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Anthony Barnett (@AnthonyBarnett) is the founder of openDemocracy 

Articles by Anthony Barnett

The First Labour Hustings

The five candidates for the Labour leadership meet for the first time.

Yet more misleading from Mandelson

The mastermind of New Labour announces that he will publish his memoirs by telling it as it wasn't.

Long live history!

The new government wants to revive English history. The questions are how and with whom.

Twelve Reflections now we have Coalition government

A condensed overview of how the British left should respond to the new government in Britain.

Ferdie Mount loses his judgement on PR

One of the UK's most distinguished Conservatives came round to support fair voting but has now recoiled from his conversion. He's wrong to do so.

Nick Plays with Fire

Nick Clegg does brilliantly on saving liberty in the UK but is he being outmaneuvered on making Britain a modern democracy

The End of Thatcherism

The nature and prospects of the extraordinary coalition now setting out to govern Britain for five years

"Accountability will be the sexy word for the 21st century" Best video of the demo for democracy

Billy Bragg on the demonstration calling for fair voting in the UK's elections

The Demo for Democracy calls out Nick Clegg - and half the population agrees!

The call for fair votes in Britain takes to the streets

Election UK: Did we vote for this? Hell, no!

Everyone who can should come to Trafalgar Square with a touch of purple tomorrow, Saturday 8 May, if you like the idea of democracy in Britain.

This week's guest editors

openGlobalRights editors

Our guest editors James Ron, Leslie Vinjamuri, Sophie Arie and Archana Pandya introduce this week's theme of:

Emerging powers and human rights.

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