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  • 31 Oct 2006
    People and Power

    Ekklesia is working on proposals to encourage more proportional systems of voting and independent politics.

  • 7 May 2013
    The BBC: Promoting UKIP and ignoring NHS privatisation

    When the House of Lords recently passed Section 75 of the Health and Social Care Bill, there was no coverage on BBC News. The significance and contentiousness of this legislation, which opens the NHS up to a free market in healthcare, was explained here by Savi Hensman.

  • 4 May 2013
    Prominent Lutheran warns of dangers for democracy in arbitrary justice

    Margot Kässmann, one of Germany's most prominent Protestants, says hunger strike shows Guantanamo threat to democracy and justice.

  • 12 Apr 2013
    Claiming back Scottish football for the people

    There are many important issues in public life right now, but for a large number of people in Scotland the future of football, the national game, is no small matter, says Simon Barrow. It is not just about sport, it is also about people, communities, hopes and dreams, culture and values. Put bluntly, who does (and who should) own a sport loved by hundreds of thousands? Whose interests are being served by the way it is presently being run?

  • 9 Apr 2013
    Has the 'Arab Spring' sprung? Middle East podcast

    In a new Middle East analysis podcast, Ekklesia associate and regional expert Dr Harry Hagopian talks to James Abbott from the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales about the status of what has been commonly described by commentators (and some protagonists) as the 'Arab Spring'.

  • 8 Apr 2013
    After Thatcher: the 'Don't Hate, Donate' initiative

    "Don't Hate, Donate: Be the society Thatcher said didn't exist". That is the message of a website (http://donthatedonate.com/) established in the wake of news of the death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher today (8 April 2013), following a major stroke and long-term illness.

  • 7 Apr 2013
    Israel's use of 'excessive force' in West Bank condemned

    Israel’s military response to protests in the West Bank is failing to respect the human rights of Palestinians, Amnesty International says.

  • 3 Apr 2013
    Can Syria's disintegration be prevented?

    It is not long ago that we marked the two-year anniversary of the Syrian uprisings. What started in Dara’a (in southern Syria alongside the Jordanian border) and later country-wide as a series of peaceful and reform-oriented demonstrations was met with uncompromising firepower. Regional analyst Dr Harry Hagopian assesses what has been happening and where the balance of forces now lies in a damaging, dangerous and heartbreaking conflict.

  • 2 Apr 2013
    Republic challenges BBC over Prince William documentary

    The democratic campaign group Republic has challenged the BBC over its role as what it describes as "propagandist-in-chief for the royal family".

  • 30 Mar 2013
    Further bedroom tax protests on Easter Saturday

    Another 50 or more protests against the government's bedroom tax, which penalises poor people and families, will take place across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on Easter Saturday, 30th March 2013. The majority of them are listed below. Further links at: http://www.greenbenchesuk.com/