على الرغم من التأجيل، ما زالت الولايات المتحدة تهدد بالهجوم لمعاقبة حكومة الأسد على استخدام الأسلحة الكيميائية. بيد أن ذلك سيكون غير قانوني، وغير فعال، ولن يساعد أياً من الشعب السوري، أو مبادئ المسؤولية عن الحماية. English, Español
Although we now hear guns more than peaceful chants in Syria, and while the news of armed rebellion overshadows discussion of nonviolent resistance, a subtle everyday survival activism performed by civic groups, especially women, keeps the movement alive.
On an incognito yet convivial art which animates even when there is no promise of survival
Set in the mythologised wilderness of the modern city, the play sketches two men in mortal combat. Brecht is revealed here as a radical theorist of struggle, even before he had any notion of what precisely that struggle might be.
"Wer definiert das Konzept der Menschenrechte?" fragt Stephen Hopgood. Die Antwort wird ein neuer Nord-Süd-Dialog geben, der auf den Fundamenten der dominanten eurozentrischen Geschichte aufbaut und das emanzipatorische Potential der Menschenrechtstradition urbar machen könnte. Spanisch, Portugies
¿Renovación y reafirmación, o rechazo de una doctrina en problemas?English, العربية.
A decade after his premature departure, Said’s life, in all its “disorganised, scattered, uncentred” richness will continue to radiate moral and intellectual sustenance, as well as untold surprises and delights.
Can we mobilize and prepare the towns threatened by hydraulic fracturing with action plans so well-devised, so widely and transparently publicized, that unconventional energy developers wouldn't dare enter? See Part Two here.
The on-the-ground citizen victory against those who represented one of the most powerful industries in the world is the result of a multi-pronged, multiyear combination of tactics that has combined into an innovative, compelling strategy. See Part One here.
Opinions in the Arab region are divided regarding the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), although marked by a deep skepticism based in the perceived double standards of the great powers, especially the United States. Only a more democratic UN will ensure morality trumps politics in applying R2P. A c
Although it is certainly of intellectual interest that elites and masses differ in rights awareness, it is uncertain that mobilizing the masses around rights or further informing elites about them will in fact improve rights in practice. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debates on Emerging P
