A revisionist reading of the Rwanda genocide of 1994 endorsed by Noam Chomsky confirms the moral blindness of the denialist left, says Martin Shaw.
In part two of our coverage of the Paul Hirst Memorial Lecture, 2010 , Eyal Weizman, in conversation with openDemocracy editor, Rosemary Bechler, discusses the challenge of how to use international humanitarian law to permit the articulation of progressive political demands, and why this involves
The lecture, given by Eyal Weizman on June 16, 2010 outlined work in progress undertaken to advance Paul Hirst’s thinking at the intersection between three categories and fields of study: conflict, space and law. It focuses on international humanitarian law as it impacts upon the politics of the l
Whatever else may be beyond our control, we are all free to choose which 9/11 moves us most deeply
The concept of the ‘clash of civilisations’ is usually traced back to Classical Greece. In Classical times as today, this idea of an unbridgeable gap between the West and the Rest does not describe reality, but is instead a line of political rhetoric. The article continues our series Lest we forge
A compelling argument among scholars of genocide reflects the gradual development of the field beyond its point of origin, the Nazi murder of Europe’s Jews. The questions include whether and how different episodes of mass killing should be seen in a common frame; how such a development changes und
Paul Kingsnorth’s journey from a degraded environmentalism to nature-centred ways of living and thinking has many echoes for Andrew Dobson, but also clarifies a difference of outlook.
America's internecine counter-insurgency debate is now making some progress, though not on a single predefined path.
The death of Jimmy Reid marks the loss of one of the last Men of Iron. But as the tributes pour in, it feels as if people are using their laments to navigate and self-justify the changes of their real leaders, Thatcher and Blair.
Could a cosmopolitan citizenship in the Middle East ever include Israel? The fundamental meaning of Jewish cosmopolitanism for both its proponents and its antagonists was actually a sign of Jewish civilization long before the state of Israel was created
The three main front of the UK's new Coalition are the economy, liberty and trying to 'carry on as before'. The Jury is still out on the first, the second is welcome, and the third is hopeless, but then so too is the main opposition.
How can we move forward from the crash of neoliberalism given the exhaustion of socialism?
