Reading the Riots
Investigating England's summer of disorder
Guardian, 2012

The Mask of Anarchy
Written on the occasion of the massacre carried out by the British Government at Peterloo, Manchester 1819
Percy Bysshe Shelley,

Forget John Terry. Football has striven to fight racism
The fans on the terraces have set a standard that John Terry and his ilk would do well to follow
Sunder Katwala, Guardian, 30 September 2012

Republican versus royalists: a very civil war
Despite the jubilee, anti-monarchists say their support is rising. Conal Urquhart joins their leader as he tries to rouse a revolution in the west country
Conal Urquhart, Guardian, 30 September 2012

Riot-hit communities need more than this lazy policy
Too often government tries to "fix" communities whose problems can only truly be solved from within
Dave Clements, Independent Voices, 30 September 2012

Does economic growth make you happy?
The case against making increased GDP per capita the overriding policy objective is that it doesn’t deliver the increased happiness or welfare if promises.
Robert Skidelsky, TLS, 28 September 2012

Troll-hunters are the real menace to the internet
Yes, online trolls often ruin debates and annoy the hell out of people. But it is their censorious critics in the media who truly harm internet culture.
Brendan O’Neill, spiked, 27 September 2012

Looking beyond market and power
Differing social and cultural patterns amongst Europeans are all too often overlooked. And this poses a threat to the core of the European project, points out a Dutch sociologist, arguing that political leaders should engage in a dialogue with their citizens.
Gabriël van den Brink, presseurop, 26 September 2012

Spain police fire rubber bullets at Madrid protest
The demonstrators - known as Indignants - say "Occupy Congress" is a protest against the kidnapping of democracy.
BBC News, 26 September 2012

Rule of law can rid the world of poverty
Poverty is on the retreat. Despite the global economic downturn, the World Bank and UN reported this year that the number of people living in extreme poverty has dropped in every region of the world for the first time since record keeping began. Though progress on the UN’s Millennium Development Goals has been uneven, we should be heartened that we have already reached, three years before the target date of 2015, the first of these eight goals.
George Soros and Fazle Hasan Abed, Financial Times, 26 September 2012