Open Democracy
Pioneering a new type of independent media based on exchange and participation, Open Democracy spans the globe and covers the key questions of our times with interviews and contributions from renowned authors and marginalized voices alike.
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A clip from Iranian director Jafar Panahi's black football comedy, Offside. A group of women, who are banned from watching live football, have tried to sneak into a stadium to see Iran's final qualifying match for the World Cup. Unfortunately they are caught and held in custody - what happens when one of them wants to go to the ladies? See the original article, plus interview with Panahi at this link: http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Film/offside_3620.jsp.
A clip from Iranian director Jafar Panahi's black football comedy, Offside. What happens at the end of the match? See the original article, plus interview with Panahi at this link: http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Film/offside_3620.jsp
openDemocracy's Richard Young talks to David Leaf, writer and director of "John Lennon vs the US," a film about the Nixon administration's attempts to silence Lennon's anti-war message.
Topic: opendemocracy, democracy, politics, John Lennon, President Nixon, David Leaf, Richard Young, Yoko...
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Topic: opendemocracy, democracy, politics, John Lennon, President Nixon, David Leaf, Richard Young, Yoko...
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Daniel Ellsberg pioneered modern 'whistleblowing' when, as a former insider, he revealed the Pentagon's classified, 7,000-page history of the Vietnam war in 1971. Why did he do it, and what lessons can he give to those troubled by the Iraq war today? Listen to Daniel Ellsberg's four-part interview with openDemocracy's Isabel Hilton.
Topic: vietnam whistle-blowing ellsberg opendemocracy
Topic: vietnam whistle-blowing ellsberg opendemocracy
What is it like to live as a poet in exile from your people, your culture and your language? openDemocracy features a special audio of live poetry readings by Jack Mapanje, Yang Lian and Choman Hardi from an event organised by Poet in the City and Amnesty International. For transcripts and observations, please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=1&debateId=66&articleId=3035 Listen to Jack Mapanje read Skipping Without Ropes - Poem 1 in a 2 poem series
Topic: democracy, open democracy, openDemocracy, Choman Hardi, Yang Lian, Jack Mapanje, human rights,...
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Topic: democracy, open democracy, openDemocracy, Choman Hardi, Yang Lian, Jack Mapanje, human rights,...
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Sister Helen Prejean, Isabel Hilton
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Listen to Sister Helen Prejean on how abolition will be achieved in the United States. For partial transcripts and observations please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=1&debateId=66&articleId=3186 Part 3 of 4 part interview.
Topic: democracy, open democracy, openDemocracy, Sister Helen Prejean, death penalty, dead man walking,...
Topic: democracy, open democracy, openDemocracy, Sister Helen Prejean, death penalty, dead man walking,...
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openDemocracy, Juan Luis Cebrian, Upamanyu Chatterjee, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Nilufer Gole, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Tariq Ramadan, Ian Buruma
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openDemocracy presents the third of a series of audio features from the PEN World Voices literary festival. In a question and answer session eight speakers discuss writing, religion, and freedom of expression: What does respect mean, how can work still be meaningful without self-censoring?
Topic: PEN, opendemocracy, World Voices, Juan Luis Cebrian, Upamanyu Chatterjee, Hans Magnus Enzensberger,...
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Topic: PEN, opendemocracy, World Voices, Juan Luis Cebrian, Upamanyu Chatterjee, Hans Magnus Enzensberger,...
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Listen to Choman Hardi read "My father's books". For transcripts and observations please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=1&debateId=66&articleId=3035 Poem 2 of a 4 poem selection.
Topic: democracy, open democracy, openDemocracy, Choman Hardi, Yang Lian, Jack Mapanje, human rights,...
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Topic: democracy, open democracy, openDemocracy, Choman Hardi, Yang Lian, Jack Mapanje, human rights,...
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Listen to Choman Hardi read "Summer roof". For transcripts and observations please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=1&debateId=66&articleId=3035 Poem 4 of a 4 poem selection.
Topic: democracy, open democracy, openDemocracy, Choman Hardi, Yang Lian, Jack Mapanje, human rights,...
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Topic: democracy, open democracy, openDemocracy, Choman Hardi, Yang Lian, Jack Mapanje, human rights,...
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Sister Helen Prejean, Isabel Hilton
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Over 1000 people have been executed in the US since the death penalty was reintroduced in 1976. Sister Helen Prejean, a leading campaigner against capital punishment and author of "Dead Man Walking", talks to Isabel Hilton about the flaws in the American judicial system and whether the death penalty will ever be abolished. Plus, an exclusive extract from her new book "The Death of Innocents". For partial transcripts and observations please visit...
Topic: democracy, open democracy, openDemocracy, Sister Helen Prejean, death penalty, dead man walking,...
Topic: democracy, open democracy, openDemocracy, Sister Helen Prejean, death penalty, dead man walking,...
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openDemocracy, Amartya Sen, Salman Rushdie
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openDemocracy presents the second of a series of audio features from the PEN World Voices literary festival. Two giants of south Asian culture, the Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen and novelist Salman Rushdie discuss democracy, migration and identity. For transcripts and observations, please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Literature/pen2_3520.jsp Both parts of a 2 part audio.
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openDemocracy, Juan Luis Cebrian
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openDemocracy presents the third of a series of audio features from the PEN World Voices literary festival. Juan Luis Cebrian speaks about writing, religion, and freedom of expression.
Topic: PEN, opendemocracy, World Voices, Juan Luis Cebrian, Upamanyu Chatterjee, Hans Magnus Enzensberger,...
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Topic: PEN, opendemocracy, World Voices, Juan Luis Cebrian, Upamanyu Chatterjee, Hans Magnus Enzensberger,...
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Mark Hanrahan talks to director Chris Gorak about his new film and fictionalising a terrorist attack
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Topics: film, terrorism, arts, culture, democracy, opendemocracy, politics, attack, terrorism
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Topics: film, terrorism, arts, culture, democracy, opendemocracy, politics, attack, terrorism
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openDemocracy, Elias Khoury, BrÃan Hanrahan
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Khoury discusses the endlessly-debated question of literature's relation to politics. The ambiguities and complexities of literature are not the stuff of practical political life, yet the imaginative power of literature offers one of the few possible ways out of a deadlock of mutual non-comprehension. For partial transcripts and observations, plus an extract from Elias Khoury's book "Gate of the Sun", please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Literature/khoury_3462.jsp Part two...
Topics: openDemocracy, Elias Khoury, Palestine, arab literature, gate of the sun
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Topics: openDemocracy, Elias Khoury, Palestine, arab literature, gate of the sun
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Hear Clive Stafford-Smith talk about what it's like to conduct client attorney interviews in Guantanamo. "It all depends on whether you believe in Santa Claus". For partial transcript and observations, please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=2&debateId=124&articleId=3055 Part 3 of a 10 part interview.
Topic: Guantanamo, Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton, openDemocracy, democracy, black sites, abu ghraib,...
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Topic: Guantanamo, Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton, openDemocracy, democracy, black sites, abu ghraib,...
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Hear Clive Stafford Smith, who visits Guantanamo regularly, talk about the camp, the prisoners and what it's like trying to defend men the president has described as the "worst of the worst". For partial transcript and observations, please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=2&debateId=124&articleId=3055 Part 1 of a 10 part interview.
Topic: Guantanamo, Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton, openDemocracy, democracy, black sites, abu ghraib,...
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Topic: Guantanamo, Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton, openDemocracy, democracy, black sites, abu ghraib,...
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Topic: opendemocracy, podcast, pilot, democracy, Iraq, President, politics, Ali Allawi, Siobhan O'Connell,...
Topic: opendemocracy, podcast, pilot, democracy, Iraq, President, politics, Ali Allawi, Siobhan O'Connell,...
Listen to Choman Hardi read "At the border". For transcripts and observations please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=1&debateId=66&articleId=3035 Poem 1 of a 4 poem selection.
Topic: democracy, open democracy, openDemocracy, Choman Hardi, Yang Lian, Jack Mapanje, human rights,...
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Topic: democracy, open democracy, openDemocracy, Choman Hardi, Yang Lian, Jack Mapanje, human rights,...
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openDemocracy presents the third of a series of audio features from the PEN World Voices literary festival. Tariq Ramadan speaks about writing, religion, and freedom of expression.
Topic: PEN, opendemocracy, World Voices, Juan Luis Cebrian, Upamanyu Chatterjee, Hans Magnus Enzensberger,...
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Topic: PEN, opendemocracy, World Voices, Juan Luis Cebrian, Upamanyu Chatterjee, Hans Magnus Enzensberger,...
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openDemocracy, Elias Khoury, BrÃan Hanrahan
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In hundreds of interwoven stories, "Gate of the Sun" addresses the memory of the nakba, the flight and expulsion of large numbers of Palestinians during the war of 1948. Here, Elias Khoury talks about why it has taken so long for an epic novel of this experience to be written, how he combined imaginative literature with documented events, and his fascination for the province of Galilee. Part 1 of a three part interview. For transcripts and observations, visit...
Topics: opendemocracy, elias khoury, palestine, arab, literature, nakba
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Topics: opendemocracy, elias khoury, palestine, arab, literature, nakba
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Wish you could hear as well as see openDemocracy? Well now you can! Listen to the first of our weekly poDcasts.
Topic: opendemocracy, podcast, pilot, democracy, Isabel Hilton, Sidney Blumental, Alain de Botton, mp3,...
Topic: opendemocracy, podcast, pilot, democracy, Isabel Hilton, Sidney Blumental, Alain de Botton, mp3,...
Mark Hanrahan talks to director Chris Gorak about his new film and fictionalising a terrorist attack
Topics: film, terrorism, arts, culture, democracy, opendemocracy, politics, attack, terrorism
Topics: film, terrorism, arts, culture, democracy, opendemocracy, politics, attack, terrorism
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openDemocracy, Yang Lian, Peter Forbes
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Listen to Yang Lian read Shi Tao's poem "June, and an English translation performed by Peter Forbes For transcripts and observations please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=1&debateId=66&articleId=3035 Poem 1 of a 2 poem series
Topic: democracy, open democracy, openDemocracy, Choman Hardi, Yang Lian, Jack Mapanje, human rights,...
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Topic: democracy, open democracy, openDemocracy, Choman Hardi, Yang Lian, Jack Mapanje, human rights,...
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openDemocracy, Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton
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Hear Clive Stafford Smith explain. "Those three people were meant to stand up in court and say 'I'm guilty' just like in the days of Joe Stalin ... It's meant to divert your attention from the fact that Osama Bin Laden has never been caught". For transcripts and observations please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/xml/xhtml/articles/3055.html Part 6 of a 10 part interview.
Topic: Guantanamo, Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton, openDemocracy, democracy, black sites, abu ghraib,...
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Topic: Guantanamo, Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton, openDemocracy, democracy, black sites, abu ghraib,...
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openDemocracy, Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton
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Hear Clive Stafford-Smith explain why it has been the worst public relations disaster America has ever known. For transcripts and observations please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=2&debateId=124&articleId=3055 Part 8 of a 10 part interview
Topic: Guantanamo, Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton, openDemocracy, democracy, black sites, abu ghraib,...
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Topic: Guantanamo, Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton, openDemocracy, democracy, black sites, abu ghraib,...
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openDemocracy, Juan Luis Cebrian, Upamanyu Chatterjee, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Nilufer Gole, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Tariq Ramadan, Ian Buruma
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openDemocracy presents the third of a series of audio features from the PEN World Voices literary festival.
Topic: PEN, opendemocracy, World Voices, Juan Luis Cebrian, Upamanyu Chatterjee, Hans Magnus Enzensberger,...
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Topic: PEN, opendemocracy, World Voices, Juan Luis Cebrian, Upamanyu Chatterjee, Hans Magnus Enzensberger,...
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Hear Clive Stafford Smith talk about life of the men - and boys - inside the prison camp. "I have visited most of the death rows in America and none of them compare to the treatment of those prisoners there". For partial transcript and observations, please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=2&debateId=124&articleId=3055 Part 2 of a 10 part interview.
Topic: Guantanamo, Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton, openDemocracy, democracy, black sites, abu ghraib,...
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Topic: Guantanamo, Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton, openDemocracy, democracy, black sites, abu ghraib,...
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Earlier this year an historic lawsuit opened, charging the Chinese authorities with genocide and other crimes in Tibet. openDemocracy talks to Tenzin Tsundue, one of the Tibetan witnesses testifying in the case, and the Spanish-based NGO that launched the proceedings.
Topic: Emily Hunter, Comite de Apoyo del Tibet, Tibet, opendemocracy, democracy, politics, open democracy,...
Topic: Emily Hunter, Comite de Apoyo del Tibet, Tibet, opendemocracy, democracy, politics, open democracy,...
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Daniel Ellsberg, Isabel Hilton
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Knowing how the system works, what does Daniel Ellsberg think it would take to get out of Iraq? For partial transcripts and observations please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=3&debateId=33&articleId=3101 Part 4 of a 4 part interview.
Topic: Daniel Ellsberg, Vietnam, Pentagon Papers, Isabel Hilton, openDemocracy, Iraq, whistle-blower,...
Topic: Daniel Ellsberg, Vietnam, Pentagon Papers, Isabel Hilton, openDemocracy, Iraq, whistle-blower,...
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Daniel Ellsberg, Isabel Hilton
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In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers the Pentagon's secret, twelve-volume history of United States involvement in Vietnam. Why did he do it? For partial transcripts and observations, please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=3&debateId=33&articleId=3101 Part 2 of a 4 part interview.
Topic: Daniel Ellsberg, Vietnam, Pentagon Papers, Isabel Hilton, openDemocracy, Iraq, whistle-blower,...
Topic: Daniel Ellsberg, Vietnam, Pentagon Papers, Isabel Hilton, openDemocracy, Iraq, whistle-blower,...
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Topic: opendemocracy, podcast, pilot, democracy, Kamin Mohammadi, Tehran, Iran, President Mahmoud...
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Topic: opendemocracy, podcast, pilot, democracy, Kamin Mohammadi, Tehran, Iran, President Mahmoud...
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Sister Helen Prejean, Isabel Hilton
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Listen to Sister Helen Prejean explain the cultural significance of the death penalty in the United States. For partial transcripts and observations please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=1&debateId=66&articleId=3186 Part 1 of 4 part interview.
Topic: democracy, open democracy, openDemocracy, Sister Helen Prejean, death penalty, dead man walking,...
Topic: democracy, open democracy, openDemocracy, Sister Helen Prejean, death penalty, dead man walking,...
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Listen to Sister Helen Prejean on public concern about the death penalty. For partial transcripts and observations please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=1&debateId=66&articleId=3186 Part 2 of 4 part interview.
Topic: democracy, open democracy, openDemocracy, Sister Helen Prejean, death penalty, dead man walking,...
Topic: democracy, open democracy, openDemocracy, Sister Helen Prejean, death penalty, dead man walking,...
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openDemocracy, Jeremy Leggett, George Marshall, Mark Lynas
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From the "Ankelohe Conversations" in Germany Jeremy Leggett, George Marshall, and Mark Lynas discuss climate change and the oil endgame.
Topic: opendemocracy, Ankelohe Conversations, Solana Larsen, Jeremy Leggett, George Marshall, Mark Lynas,...
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Topic: opendemocracy, Ankelohe Conversations, Solana Larsen, Jeremy Leggett, George Marshall, Mark Lynas,...
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Hear Clive Stafford-Smith talk about the dirty tricks the US military plays on the lawyers and their clients in Guantanamo: "Nothing I've heard, is of any consequence to US security whatsoever, unless the fact that my clients have been tortured and abused by US soldiers is of consequence to US national security". For partial transcript and observations, please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=2&debateId=124&articleId=3055 Part 4 of a 10 part interview.
Topic: Guantanamo, Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton, openDemocracy, democracy, black sites, abu ghraib,...
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Topic: Guantanamo, Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton, openDemocracy, democracy, black sites, abu ghraib,...
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openDemocracy, Orhan Pamuk, Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie
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openDemocracy presents the first of a series of audio features from the PEN World Voices literary festival. Salman Rushdie, Orhan Pamuk and Margaret Atwood discuss power, shame and saying the unsayable. For partial transcripts and observations, visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Literature/pen_3488.jsp
Topics: openDemocracy, Orhan Pamuk, Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie, PEN, World Voices, freedom of speech
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Topics: openDemocracy, Orhan Pamuk, Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie, PEN, World Voices, freedom of speech
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openDemocracy, Yang Lian, Peter Forbes
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Listen to Yang Lian read "London" in Chinese, and an English translation performed by Peter Forbes. For transcripts and observations, please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=1&debateId=66&articleId=3035 Poem 3 of a 3 poem series
Topic: democracy, open democracy, openDemocracy, Choman Hardi, Yang Lian, Jack Mapanje, human rights,...
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Topic: democracy, open democracy, openDemocracy, Choman Hardi, Yang Lian, Jack Mapanje, human rights,...
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openDemocracy, Hans Magnus Enzensberger
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openDemocracy presents the third of a series of audio features from the PEN World Voices literary festival. Hans Magnus Enzensberger speaks about writing, religion, and freedom of expression.
Topic: PEN, opendemocracy, World Voices, Juan Luis Cebrian, Upamanyu Chatterjee, Hans Magnus Enzensberger,...
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Topic: PEN, opendemocracy, World Voices, Juan Luis Cebrian, Upamanyu Chatterjee, Hans Magnus Enzensberger,...
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openDemocracy, Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton
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Hear Clive Stafford-Smith explain that the real problem is the secret prisons around the world and how the US based "catastrophic decisions" on false evidence obtained through torture. For transcripts and observations please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=2&debateId=124&articleId=3055 Final part of a 10 part interview
Topic: Guantanamo, Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton, openDemocracy, democracy, black sites, abu ghraib,...
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Topic: Guantanamo, Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton, openDemocracy, democracy, black sites, abu ghraib,...
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openDemocracy, Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton
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Hear Clive Stafford Smith on US efforts to save face as it tries to close down Guantanamo. For transcripts and observations please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=2&debateId=124&articleId=3055 Part 7 of a 10 part interview
Topic: Guantanamo, Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton, openDemocracy, democracy, black sites, abu ghraib,...
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Topic: Guantanamo, Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton, openDemocracy, democracy, black sites, abu ghraib,...
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Listen to Jack Mapanje read Season's Greetings For Celia (BC) For transcripts and observations, please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=1&debateId=66&articleId=3035 Poem 2 in a 2 poem series
Topic: democracy, open democracy, openDemocracy, Choman Hardi, Yang Lian, Jack Mapanje, human rights,...
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Topic: democracy, open democracy, openDemocracy, Choman Hardi, Yang Lian, Jack Mapanje, human rights,...
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openDemocracy, Carlos Fuentes, Isabel Hilton
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Part 2: literary imagination and democracy For transcripts and observations, please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=1&debateId=66&articleId=3258 Part 2 of a 2 part interview.
Topic: democracy, open democracy, openDemocracy, Carlos Fuentes, Isabel Hilton, The Eagles Throne, Mexico
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Topic: democracy, open democracy, openDemocracy, Carlos Fuentes, Isabel Hilton, The Eagles Throne, Mexico
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openDemocracy, Margaret Atwood, Orhan Pamuk, Salman Rushdie
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openDemocracy presents the first of a series of audio features from the PEN World Voices literary festival. Salman Rushdie, Orhan Pamuk and Margaret Atwood discuss power, shame and saying the unsayable. For partial transcripts and observations, please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Literature/pen_3488.jsp Part one of a three part interview.
Topic: openDemocracy, Orhan Pamuk, Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie, PEN, democracy, open democracy
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Topic: openDemocracy, Orhan Pamuk, Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie, PEN, democracy, open democracy
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openDemocracy, Upamanyu Chatterjee
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openDemocracy presents the third of a series of audio features from the PEN World Voices literary festival. Upamanyu Chatterjee speaks about writing, religion, and freedom of expression.
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Topic: PEN, opendemocracy, World Voices, Juan Luis Cebrian, Upamanyu Chatterjee, Hans Magnus Enzensberger,...
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Topic: PEN, opendemocracy, World Voices, Juan Luis Cebrian, Upamanyu Chatterjee, Hans Magnus Enzensberger,...
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Daniel Ellsberg, Isabel Hilton
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By the mid-1960s it was widely understood at official level in the Pentagon and the state department that Vietnam, as Ellsberg put it, "was not the place where we could plant our flag" yet the war continued until 1975. openDemocracy asks Daniel Ellsberg: why, if the experts knew that the policy was failing, did successive United States presidents not know it? For partial transcripts and observations, please visit...
Topic: Daniel Ellsberg, Vietnam, Pentagon Papers, Isabel Hilton, openDemocracy, Iraq, whistle-blower,...
Topic: Daniel Ellsberg, Vietnam, Pentagon Papers, Isabel Hilton, openDemocracy, Iraq, whistle-blower,...
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openDemocracy, Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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openDemocracy presents the third of a series of audio features from the PEN World Voices literary festival. Ayaan Hirsi Ali speaks about writing, religion, and freedom of expression.
Topic: PEN, opendemocracy, World Voices, Juan Luis Cebrian, Upamanyu Chatterjee, Hans Magnus Enzensberger,...
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Topic: PEN, opendemocracy, World Voices, Juan Luis Cebrian, Upamanyu Chatterjee, Hans Magnus Enzensberger,...
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Part 1 (of 2 part interview): political culture For transcripts and observations, please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=1&debateId=66&articleId=3258
Topic: democracy, open democracy, openDemocracy, Carlos Fuentes, Isabel Hilton, The Eagles Throne, Mexico,
Topic: democracy, open democracy, openDemocracy, Carlos Fuentes, Isabel Hilton, The Eagles Throne, Mexico,
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openDemocracy, Charlotte Collins, Yto Barrada
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Part 2: the photographs Part 2 of a 2 part interview. For partial transcripts and observations please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-photography/barrada_3551.jsp
Topic: Yto Barrada, Morocco, Deutsche Borse Photography Prize, Strait Project
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Topic: Yto Barrada, Morocco, Deutsche Borse Photography Prize, Strait Project
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openDemocracy, Juan Luis Cebrian, Upamanyu Chatterjee, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Nilufer Gole, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Tariq Ramadan, Ian Buruma,
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openDemocracy presents the third of a series of audio features from the PEN World Voices literary festival. In a question and answer session eight speakers discuss writing, religion, and freedom of expression: Should there be a distinction between we define freedom of speech in artistic domain and public domain?
Topic: PEN, opendemocracy, World Voices, Juan Luis Cebrian, Upamanyu Chatterjee, Hans Magnus Enzensberger,...
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Topic: PEN, opendemocracy, World Voices, Juan Luis Cebrian, Upamanyu Chatterjee, Hans Magnus Enzensberger,...
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openDemocracy, Alvaro Gil-Robles, Isabel Hilton
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The CIA is accused of operating "black sites" - secret prisons in Europe, using European airports for clandestine flights connected to the transfer of unacknowledged prisoners. Alvaro Gil-Robles, human-rights commissioner for the Council of Europe, tells openDemocracy's Isabel Hilton that this must stop - and that democrats cannot fight terrorism by abandoning their principles and values. For transcripts and observations please visit...
Topic: torture, detention, CIA secret flights, European Convention on Human Rights, democracy, terrorism,...
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Topic: torture, detention, CIA secret flights, European Convention on Human Rights, democracy, terrorism,...
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openDemocracy, Yang Lian, Peter Forbes
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Listen to Yang Lian read 1989 in Chinese, and an English translation performed by Peter Forbes. For transcripts and observations, please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=1&debateId=66&articleId=3035 Poem 1 of a 3 poem series
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Open Democracy
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Hear Clive Stafford Smith, whose clients have been tortured, explain. For transcripts and observations please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=2&debateId=124&articleId=3055 Part 9 of a 10 part interview
Topic: Guantanamo, Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton, openDemocracy, democracy, black sites, abu ghraib,...
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Open Democracy
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opendemocracy, Juan Luis Cebrian, Upamanyu Chatterjee, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Nilufer Gole, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Tariq Ramadan, Ian Buruma
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openDemocracy presents the third of a series of audio features from the PEN World Voices literary festival. Speakers discuss writing, religion, and freedom of expression and Ian Buruma brings up the question of Power.
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Khoury addresses American attitudes to the Middle East and his assessment of the chances for Israeli-Palestinian peace. Amidst a crisis in the Arab world, he says, Arab intellectuals must continue to articulate the idea of a secular, democratic and just society. To view transcripts and observations, visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Literature/khoury_3462.jsp. Part 3 of a three part interview.
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Topics: opendemocracy, elias khoury, palestine, literature, israel
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Wish you could hear as well as see openDemocracy? Well now you can! Listen to our weekly poDcast.
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Carlos Fuentes, one of Latin America's foremost novelists, talks to Isabel Hilton about his latest book "The Eagle's Throne" which explores the nature of power and presidency in a future Mexico. For transcripts and observations, visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=1&debateId=66&articleId=3258 Interview in two parts.
Topic: democracy, open democracy, openDemocracy, Carlos Fuentes, Isabel Hilton, The Eagles Throne, Mexico,
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Topic: democracy, open democracy, openDemocracy, Carlos Fuentes, Isabel Hilton, The Eagles Throne, Mexico,
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openDemocracy presents the first of a series of audio features from the PEN World Voices literary festival. Salman Rushdie, Orhan Pamuk and Margaret Atwood discuss power, shame and saying the unsayable. Part 2, in which Orhan Pamuk talks about freedom of expression, and the legacy of the Iraq war. For partial transcripts and observations, please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Literature/pen_3488.jsp
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Topic: openDemocracy, Orhan Pamuk, Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie, PEN, democracy, open democracy
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Listen to Yang Lian read Shi Tao's poem "Pain, and an English translation performed by Peter Forbes For transcripts and observations please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=1&debateId=66&articleId=3035 Poem 2 of a 2 poem series
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Topic: democracy, open democracy, openDemocracy, Choman Hardi, Yang Lian, Jack Mapanje, human rights,...
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From the "Ankelohe Conversations" in Germany Solana Larsen talks to the Author of "High Tide: News from a warming world", Mark Lynas, about climate change and the oil endgame.
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Hear Clive Stafford-Smith explain why he is working for the Guantanamo prisoners. "It's always been a rule of my life that if someone is being hated, you have to get between the hated and the hater". For partial transcript and observations, please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=2&debateId=124&articleId=3055 Part 5 of a 10 part interview.
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Isabel Hilton, editor of openDemocracy, speaks to Luis Alfonso de Alba, president of the Human Rights Council.
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Over the last 15 years, the Strait of Gibraltar has become one of the main gateways for illegal immigration in north Africa. Yto Barrada's photographs, taken between 1998 - 2004, capture the temptations of leaving, and the unfulfilled hopes of escaping into Europe. Charlotte Collins talks to her. For partial transcripts and observations please visit Part 1: the background Part 1 of a 2 part interview.
Topic: Yto Barrada, Morocco, Deutsche Borse Photography Prize, Strait Project
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Topic: Yto Barrada, Morocco, Deutsche Borse Photography Prize, Strait Project
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Listen to Sister Helen Prejean on who wants it and who doesn't. For partial transcripts and observations please visit: http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=1&debateId=66&articleId=3186 Part 4 of 4 part interview.
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Topic: democracy, open democracy, openDemocracy, Sister Helen Prejean, death penalty, dead man walking,...
The World Bank economist Branko Milanovic talks to openDemocracy about globalisation, inequality and labour mobility.
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Listen to Choman Hardi read "My mother's kitchen" For transcripts and observations please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=1&debateId=66&articleId=3035 Poem 3 of a 4 poem selection.
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Topic: democracy, open democracy, openDemocracy, Choman Hardi, Yang Lian, Jack Mapanje, human rights,...
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Carlos Fuentes interview
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"Literature is the way to deal with the human soul, to deal with our perception of life." Gate of the Sun, Elias Khoury's highly acclaimed epic novel is among the very first and few to address the modern history of Palestine. What inspired him to write it, and what are his hopes for peace in the Arab world? Listen to Elias Khoury's three-part interview with Brian Hanrahan. To read transcripts and observation, visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Literature/khoury_3462.jsp.
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Topic: opendemocracy elias khoury palestine arab literature
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openDemocracy presents the third of a series of audio features from the PEN World Voices literary festival. Nilufer Gole speaks about writing, religion, and freedom of expression.
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openDemocracy presents the second of a series of audio features from the PEN World Voices literary festival. Two giants of south Asian culture, the Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen and novelist Salman Rushdie discuss democracy, migration and identity. For transcripts and observations, please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Literature/pen2_3520.jsp Part 2 of a 2 part audio.
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Listen to Yang Lian read "Banned poem" in Chinese, and an English translation performed by Peter Forbes. For transcripts and observations, please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=1&debateId=66&articleId=3035 Poem 2 of a 3 poem series
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Clive Stafford-Smith is a lawyer who represents many of the more than 500 prisoners in Guantanamo Bay. In an exclusive interview for openDemocracy, he describes the prison camp and the conditions that lawyers work under, tells us how his clients have been tortured and explains how false information extracted by torture is contaminating US intelligence. Listen to Guantanamo, the inside story. For transcripts and observations please visit...
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After the mid-term elections, what next for US politics? Sidney Blumenthal, openDemocracy columnist and author of "How Bush Rules", speaks in this exclusive interview with openDemocracy editor Isabel Hilton about the Democratic victory, the Republican trauma, and the Bush predicament now.
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openDemocracy presents the third of a series of audio features from the PEN World Voices literary festival.
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"The carnival that keeps us sane after all this madness." Jim Gabour reports from New Orleans' big parade.
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For millions, the Internet is now the go-to place for news, opinion, advice, advocacy, outrage, connection, and community. But as information disseminates at lightning speed, what happens to "fact"? When every rumor, prevarication, hallucination, or fantasy instantly goes global, is there any way to detach truth from lies?
Topics: Ammar Abdulhamid, Carol Darr, George Saunders, Ã sne Seierstad, Susan Tifft, Jacob Weisberg,...
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Pioneering a new type of independent media based on exchange and participation, Open Democracy spans the globe and covers the key questions of our times with interviews and contributions from renowned authors and marginalized voices alike.
Some topics covered in this collection include life inside Guantanamo, climate change, human rights, and freedom of expression. Interviews with Sister Helen Prejean, Salman Rushdie, Carlos Fuentes, and Daniel Ellsberg are featured.
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