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By Mark Bahnisch on November 28, 2008
The Mumbai terror attacks are horrendous and to be roundly and loudly condemned. But, as with all events of this nature (particularly those which involve attacks on Westerners), inevitably there’s been a rush to inscribe their significance within a political [...]
Posted in Authoritarianism, Crime, Developing world, International, Media, Middle East, Nationalism, Politics, Religion, Sociology, Terrorism | Tagged Al Qaeda, andrew bolt, attacks, BJP, Congress, Hindutva, India, Indian politics, inter-communal violence, international politics, Mumbai, Nationalism, pakistan, political violence, Religion, sectarianism, secularism, Shiv Sena, Sociology, terror, Terrorism, terrorism studies |
All politics is local, but power is global
By Kim on October 30, 2008
The Guardian’s Comment is Free website and Soundings magazine are organising a series of debates on the theme of After New Labour: Who owns the progressive future?. Some of the contributions are making it online. After excoriating the “Third Way” [...]
Posted in Activism, Feminism, International, Politics, Sociology | Tagged civil society, Comment is Free, Feminism, globalisation, international politics, left, New Labour, ngos, political sociology, power, social democracy, social movements, socialism, Sociology, Soundings, Third Way, Who owns the progressive future, Zygmunt Bauman | 21 Responses