Arab Awakening's columnists offer their weekly perspective on what is happening on the ground in the Middle East. Leading the week: Tahrir Square’s rent-a-thug culture
Unaccompanied immigrant children in Italy have left their countries hoping to find a job and better opportunities, but their aspirations quickly fade away. Often, they risk being exploited to work in the black labour market or are recruited by criminal gangs – with nobody standing up to protect th
Daniel Trilling, author of the new book Bloody Nasty People, talks to Jamie Mackay about the prevailing myths surrounding the far right in Britain, the demographic of its leadership and support, and the forms of resentment that such movements cultivate at their core.
If the current dearth of participation in the first Police and Crime Commissioner elections in England and Wales is anything to go by, the new system may provide an opportunity for far right political parties to establish crucial centres of influence.
In order to understand how the ‘Rohingya crisis’ has come to pass we need to consider the narrative built by three groupings of international actors - the Burmese government, host countries for Rohingya who have fled and the international community at large.
One year on, the Occupy movement is but the shadow of its former self. Whatever happened to the 99%?
Hyperbole and misinformation swamp the Scottish headlines as the independence referendum draws closer. How can radical thought overcome 'phantom Tories' and provide the framework to overcome the nation’s toxic cocktail of populism and complacency?
The demand for politics over markets, a key message in the Occupy and Indignados movements, is also key here. A considerable drop in trust is clear: trust in all national institutions and political actors (parliament, parties, and trade unions).
Yet again, the Aurora shooting showed how far away we are from truly "color blind" media reporting on crime. It is time to reflect on how being a white, middle-class male may also be part of the equation.
At a fringe meeting of Labour’s Party Conference last week, the shadow minister for immigration Chris Bryant MP said a “coalition of the rational” was a prerequisite of serious and rational debate about migration. Was that just an adlibbed comment at an obscure gathering? Or something more promisi
Arab Awakening's columnists offer their weekly perspective on what is happening on the ground in the Middle East. Leading the week: Helping the domestic helper
