Political Activism

The vulnerability of journalists to kidnappings was starkly illustrated by the killing of James Foley and Steven Sotloff by Islamic militants in 20...

Fast-moving, self- propelled 'violent images' have radically changed the nature of insurgency in the modern world. The global media has revolutioni...

'Its existence is known only by the effects of its action.' Author Curt Riess on what happens when an organisation goes underground. Written in 19...

In a world dominated by nation-states, expressions of private violence have generally been neglected: either as relics of a more disorganised world...

Hezbollah - Lebanon's 'Party of God' - is a multifaceted organisation: it is a powerful political party in Lebanon, a Shia religious and social mov...

Forty years after its foundation, Lebanese Hezbollah remains an organization difficult to understand. An Islamist terrorist group dedicated to dest...

Clara Usiskin has spent eight years investigating the 'War on Terror' and its effects in the East and Horn of Africa, documenting hundreds of cases...

Mobilizing for Democracy is an in-depth study into how ordinary citizens and their organizations mobilize to deepen democracy. Featuring a collecti...

In discussions about people power or nonviolent action, most people will immediately think of Gandhi or Martin Luther King, a few will recall the e...

First there was the Arab Spring, then the Indignados, then Occupy Wall Street. And then there was the Printemps erable the Maple Spring. In 2011, p...

'Groundbreaking ... It will be difficult for anyone to better this book ... a work of art, a feast that combines genres skilfully: biography, true-...

It has long been an article of faith that the United States does not talk to terrorists - that to engage in dialogue with groups such as Hamas, Hez...

One minute, 11-year-old Carmen is watching her hippy mum put curlers in for the first time, the next she is being dragged with her sister through L...

What is the meaning of revolution in the twenty-first century?One hundred years ago ''''October 1917'''' was a unique event inspiring socialists an...

In 1968, Mexico prepared to host the Olympic games amid growing civil unrest. The spectacular sports facilities and urban redevelopment projects bu...

Pirates and Emperors, Old and New constitutes a collection of extended essays written between 1986 and 2001 which explore how selected incidents of...

Kim Barker is not your typical foreign correspondent. Raised in Montana, at thirty she had barely been overseas, spoke only English, and knew littl...