Maria Margaronis

Contributing Editor

@mariamargaronis

Maria Margaronis is a writer and radio documentary maker, and a longtime contributor to The Nation.

Let’s Hear It For the National Health Service Let’s Hear It For the National Health Service

"Dr. Sikora, do you feel there is a need to expand competition and choice for people in this country?" asks the interviewer. "Absolutely," says Dr. Karol Sikora...

May 14, 2009 / The Notion / Maria Margaronis

Caught: Ian Tomlinson Assaulted by UK Police Caught: Ian Tomlinson Assaulted by UK Police

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes --who will watch the watchmen? We will, it turns out, with cell phones and digital cameras, with Flickr, YouTube, Indymedia and, on this occasion, som...

Apr 12, 2009 / The Notion / Maria Margaronis

London Calling London Calling

In London today, Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev agreed to make cuts in their nuclear arsenals; Obama and Gordon Brown announced that the G20 were "within a few hours" o...

Apr 1, 2009 / The Notion / Maria Margaronis

Only Connect: Environmental Justice Only Connect: Environmental Justice

Melissa's post on Van Jones made me sit straight up; I hit the links and discovered a whole network I didn't know. In Britain we don't hear much talk of environmental justice; it t...

Mar 13, 2009 / The Notion / Maria Margaronis

Memories of the Miners’ Strike, 25 Years On Memories of the Miners’ Strike, 25 Years On

This week is the twenty-fifth anniversary of the British miners' strike, the epic confrontation over pit closures between the National Union of Mineworkers and Margaret Thatcher's ...

Mar 9, 2009 / The Notion / Maria Margaronis

Greece in Flames, Again Greece in Flames, Again

The police shooting of a boy has unleashed riots and seething resentment in Greece among young people lost in the economic downturn and a society betrayed by a corrupt and incompet...

Dec 9, 2008 / Feature / Maria Margaronis

London: A Sense that the Nightmare is Over London: A Sense that the Nightmare is Over

When the votes were finally counted, Europe's wish to usher George W. Bush into the dustbin of history made for widespread jubilation.

Nov 5, 2008 / Editorial / Maria Margaronis and D.D. Guttenplan

Greece: The Fire This Time Greece: The Fire This Time

In the wake of catastrophic fires, Greek voters face a moment of "disaster capitalism," as key environmental and economic decisions determine how to rebuild.

Sep 13, 2007 / Editorial / Maria Margaronis

The Things They Carried The Things They Carried

The Bastard of Istanbul, a saga of two interwoven families, bravely violates Turkish taboo with its description of the Armenian genocide.

Mar 1, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Maria Margaronis

Pamuk’s Prize Pamuk’s Prize

If Nobel Prize-winning novelist Orhan Pamuk is a political writer, it is by virtue of his sympathy for what is old and faded, for what no longer matters, or what never did.

Oct 16, 2006 / Editorial / Maria Margaronis

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