The sharp regional and international alignments that have currently gripped the Middle East in general, and Syria in particular, have put the Syrian Kurds at a crossroads. العربية
Can a president institute radical popular change alongside structural inequality and a militarized elite? The Brazilian case suggests that a progressive political party requires more social movement mobilization, not less. Español
Geir Lippestad defended Norway’s biggest mass murderer. Now, the former vice-mayor of Oslo discusses what’s he’s learned about how to combat hatred and create a ‘win-win’ for intercultural cities
Taking part in public life is a deeply affective process, at once personal and collective, and social media might just help us bridge the gap between the two.
Talking to Phil Wood, co-founder of the intercultural cities model, last November, about love of cities, intercultural city planning, innovative local government, human rights and ‘ordinary virtues’. Interview.
However you read The Prince, it is a reminder that the elementary condition of good government is effective government.
“The EU is literally following in the steps of the Soviet Union. I’ve been thinking about it since everything started with Greece… Britain will be the first country.” Part two.
The concept of mass immigration is politicized. Rather than registering reality objectively, it is used to further particular interests of the state as well as powerful non-state organisations.
The egalitarian, feminist and socialist enclaves created by the Kurdish left are attacked with particular ferocity by Mr Erdoğan’s army. Czech.
The first of three essays contemplating the “complete reimagination of politics” which is the drama of Brexit.
