 | ||
| Latest articles from openDemocracy... | ||
| ||
 | ||
Two weeks ago in Leeds, I gave a peace lecture honouring Olof Palme, which ranged over wars old and new, the bombing of Dresden, Daniel Ellsberg, Wikileaks, Bloody Sunday, and the Turkish flotilla to Gaza. Afterwards I was approached by two young... The United States is losing more than just redfish and oysters and shrimp and crabs these days. Robert A Thomas, PhD, chair of environmental communication at Loyola University New Orleans, recently cited evidence that the Gulf oil-spill is having... The conflict in Afghanistan tends to be discussed in terms of post-2001 events and from the perspective of the western coalition’s armed campaign. This limited focus may be understandable in circumstances where (as at present) military casualties... The result of the Kyrgyz constitutional referendum on 27 June 2010 was never in doubt. After all, the outcome of every election in independent Kyrgyzstan has been known before the votes were counted. So it was no surprise that on the very evening of... Strange noises have become familiar to the population. Walk the unpaved Gaza streets and roads, and all you will hear are the buzzing, whirring sounds of power engines mixed with the smell of smuggled Egyptian fuel. Almost one in five houses owns a... How has capital thrived in India? The question seems to be pertinent in the backdrop of the meteoric rise of India as an economic powerhouse. With the number of millionaires in the country crossing a figure of one lakh (100,000), the Indian... | ||
Friday, 2 July 2010
Posts
