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Talk of "localism" is a sham without real constitutional power to local government, Stuart Weir All three UK political parties talk of "localism", but this is meaningless so long as local government lacks proper constitutional power and independence. Both coalition partners and the Labour party proclaim their allegiance to "localism", but in... Read more » Documents at odds: the UK’s national security review, Mary Kaldor On October 18 and 19, the Coalition government published two documents: A Strong Britain in an Age of Uncertainty: The New National Security Strategy and Securing Britain in an Age of Uncertainty: The Strategy Defence and Security Review, hereafter... Read more » Fear Factor: Europe bans the burqa, Herman Salton Fear has become the defining trait of contemporary Europe. A savage financial crisis, a single currency in disarray, Greece’s economic turmoil and doubts about further EU integration are good reasons to worry about the future. Yet these are... Read more » Fears of increased violence after top Mexican drug lord killed during day-long battle, Daniel C Giacopelli ‘It’s going to be a bloody weekend’ an observer told the Guardian near to the site that a powerful Mexican drug lord, Antonio Ezequiel Cárdenas Guillén, was killed on Friday in a fierce battle with the Mexican military that lasted hours.... Read more » Oleg Kashin: words that cripple, Mikhail Zakharov Another journalist has been badly beaten up. The daily newspaper Kommersant journalist Oleg Kashin wrote on many topics, and it is hard to understand who would gain from having him thrashed. What is clear is that all the authorities’... Read more » Globalising the city, Nazek Ramadan “Best cities are flexible, innovative, and they find solutions. They create opportunities for themselves and others - and seize them." The statement by Joe Berridge of Urban Strategies and Global Citizen, captured the essence and the ethos of the... Read more » Iran: human rights lawyers in distress, Philip Grant and Roja Bandari It is an ironic indication of the dysfunction of a system when prison officials harass the children of a children’s rights advocate. Iranian human rights lawyer and activist, Nasrin Sotoudeh, has been kept in Evin prison in solitary confinement,... Read more » Russia and Georgia: the Circassian question , Sufian Zhemukhov There have been many fluctuations in Russian-Georgian relations, but before August 2008 one constant in this relationship was the attitude toward Georgia’s territorial integrity. In 1990-91, when Georgia took its first official steps toward... Read more » Kashmir: Why we hate Indian interlocutors, Nawaz Gul Qanungo It was a cold November Sunday, a long decade ago. The then Indian prime minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, had, to the horror of his larger pro-Hindutva right-wing, announced a unilateral ceasefire against militants in Kashmir as part of a process for... Read more » More Recent Articles The humans behind the Tea Party : the US as seen by the Hassans of Middle America, Gerry Hassan openDemocracy RECOMMENDS Don't Shoot the Clowns Jo Wilding Best Price £1.09 or Buy New £6.74   • View comments • openDemocracy NEWS openDemocracy event London: oD author Charles Shaw asks 'Who's addicted to the War on Drugs?' You are invited to join Charles Shaw, openDemocracy author and activist and acclaimed documentary maker and criminologist, Roger Graef for an evening of discussion and testimony of drugs policy and criminal justice on: 7pm, Tuesday 16 November...   •
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