Rising East Online

Academic

Britishness, multiculturalism and globalisation: Bob Cannon wants more multiculturalism. >>

Consumption, the City and social practice: Eamonn Carrabine witnesses London’s eastward turn. >>

White flight, black attitude: Phil Cohen on the patterns of white flight. >>

How the ‘War on Terror’ helps terrorism: Jan Van Der Crabben homes in on ‘global terror’. >>

Religiosity and the politics of identity: Munira Mirza identifies Islam in Britain. >>

Tolerance with conditions: John E. Richardson on the renewal of racism in the British press. >>

Shooting the Brazilian: Ashwani Sharma on white fright. >>

Debate

Multiculturalism and Counter-Terrorism: Rachel Briggs (Demos), John Ralston Saul (author) and Peter Taylor (documentarist) on countering terrorism with multiculturalism. >>

The Place of Faith in a Multicultural Society: What place for faith in a multicultural society? Contributions culled from home secretary Charles Clarke, Professor Tariq Ramadan, philosopher Jonathan Ree, and others. >>

Polarities: Who Will Build The Thames Gateway?: Julian Barwick claims market forces have a progressive role to play. Richard Sharpe disagrees. >>

Debate: The New East End: New book The New East End has prompted widespread discussion. Alan Hudson, John Marriott and Michael Owens review The New East End, and co-author Geoff Dench responds to their comments. >>

Olympics Effects: Mitchell Panayis: when the wow! factor wears off; Sir Robin Wales goes for golden community spirit. >>

Entertainment

I was an East End pub landlord: Niall Crowley. >>

Murder, she ‘wrote’: Sara Wajid talks to Julia Kristeva about her crime novel set in Byzantium. >>

Now hear this: David Chapman introduces the audio-visual project Hark!. >>

With apologies to Harry Belafonte: Captain Nemesis and the morbid world of regeneration. >>

‘We’re making some progress then…’: cartoon by Jinx. >>

Essays

Hijab in the Hood: Religion, Pop Culture and Public Policy: Andrew Calcutt suggests that Islam is the new rock’n’roll >>

Split Endz: Anthony Gunter and Paul Watt preview the Contest for Stratford >>

Setting The Stage: Kenan Malik – why it did happen here >>

Race and the New Digital Consensus: Emmanuel Ohajah connects new technology with old stereotypes >>

Chinese Magazine Industry: clothes horse for global fashion brands: Zhang Wenhe on the growth problems of Chinese fashion magazines >>

Games, Gateway and IT: James Woudhuysen warns that the road to London 2012 looks IT-lite >>

Journalism

Redbridge MP Fails Britishness Test: Daniel Adam >>

Catch 2012: Kelly Handscomb >>

Altered States: Richard Macauley >>

Hollywood Comes to London Town: Adrian Prickett >>

Stating The Obvious and Re-stating The Problem: Lennie Pothecary >>

Human Costs: Alana Sinnen warns of the threat to street markets… from the market >>

Terror in Little Italy: Steven Lambert >>