The recent debate over military action in Syria – and the upcoming Commons Defence Committee’s Inquiry on UK intervention strategy - shows how data and information in conflict is changing the imperatives of decision-making.
An extended extract from Marcus Chown's new book, What A Wonderful World, on capitalism, its history, its myths, and why change is needed to correct our 'disembedded' economy.
Yesterday marked the 40th anniversary of the start of the 1973 oil shock. Its consequences are still echoing across the world today.
State interception of postal correspondence marks the first major privacy scandal of modernity. The real question, then as now, is how the public reacts - it is this that will determine the future of state surveillance. And the signs don't look promising.
The world of development NGOs is full of white men from well off backgrounds. One of them wrote about how this is a problem in the Guardian last week, and here, one of their employees responds, looking at who speaks about these things and how; who is heard, and what should be done about it?
Debates over religious freedoms and the threat posed by newcomers are nothing new, yet they miss the point: it is civil society, not the state, that should confront the veil.
A new poll yet again shows the overwhelming popularity of public ownership of public services in the UK. Yet no major political parties reflects this position. Why not?
Co-ops, mutuals, movement building and how to avoid Pasokification of Britain's left - James Doran attended a discussion hosted by Policy Network about the instutitutions of the left and what we can learn from the USA.
A charity director, honoured by the Queen for his work with asylum-seekers and homeless people, tells David Cameron why he has returned his award.
It's not that marriage is good for children, it's that poverty is bad for them. Offering couples tiny tax breaks because they've had a wedding whilst cutting the rest of their benefits is like stealing someone’s car and offering them a bus pass as compensation.
