Letters Page  

Editors: I’m writing to ask Democratiya readers to sign a letter (see below) on behalf of the Iranian philosopher Ramin Jahanbegloo, one of the pre-eminent intellectual figures in Iran today, who was arrested in Tehran in April 27 and has …







Letter from Iraq  

Editor’s Note: Gary Kent sends this Letter from Iraq. Gary joined a delegation of trade unionists and British members of parliament in April 2004. The group included Dave Anderson (Labour MP, chair of Labour Friends of Iraq, and past President …





Separating Truth and Belief  

The anti-caricature campaign started by attacking a newspaper. It then focussed on Denmark as a defender of the freedom of the press, and now it has all of Europe in its sights, which it accuses of having a double standard. …









Putting Cruelty First  

The following article first appeared in Daedalus 111:3, Summer, 1982, pp. 17-28 (Copyright 1982 by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences). It is reproduced with the kind permission of MIT Press Journals. Parts of the article were reprinted in …





Editor’s Page  

What is really at stake in the furore over the Danish cartoons? André Glucksmann argues it is nothing less than the defence of the distinction between fact and belief that lies at the heart of western thought. Rejecting the Islamists’ …