We lead this week with a report from the University of Kent Psychedelic Society's multidisciplinary conference on psychedelic consciousness, 'Breaking Convention' which discusses MDMA, LSD, psylocybin, ayahuasca, psychotherapy, neuroscience, evolution and consciousness. In other news we look at th
We present the third of ten weekly episodes from a brutal novel by an acclaimed British author.
Both the west and the Gaddafi regime are assessing the prospect of a military stalemate in Libya. In any extended campaign, United States-Israel cooperation could offer Tripoli an unexpected gift.
The changing dynamics of the Libyan conflict highlight the contradictions of "humanitarian intervention" when pressed to serve the western way of war, says Martin Shaw.
The opening of the Arctic to ship-passage will transform the region’s political as well as environmental landscape, says Øyvind Paasche.
Daniel Goldhagen’s book “Worse Than War” includes British colonial rule in Kenya in the 1950s among its case-studies of “elimination”. A close reading of the demographic evidence reveals the falsity of the argument, says David Elstein.(This article was first published on 4 March 2010)
The Black Bloc ‘tactic’ used at the March 26th anti-cuts demonstration is an entirely counterproductive dead-end.
Migrant women especially face extreme discrimination in Brussels. But they don’t necessarily see it that way.
In memory of the Jewish Palestinian and Israeli actor, director, film-maker and activist who founded the Freedom Theatre in the Jenin refugee camp.
Democracy is once again the challenge. Overcoming divisions through the development of new welfare systems will be vital to the success of this project.
Democracy Now's War and Peace Report, presented by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, is a unique source of television news on world conflict. We are glad to rebroadcast their daily show here on openDemocracy.
