openDemocracy

They say "openDemocracy.net is pioneering a new type of independent media based on exchange and participation.

Our readers and writers span all continents. We cover the key questions of our time with contributions from renowned authors and marginalised voices.

We publish clarifying debates which help people make up their own minds.

We use the web to build and map intelligent discussions, which we accumulate and expand daily.

openDemocracy stands for human rights and democracy. We support these concepts as an opening, rather than with closed definition.

It's in our name: openDemocracy.net is dedicated to opening up a democratic space - free thinking for the world.

On the site we hope you will find ideas and arguments that engage, annoy, stimulate and surprise you.

You can take part - in the forums, or by sending your own material to the editors. You can engage with all sides of the argument, not just the ones that are popular - or promoted by the corporate media. You will be encouraged to draw on your own experience."