Conspiracies keep the people pliant and rulers fearless. In Azerbaijan, all dissidents are considered to be agents of a shadowy ‘Armenian lobby’. Русский
The inability to recognise an affront to the rule of law, regardless of the identity of the perpetrator, reveals the region’s dire state of affairs, politically, morally, and intellectually. Arabic
Surviving an impeachment will be a herculean task for Dilma Rousseff. With economic contraction and growing expenditure, the fiscal deficit will increase. There is no more room for gambling. Português.
Sobreviver a um impeachment será uma tarefa hercúlea para Dilma Rousseff. Com a contração econômica e o crescimento dos gastos públicos, o déficit fiscal vai aumentar. Não há mais espaço para apostas. English.
The Russian state wants payback for the mass protests of 2012. But the arrest of another political activist in Russia has attracted the attention of neither the west, nor the European left. Русский
It is an error for politicians and institutions to invite British Muslims to think about extremism as Muslims, rather than as citizens.
Disagreement over words is surely to be welcomed in a pluralist intellectual and political culture. Why is neoliberalism so provocative? Why is it Blairites in particular that are so provoked?
“We need to call in question how, as a society, we allow our security and democracy to be defined.”
We keep hearing calls for an ‘Islamic Reformation’, but the Protestant Reformation was not a liberal enterprise: it was the original ‘fundamentalism’, whence the label now applied to Islam.
La irrupción de PODEMOS en el parlamento español es una bocanada de aire fresco para las izquierdas y para movimientos globales, que intentan replicar el fenómeno político nacido en España. English
Podemos’ bursting into Spain’s parliament is a breath of fresh air for the Left, and for the global movements seeking to replicate the Spanish political phenomenon. Español
