d758516df9&ref=opendemocracy.net), while Ahmet T. Kuru looks at [Twitter and corruption](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/5275b110dd&ref=opendemocracy.net). Jessica Montell considers [universalism and Israel/Palestine](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/4d9cb47f02&ref=opendemocracy.net), while Quinn Coffey discusses [Christion Zionism](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/935ac60cb1&ref=opendemocracy.net). Lana Asfour examines the impact of the [Syrian refugee crisis](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/84fd624f6b&ref=opendemocracy.net) on Lebanon. Orzala Ashraf Nemat [points out](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/e6b6da7422&ref=opendemocracy.net) that **Afghanistan's struggle for women’s rights did not begin with the arrival of international troops.** And weekly columnist [Paul Rogers](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/b3f0c1af05&ref=opendemocracy.net) addresses Iraq and war. Finally, Jim Gabour asks: “[Do we deserve to be happy?](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/f81a2b9e2f&ref=opendemocracy.net)” **Links not to miss:** - Jo Freeman: [The tyranny of structurelessness](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/5e494f3d16&ref=opendemocracy.net) - Moira Weigel and Mal Ahern: [Further materials toward a theory of the man-child](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/9042f75312&ref=opendemocracy.net) - Marine Hyde: [Oscar Pistorius, spare me the sick bucket](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/e31c3dc3fb&ref=opendemocracy.net) - [Dolly Parton on late capitalism](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/11de81705f/7262321cfa/241b136f98&ref=opendemocracy.net) **openDemocracy’s week in 1 minute is emailed to Members, Friends and authors who help pay for and create our great content. 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