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Published in:Podcasts: InterviewEscaping the Alt-Right Pipeline
JimmyTheGiant on how the right is appealing to a new generation
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Published in:Home: OpinionIs the UK’s support for Israel’s atrocities in Gaza finally wavering?Labour government has repeatedly aided and defended assault on Gaza – but opinions may be shifting as war intensifies
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Published in:Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationAristo-fraudster who raised millions for Farage sets up opaque new companySecretive new political firm set up by ‘posh’ George Cottrell raises ‘real red flags’, anti-corruption expert warns
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Published in:Home: OpinionKeir Starmer doesn’t understand the benefits systemAnother PM is trying to make cuts equate to growth. Disabled people will again pay the price of this cruelty
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Published in:50.50: FeatureWhat the world can learn from radical queer aid collectives in East AfricaAs US aid cuts threaten LGBTIQ lives, these collectives show how to sustain communities beyond traditional aid models
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Published in:Home: NewsopenDemocracy’s ‘outstanding storytelling’ wins prize at TV Journalism AwardsThe RTS praised Disciples: The Cult of TB Joshua, which revealed abuse by Nigeria’s most prominent Christian televangelist
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Published in:Home: OpinionTrump is testing the waters on Ukraine to see how far he can go elsewhereA ‘win’ in Ukraine may well lead the US president to act in Gaza and resume talks of acquiring Canada or Greenland
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Published in:Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationRachel Reeves softened non-dom plans after Blackstone CEO ‘raised concerns’Revealed: Head of world’s biggest asset manager lobbied chancellor on tax rules weeks before policy was tweaked
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Published in:Home: AnalysisJaysley Beck is not alone. We’ve found systemic sexual abuse in UK militaryFor over a year, openDemocracy has worked to reveal how military enables abuse then closes ranks around perpetrators
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Published in:Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: ReviewCobalt Red: a regressive, deeply flawed account of Congo’s mining industryBilled as an exposé, Cobalt Red simply rehashes old stereotypes and colonial perceptions of the DRC
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Published in:TransformationHow to fight fascism from a position of strengthWe don’t need to build our political identities around what we’re against.
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Published in:ourEconomy: OpinionI made a fortune predicting the last crisis. I fear for what’s about to unfoldWe must urgently start discussing who we want to shoulder the cost of the coronavirus crisis, or the future could be...
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Published in: Home: OpinionCOP30 won’t fix climate crisis unless it empowers Latin America’s civil societyCOP ignores reality on the ground in Latin America and wrongly assumes governments are key drivers of climate policies
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Published in: Home: Opinion‘Populists and scapegoats’: How to build a better social security systemAs Keir Starmer cuts benefits in the UK, openDemocracy readers discuss social security where they live
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Published in: Home: OpinionGazans suffer as Netanyahu pins hopes on fickle US presidentIsraeli prime minister is realising that you can’t rely on Trump, no matter how much he says what you want to hear
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Published in: Podcasts: InterviewMigration, AI and The Rise of the Machines
Petra Molnar on the border industrial complex
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Published in: Home: InvestigationDozens of Tory spads become lobbyists amid ‘unenforceable’ revolving door rulesMany ex-special advisers are advising businesses in fields related to their government role, openDemocracy has found
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Published in: Home: OpinionWill Trump’s entire presidency be as damaging as his first month?From blowing up at Zelenskyy to fast-tracking Executive Orders, what can we learn from Trump’s recent behaviour?
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Published in: Home: InvestigationLabour MPs demand answers over Clearsprings’ mystery offshore paymentsUAE firm that was allegedly paid for consultancy work says it has never heard of the asylum accommodation provider
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Published in: Podcasts: InterviewWhat Germany's Voters Are Telling Us
Georg Diez on the birth of a new form of far-right politics.
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Published in: Home: OpinionIn Guantánamo, the law has never been a red line for the USTrump’s plan to detain migrants follows a long history of the US locking up vulnerable people at the camp
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationThe veteran Tory and City lobbyist advising Starmer’s business teamIain Anderson’s newfound love for Labour has raised eyebrows across Westminster and worried some in the party
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Published in: Home: OpinionThe UK could be at the forefront of the climate revolution. Here’s howThe action needed is affordable and would be politically prudent for the Labour Party
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Published in: Home: OpinionTrump wants the ethnic cleansing of Gazans. Will it happen?Global public opinion is biggest obstacle to Trump and Netanyahu’s plan, with Israel already seen as a pariah state
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Published in: Home: InvestigationHarsh UK visa schemes leave Ukrainian families in limbo and torn apartThree years into Russia’s war against Ukraine, refugees in the UK face uncertainty, displacement and separation
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: OpinionCounter-smuggling is cruel and ineffective. Can we imagine a better system?Human smugglers thrive off the vulnerability created by migration policies – but it doesn’t have to be this way
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Published in: Podcasts: InterviewBodies Under Siege: What's actually behind the Far Right's anti-women agenda?
Sian Norris on the rising global far right's dependance on exploiting women.
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Published in: Podcasts: InterviewUkraine and the return of Empire
Volodymyr Yermolenko on what will happen to the world if Russia wins their war against Ukraine
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Published in: Home: OpinionLabour is wilfully ignoring that the climate crisis is at a crunch pointRachel Reeves and Keir Starmer appear happy to pursue growth at any cost – including the destruction of the planet
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: OpinionRevolutionise social assistance by learning to trustWelfare almost always comes with strings attached. Imagine what would happen if it didn't
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Published in: 50.50: Feature‘I feared I would die’: Inside Uganda’s cervical cancer crisisWomen in rural Uganda are dying as patriarchal violence and misinformation drive cervical cancer cases
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Published in: Podcasts: InterviewMisdiagnosing Donald: Trumpism is Religion not Politics
Jeff Sharlet on the misunderstanding of how to categorise Donald Trump.
