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Migrant voices - listening to those who come

In a special feature for Refugee Week (16-22 June 2008) openDemocracy.net hosted MigrantVoice on refuge, a debate on the issues that matter for refugees and asylum seekers in the UK.

Submitted by Simon Barrow on 23 June 2008 - 4:10pm.
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International Justice Mission

There are still 27 million people in the world living under conditions that can only be described as slavery. IJM aims to do something about that.

Submitted by Simon Barrow on 22 June 2008 - 11:56am.
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Launch of Total Politics

A new all-encompassing website, magazine, blog and resource portfolio called Total Politics has been launched today - "because knowledge is power".

Submitted by Simon Barrow on 21 June 2008 - 3:20pm.
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Seek and you will find

... but not through the search node on our front page at the moment.

Submitted by Simon Barrow on 16 June 2008 - 8:09pm.
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Keeping faith with Blair?

Over on the ever-stimulating OpenDemocracy, Anthony Barnett offers an acute assessment of Tony Blair's recent blandishments on faith and the global order.

Submitted by Simon Barrow on 14 June 2008 - 10:15am.
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Not just the 'usual suspects'

It's not just the civil liberties lobby that thinks Gordon Brown is wrong in wanting a drastic extension to detention without trial in Britain.

Submitted by Simon Barrow on 11 June 2008 - 3:21pm.
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42 day detention without trial is wrong

Ekklesia's comment section is down so this is our response to the crucial parliamentary vote on 42 day detention without trial.

Submitted by Simon Barrow on 11 June 2008 - 11:11am.
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A confused conversation

The debate about the Von Hugel report on church and welfare looks as if it is heading down a familiar cul-de-sac.

Submitted by Simon Barrow on 9 June 2008 - 4:52pm.
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The churches and public service provision

The new Cambridge report on church, government and public welfare (Moral, But No Compass) raises plenty of important questions - which the immediate media furore is in danger of missing or distorting.

Submitted by Simon Barrow on 8 June 2008 - 4:11pm.
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What is Faithbook, exactly?

As far as I can figure out, it's simply another page on Facebook. And apparently, I've criticised it.

Submitted by Simon Barrow on 3 June 2008 - 2:39pm.
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