The parody of the earnest left-wing ideologue has become defunct in light of the triumphs of the dogma of market fundamentalism. But in a context of the UK's culture of relentless financialisation it is time to re-imagine the energy of such caricature, deploying its power to undermine the proponen
Government ministers are planning to adopt Singaporean educational practices in English schools. We need to keep in mind that children in Singapore may currently be better at doing sums, but they do not live in an open democracy
عندما يتعلق الأمر بالمصالح و مناطق النفوذ فإن ردود أفعال السياسيين و أنظمة الحكم لا تختلف, فالجميع دون استثناء يتخذ القرارات و الخطوات التي من شأنها أن تزيد أو أن
The Marxist geographer's new book on modern cities as central sites of revolutionary politics becomes a lens through which to decode London and the Olympic Games.
Russians and vodka have always been a notorious and combustible combination, but the availability of alcohol has been in a constant change of flux over the last few decades as successive governments have tried to wean the public off the bottle. Mikhail Loginov reports from St Petersburg on changin
In an extended (5,000-word) overview drawing on cultural and philosophical studies, the author urges us to reflect on how Fukushima may change our view of the world from one of assured progress and prosperity for some, to that of vulnerability to catastrophe for all.
The campaign is launched today for a Yes vote in the Scottish independence referendum. Here are seven suggestions for an independence agenda that looks beyond the constitutional to embrace the economic, cultural, democratic and international.
Twenty eight years exactly since the first resolution on Roma was passed by the European Parliament, the EU is finally publishing its Framework Strategy on Roma. But is there any progress to report?
Tunisia's modern history, from the late French colonial period to the rule of two long-term presidents, has been a constant presence in the life of the journalist Francis Ghilès. Here he reflects on how this experience - familial, social, professional - has over six decades shaped his understandin
The pro-union campaign in Scotland has retreated from making the positive case for the union. But a meaningful debate on Scotland's future requires an understanding of the arguments in its favour, whilst recognising the limits of a binary approach.
Arab Awakening's columnists offer their weekly perspective on what is happening on the ground in the Middle East. Leading the week: the outburst of violence in Tripoli, Lebanon and its socio-economic roots.
Why and how did verse 4:34, and not other verses in the Qur’an, become the foundation for the legal construction of marriage? Why are qiwamah and wilayah still the basis of gender relations in the imagination of modern-day jurists and Muslims who resist and denounce equality in marriage as alien t
