Среди защитников Украины на фронте и в тылу немало женщин, и их волонтерство позволяет не только решить срочные проблемы, но и усилить гражданское общество в целом.
The reinstatement of compulsory military service in this context of growing tensions is meant to be used for social control.
In a media world where the Big Five digital players are calling the shots, Jim Chisholm sees hope emerging from a growing breed of “new newsers”.
The west's failure in Afghanistan and Iraq, says our columnist who predicted both, is above all one of understanding.
Writing on Gandhi in an India stricken by faux patriotism and jingoism causes gloom. A poem in Indian English provides an antidote.
The Chemnitz case shows a Saxon city where the radical right has tried to establish itself for years, with some very concrete fantasies about a violent ‘overthrow’.
At a time when the Saudis are intensifying their crackdown on human rights, yesterday’s reception gave all the wrong messages.
We might see parallels between Rostock ’92 and Chemnitz ’18, but the impact and the political context today are fundamentally different – though not at all less dangerous.
Stuart Weir reviews a new autobiography of Lord Smith, an energetic crusader for democracy and social justice - and a vital ally during stormy times at the New Statesman magazine.
The UK media likes to blame far right gains elsewhere – as in Sweden’s recent election – on PR. In fact the evidence shows disproportional voting systems give more power to the extreme right.
