Category - open democracy

Migrant voices - listening to those who come

Simon Barrow — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:10:11 +0100

In a special feature for Refugee Week (16-22 June 2008) openDemocracy.net hosted MigrantVoice on refuge, a debate on the issues that matter for refugees and asylum seekers in the UK.

Keeping faith with Blair?

Simon Barrow — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:15:35 +0100

Over on the ever-stimulating OpenDemocracy, Anthony Barnett offers an acute assessment of Tony Blair's recent blandishments on faith and the global order.

Networking democracy

Simon Barrow — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:37:53 +0000

OurKingdom, a project of the online magazine OpenDemocracy, is hosting what it believes to be a unique online deliberation on how the potential of the internet can be integrated into a national political process.

The human face of asylum

Simon Barrow — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:53:27 +0000

The treatment of asylum seekers in Britain it isn't an "issue", it's about real people, as a powerful London play demonstrates.

New 5th November conspiracy launched on blogosphere

staff writers — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:30:54 +0000

As fireworks cracked and revellers cheered to mark the anniversary of Guy Fawkes' unsuccessful plot against parliament in 1605, a very different kind of conspiracy was launched on the world from an office near London Bridge last night.