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As Spain witnessed a general strike against austerity, Daniel Raventos and Julie Wark argue for a basic income guarantee, Robert Borosage denounces America’s top 1% taking 93% of all salary growth and Nick Pearce urges social democrats to rethink.
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The Valdai Discussion Club provides a global forum for the world’s leading experts on Russia to engage in a sustained dialogue about the country’s political, economic, social and
Why do some Muslims join radical groups? Theories abound but their analytic capacity remains low as they tend to focus on only a single aspect of this complex issue. Something they miss is why new recruits consider joining these groups a positive thing: they find good friends there.
Will the Greek bailout really move Europe forward? Vassilis Fouskas says the only possible progress lies not in bond-swaps but in an exit from the euro-zone in a leftward direction under a radical left movement. Markha Valenta is more nuanced, but agrees the fiscal technocrats do not help, offerin
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It was a week that clarified the contests that will shape our post-crash world. Democratic change may be coming, fanned by the warmth of social media, but resistance is strengthening too, in Syria, Russia, Iran, the EU and Britain. openDemocracy highlights the sober side.
From Main Street to Wall Street, today’s social movements blur boundaries between artist and activist, hacker and dreamer. But the principles that make for successful creative action rarely get
On the Tuesday before the presidential election, Ollie Carroll on behalf of openDemocracy Russia and the Russia Foundation hosted a panel on civil society and the new Russia in the august surroundings of Dean’s Yard, Westminster. Artemy Troitsky and Mikhail Zygar, two of the most recognisable face
