Just before the Belarusian elections in March, a panoply of the country's musical stars went on national television dressed in flamboyant white outfits. There, they sang a song
The first months of 2006 have been a time to panic. From startling new evidence on melting ice and rising sea-levels via political threats of nuclear escalation and war to
The butterfly whose effects trigger the twists and turns of globalisation has been flapping vigorously of late. Take Suez, the French utilities giant that Paris could not bear to see
The ranks of cameras documenting the closing flesh-pressing of last month's progressive leaders' summit in Hammanskraal, South Africa, on 11-12 February captured a telling gap. Tony Blair,
The woman who answers the phones at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) was taken aback to be asked whether her organisation known for its "cloak and ballot"
It is a surprise, to say the least, that John Howard scoops Decembers Bad Democracy award. A ruthless campaign of intimidation could not persuade openDemocracy readers to vote for
Margaret Beckett did not hide her displeasure. When openDemocracy pointed out that the current round of World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks was meant to be about promoting development and not
Hong Kongs Exhibition and Conference Centre is veiled in a pall of haze. It is here that ministers, trade officials and civil-society campaigners from 149 countries today, 12 December,
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In October 2003, Silvio Berlusconi unveiled to his adoring public yet
Shame is a powerful thing. The mighty, a breed often given to vanity, denounce the conduct of their opponents as shameful, conferring on themselves an aura of righteousness. Shame is
If youre going to contract HIV, make sure you do so in a well-heeled corner of Europe or north America. You will have the benefit of drugs that may
The G8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland kept everyone outside the global elite on the other side of the security fence amateur golfers, part-time protestors, professional poets, and representatives of most
