Tuesday, 5 January 2010

A soldier’s tale (1),

Author:
Tolya's Letters
Summary:
A new Russian army recruit writes home about life at a parachute regiment basic training camp

These letters written by Tolya (probably not his real name),...

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How we were led through the noughties,

Author:
Simon Zadek
Summary:
How was the world led through the decade? Wisdom, power or might? (from zadek.wordpress.com)

Just days into the...

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2010: global cracks, human prospects (part II),

Author:
David Hayes
Summary:
More openDemocracy authors reflect on a volcanic decade in global politics - continued from part I
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The success of Charter 88,

Author:
Stuart Weir
Summary:
Stuart Weir looks back on the campaign for democratic reform in the UK

Parliamentary Affairs; Charter 88 and the Constitutional Reform Movement: Twenty Years on, Special Issue edited by David...

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Beyond Copenhagen: what kind of bottom-up climate activism do we need?,

Author:
Rupert Read

As we move into 2010, the feeling of many people across this country seems to be that now is the time to give up on large-scale politics, and focus on small local-level solutions to the outstanding problems of our...

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The Copenhagen accord,

Author:
Tan Copsey
Summary:
What happened at the COP15 climate talks? Tan Copsey from Chinadialogue explains the new (dis-)agreement.

After two chaotic weeks, 188 countries reached a limited agreement in...

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Al-Qaida: the Yemen factor,

Author:
Paul Rogers
Summary:
A near-miss airline attack refocuses attention on al-Qaida's diffused potency, and underlines the depth of Barack Obama's predicament

The closing...

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The end of a year, the beginning of an era,

Author:
Gerry Hassan

It's not just the end of a year and of the decade. I suspect 2008-9 will go down as the end of an era: a pivotal transition point – similar to 1973 – our demarche from a thirty year span of neo-liberalism to...

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Death-watch beetles,

Author:
Stuart Weir

Perhaps I am unreasonably angry and disturbed on learning that academy schools are not open to public scrutiny through the freedom of information law. After all, it is a lapse that hardly measures up to the enormities...

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Dear Mandy,

Author:
Thomas Ash
Summary:
A satirical video complaining about Britain's proposed Digital Economy Bill

Regular OurKingdom readers will be aware of Peter Mandelson's plans to take upon himself the power to deputise...

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