Why is such a wealthy country experiencing such a catastrophic financial crisis? And why, in the light of this crisis, have certain measures been introduced that lead nowhere? Interview. Español

Analyses of Corbynism, Trumpism and the legacy of 68, guides to action, cookbooks and childrens books, Mark Perryman welcomes the variety of thinking on offer from Left authors new and old.

The 1960s–70s send a warning to Britain's next left-wing government.

Highly vulnerable immigrant farm workers caught in the hurricane have nowhere to go. Fear of family separation, imprisonment and deportation is preventing them from approaching the shelters.

The executive is hardly accountable to the legislature, legislators lack tangible power, so notions of the consent of the governed and the will of the people are a farce.

NHS workers and communities are uniting to fight back against the dangerous creation of NHS ‘wholly owned subsidiaries.

Corbyn’s strategy is to let the Tories fail on their own terms before plunging in the knife. And Remainers should support him.

It’s no wonder that almost half of all psychotherapists in the National Health Service say they feel depressed.

Forced sterilization is not an issue from the past. As recently as 2018 a judge in Mococa, a small town in São Paulo, Brazil, ordered that Ms. Janaina Quirino be compulsorily sterilized. Español

Otherwise mainstream politicians have stacked the deck against any possibility of negotiating over legitimate political demands. The Spanish judiciary meanwhile turns the law on its head to quench dissent.

openDemocracy publishes a new eBook outlining a new vision for Britain's economy.

As the suffragettes knew, cycling can empower. But it’s still too dominated by middle-class white men.

Most Brazilians are not happy with their democracy. But democracy must prevail if the country is to prevent future generations from growing up in darkness and repeating the mistakes of the past. Español, Português

If we accept private inherited wealth then we should also accept the principle of ‘social dividends’ on inherited public wealth, created by past generations.