- Son of the Bani Tanwir: the work of Fred Halliday (1946-2010), Stephen Howe
- Haiti's earthquake: a Port-au-Prince report, Johanna Mendelson Forman
- Poland's unique election, Adam Szostkiewicz
- Pope Benedict's divisions , Michael Walsh
- Belarusian "godfather" falls out with his masters , Dmitry Travin
- Northern Ireland rioting deserving of more than condemnation, Patricia Rich
| Son of the Bani Tanwir: the work of Fred Halliday (1946-2010), Stephen Howe In his twentieth column for openDemocracy, Fred Halliday paid tribute to a writer who for decades he had deeply admired, Maxime Rodinson (1915-2004). This French Marxist historian and political analyst was, Halliday suggested, not only the greatest... Haiti's earthquake: a Port-au-Prince report, Johanna Mendelson Forman I visited Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, from 22-25 June 2010, to attend a meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative Action Group (CGI). The meeting, convened by the CGI and the Digicel Foundation, brought together working groups for Haiti that... Pope Benedict's divisions , Michael Walsh There was a legal tag, much used by medieval canon lawyers, that the pope could not be judged by anyone. This did not put him above the law, because the law was God’s law to which all were subject. It meant, rather, than he could not be summoned... Belarusian "godfather" falls out with his masters , Dmitry Travin
On 4 July Russian TV aired a documentary about Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko. It was a programme that soon sent shockwaves around media and political circles. The programme itself was nothing special and the facts it revealed were... Northern Ireland rioting deserving of more than condemnation, Patricia Rich Rioting continued in Northern Ireland last night as police and protestors clashed in several areas. The 12th of July is the high point of the Orange Order’s marching season, a historic point of contention between nationalists and unionists. Since... |
Posts
