Aidan McQuade - openDemocracy

Gaza: did the West learn nothing from the peace process in Ireland?

UK politicians’ ambivalence over a ceasefire shows how little they learned from the Troubles

By Aidan McQuade

/ 16 Nov 2023

Gaza: did the West learn nothing from the peace process in Ireland?

Shamima Begum didn’t join ISIS voluntarily

Children cannot consent to being trafficked, and Shamima Begum is a textbook case of child trafficking. The government chooses to ignore that fact

By Aidan McQuade

/ 28 Feb 2023

Shamima Begum didn’t join ISIS voluntarily

Anti-strike bill: a step toward forced labour in the UK?

The government seems willing to undermine the very bedrock of human rights law to keep employees at work

By Aidan McQuade

/ 1 Feb 2023

Anti-strike bill: a step toward forced labour in the UK?

Should aid agencies set their sights on modern slavery?

Could development and humanitarian aid do for modern slavery what it has done for poverty?

By Aidan McQuade

/ 9 Nov 2022

Should aid agencies set their sights on modern slavery?

Is Johnson's Rwanda plan a crime against humanity?

Possibly, yes.

By Aidan McQuade

/ 20 May 2022

Is Johnson's Rwanda plan a crime against humanity?

Is Kamila Valieva a victim of child trafficking?

Even when they are elite athletes and the prize is Olympic gold, exploiting minors is against international law

By Aidan McQuade

/ 22 Feb 2022

Is Kamila Valieva a victim of child trafficking?

Brexit, lies, and rich folk

The Leave campaign was built on lies, and as the UK hurtles toward the brink the liars who told them are laughing all the way to the bank.

By Aidan McQuade

/ 7 Jan 2019

Moral courage, leadership, and Brexit

Since when is blindly following “the will of the people”, wherever it may lead, the definition of leadership?

By Aidan McQuade

/ 31 Aug 2018

The anti-slavery charter and the global campaign to end slavery

Slavery is about power and its unequal distribution. Anti-Slavery International has released a new charter that recognises that truth and lays out what's needed to start shifting that balance.

By Aidan McQuade

/ 13 Jul 2017

The anti-slavery charter and the global campaign to end slavery

Slavery is about power and its unequal distribution. Anti-Slavery International has released a new charter that recognises that truth and lays out what's needed to start shifting that balance.

By Aidan McQuade

/ 13 Jul 2017