Participants in the Revisiting Associative Democracy seminar organized last October by Andrea Westall and Stuart White in London’s Coin Street Community Centre were invited to read this usefully condensed account of Paul Hirst's normative political theory, published in 2002.
When our media and politicians use the term 'the country', they often mean 'England', rather than Great Britain. The subsequent confusion is used to promote the idea of the UK as united under the control of Westminster, while muffling the debate around England as a distinct national, political and
Sometimes, the self-referential, apolitical worlds of art and architecture intersect with politics in unexpected ways. In mid-December, as the students occupations spread, on the same day as the 'Day X 2' demonstration across central London organised by student protesters against cuts and fee rise
Tomorrow, grassroots activists will meet in central London for Netroots UK, an event aimed at "inspiring progressive activists working on the web". OurKingdom is taking advantage of the event to join in the debate around the impact of the internet on British grassroots politics and the future of o
While we must respect the organic nature of our institutions, we must also accept them as social constructs. We need to develop a new approach to social organisation that is radically democratic, encourages accountability and works to resist tribalism.
Gollum has succeeded where politicians have failed, in replacing a colonial narrative with a myth that changes the ethno-symbolic basis of New Zealand’s imagination
Tibetan ‘soft power’ has ensured that we are going to see a continued rise in Tibetan nationalistic aspirations along with the flourishing of Tibetan culture and civilization, in tandem with the rise of China as a global power
The government has announced that its cap on migrant workers coming into Britain from outside the EU cannot be met unless a cap is also placed on flows of international students. This proposed policy risks discriminating against students on grounds of nationality and threatens the cultural richnes
A very brief look back across OK's 2010
