Dissident Voice
Mehdi Hasan’s polemical take on politics, economics and foreign affairs
Articles in Dissident Voice
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Middle East
Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?
- 09 February 2012
- 3 comments
Military action might appeal to the soul but it isn't a viable option. It won't stop the violence and it isn't what most Syrians want.
Religion
God need not be the enemy of science
- 09 January 2012
- 74 comments
“New atheists” like Richard Dawkins are wrong to insist that modern science can no longer be reconciled with religious belief, argues Mehdi Hasan. In fact, there are many distinguished scientists who happily claim both.
Society
Trust the experts? Not the ones who failed to foresee the crash
- 16 November 2011
- 19 comments
Experts aren't infallible. Prone to overconfidence and groupthink, some of them make catastrophic errors.
UK Politics
The biggest political scandal you’ve never heard of
- 06 October 2011
- 94 comments
The coalition's changes to the electoral registration system will lead to a sick democracy, with fewer registered voters and lower turnouts.
UK Politics
Miliband’s vision is bold – but now it’s time to convince the country
- 29 September 2011
- 29 comments
The Labour leader has made a decisive break with three decades of free-market orthodoxy. He must now improve his image - and fast.
UK Politics
Miliband has his chrysalis moment
- 14 July 2011
- 62 comments
With the unfolding of the News Corp scandal, we are witnessing the making of a modern Labour leader.
Religion
Islam can do without Simon Cowell
- 02 April 2010
- 24 comments
Cowell may or may not convert but all Muslims need to confront the ban too many countries place on apostasy.
North America
Why I could never hate America
- 18 March 2010
- 7 comments
The notion of anti-Americanism seeks to excuse the crimes of US elites.
Human Rights
The torturer's apprentices
- 18 February 2010
- 3 comments
Advocates of torture on the left and the right cling to the myth of the ticking bomb.
UK Politics
Forget Blair – it’s Brown or bust
- 04 February 2010
"Brown can't win" will become a self-fulfilling prophecy unless Labour casts it aside.
