Q: Why is a top ranking Hamas leader living in Damascus? And who is Khaled Mashal in his own words? A: On your first question - you should ask the Israelis. But I can answer your second. I am a Palestinian, an Arab, a Muslim and a human being. I am... It is rather striking, at first sight, to note how much the Dutch politician Geert Wilders and the Chinese Nobel Prize winner Liu Xiaobo have in common. Both threaten the political and ideological status quo of their countries; both have been... The Guardian’s Editor-in-Chief, Alan Rusbridger has published an important online overview of the ‘Fourth Estate’. It marks an innovation for Comment is Free. Natalie Hanman, who edits its pages describes this piece as a “long-form blog” -... Between the very intricate social structure of the Gaza Strip and the constant political disorder, Palestinian women experience huge challenges on a daily basis. Thanks to a high density, motley population from many different backgrounds, there are... This time last year, in a video blog on the day that commemorates the victims of Soviet repression, President Medvedev impressed on the Russian people the importance of remembering the political repression of the Soviet era and said that... The south Caucasus is one of those places where people like to say that the “weight of history” lies heavily. Increasingly, I raise a dissenting voice. True, history lies all round you in this region, not least in its regular invocation by... Bill Bowring: The Degradation of the International Legal Order?: The Rehabilitation of Law and the Possibility of Politics (256pp, Routledge-Cavendish, £30) MK: The title of your book sounds alarming, even with a question mark; the subtitle seems to... In the wake of the election, progressive movements and their members are debating what went wrong. Some say the media amplified the bizarre statements of the Tea Party. Still others argue that Obama didn’t offer sufficient leadership or remind... International news, in case you hadn't realised, is disappearing across the UK media. The trends are documented in 'Shrinking World' - an authoritative and compelling report on the demise of foreign news reporting in the UK, published...www.opendemocracy.net 
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Friday, 5 November 2010
The voice of Hamas, Manuela Paraipan
Why Geert Wilders is not Liu Xiaobo, Markha Valenta
The Web Estate: a response to Alan Rusbridger, Anthony Barnett
Some women in Gaza, Amal Nasr
A national museum to the victims of Stalinist repression: words not deeds?, Catriona Bass
The lightness of history in the Caucasus, Thomas de Waal
Towards the Rehabilitation of Law: interview with Bill Bowring, Masha Karp
US Election 2010: Obama lost the terms of debate and a large segment of white women, Ruth Rosen
World news coverage evaporating in the UK, Turi Munthe
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