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Trump will lose. The problem is what comes next

Published on: 28 October 2020 Written by: Mary Fitzgerald All articles by: Mary Fitzgerald

Across the country, people tell me they back racial equality, LGBTIQ and abortion rights, and believe in climate change. Even Trump voters do. There’s just one problem.

Hear what the openDemocracy team is seeing and hearing across the US. Plus: hear from the journalists behind openDemocracy's latest big 'follow-the-money' investigation, which lifts the lid on how Trump-linked groups have exported their culture wars across the world. Join us for a free live discussion on Thursday 29 October, 5pm UK time/1pm EDT.

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Published in:50.50: Investigation
Exclusive: US Christian right pours more than $50m into Africa

29 October 2020

Written by: Lydia Namubiru All articles by Lydia Namubiru

Written by: Khatondi Soita All articles by Khatondi Soita

Conservative groups increase their spending and activity in what critics call an ‘opportunistic use of Africans’ for...
Published in:Countering the Radical Right
The new face of terror in the US

29 October 2020

Written by: Simon Purdue All articles by Simon Purdue

A new group of neo-Nazis is rising, and they might be getting ready for violence.
Published in:Dark Money Investigations: Investigation
Dark money think tank’s own advisor accuses it of ‘hiding’ behind charity law to lobby

28 October 2020

Written by: Peter Geoghegan All articles by Peter Geoghegan

Written by: Jenna Corderoy All articles by Jenna Corderoy

‘Disillusioned’ Institute of Economic Affairs advisor criticises hard Brexit think tank – while new documents show...
Published in:50.50: Investigation
US groups linked to COVID conspiracies pour millions of ‘dark money’ into Latin America

29 October 2020

Written by: Diana Cariboni All articles by Diana Cariboni

Written by: Isabella Cota All articles by Isabella Cota

Some Christian right groups have denied that coronavirus cases exist – while others have claimed the virus was...
Published in:openJustice: Investigation
Trump administration excludes key human rights issues from its reports

28 October 2020

Written by: Liz Williams All articles by Liz Williams

Research reveals Trump’s State Department denies human rights abuses abroad, particularly in relation to the rights...
Published in:Transformation: Opinion
Donald Trump and the banality of evil

27 October 2020

Written by: Scott Remer All articles by Scott Remer

Emptiness, lack of character and a fundamental unwillingness to take responsibility lurk at evil’s core.

See and hear from regular citizens, social justice activists and right-wing militias arming themselves for election day. We'll be covering the angles that others miss, too: what is happening at the grassroots? What chances for real change are there after the dust has settled?

A supporter of US President Donald Trump holds a placard saying 'Latinos for Trump' during a rally.

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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: Investigation
Oil firm linked to DUP dark money man collapses owing investors £4.5m

Published on: 29 October 2020

Written by: Andrew Learmonth All articles by Andrew Learmonth

Written by: Peter Geoghegan All articles by Peter Geoghegan

Richard Cook signed an oil deal with a Texan company run by a convicted fraudster. The Scottish company involved has...
Published in: 50.50: Opinion
A feminist blueprint for saving democracy in the US – and beyond

Published on: 29 October 2020

Written by: Yifat Susskind All articles by Yifat Susskind

If Trump refuses to step down after the election, we’ll need to unite, mobilise and resist. Feminists from Belarus...
Published in: Can Europe Make It?
How should we study Europe’s harmful migration policies?

Published on: 29 October 2020

Written by: Maurice Stierl All articles by Maurice Stierl

Once a rather modest academic sub-field, suddenly, migration scholarship has burgeoned – to good effect?
Published in: ourEconomy
This election can’t contain the rage of young Americans

Published on: 29 October 2020

Written by: Aaron White All articles by Aaron White

In the most important election in my lifetime, who speaks for my generation?
Published in: oDR
Amid warning signs, the future of Kyrgyzstan’s politics is wide open

Published on: 29 October 2020

Written by: Andrew Wachtel All articles by Andrew Wachtel

After the post-election street contest has died down in Kyrgyzstan, the country looks to the near future - with a...
Published in: Can Europe Make It?
Nuclear disarmament : from ‘open-ended talks’ to ratification and beyond

Published on: 28 October 2020

Written by: Rebecca Johnson All articles by Rebecca Johnson

Now the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is due to become international law, nuclear powers need to...
Published in: 50.50: Investigation
Interactive: Explore US Christian right ‘dark money’ spending globally

Published on: 28 October 2020

Written by: Mark Brough All articles by Mark Brough

Written by: Inge Snip All articles by Inge Snip

Written by: Claire Provost All articles by Claire Provost

Written by: Lou Ferreira All articles by Lou Ferreira

$280 million in ‘dark money,’ 28 organisations, seven different regions – the US Christian Right’s global influence...
Published in: oDR
In Ukraine, digital political campaigning ramps up - with little oversight

Published on: 28 October 2020

Written by: Tetyana Bohdanova All articles by Tetyana Bohdanova

Ukraine’s dramatic 2019 election cycle saw new records in spending on political ads online and lax approach to...
Published in: democraciaAbierta: Opinion
Chavistas trained at the “School of the Americas”

Published on: 28 October 2020

Written by: Rafael Uzcátegui All articles by Rafael Uzcátegui

There is a good reason for Venezuelans to get involved in the international movement that for many years has called...
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Published in: oDR: Opinion
Borat profits from Kazakhstan’s name, we don’t

Published on: 28 October 2020

Written by: Aizada Arystanbek All articles by Aizada Arystanbek

The release of the Borat sequel has prompted debate and outrage in Kazakhstan over systemic racism and misrepresentation.
Published in: 50.50: Investigation
US Christian right group hosts anti-LGBT training for African politicians

Published on: 27 October 2020

Written by: Kerry Cullinan All articles by Kerry Cullinan

Written by: Zarina Geloo All articles by Zarina Geloo

Written by: Tuyeimo Haidula All articles by Tuyeimo Haidula

‘Hate group’ Family Watch International is teaching high-level politicians across Africa how to campaign against sex...
Published in: Can Europe Make It?
Marathon Man and 'our European Way of Life'

Published on: 27 October 2020

Written by: Thomas Spijkerboer All articles by Thomas Spijkerboer

The migration debate ignores the political question of why hundreds or thousands of underage and adult people are...
Published in: Can Europe Make It?
Moria’s living hell and the legacy of European colonialism

Published on: 27 October 2020

Written by: Yolande Jansen All articles by Yolande Jansen

Written by: Shahin Nasiri All articles by Shahin Nasiri

It begins to look like a self-perpetuating European system when the burning down of the Moria camp just leads to Moria 2.0.
Published in: openDemocracyUK: Opinion
The UK is increasingly run by corporate insiders. And Scotland is, too

Published on: 27 October 2020

Written by: Gerry Hassan All articles by Gerry Hassan

From a new biography of the prime minister to an interview with the man behind the SNP’s independence plans,...
Published in: ourEconomy
The SNP must rethink its economic model for an independent Scotland

Published on: 27 October 2020

Written by: Laurie Macfarlane All articles by Laurie Macfarlane

The blueprint commissioned by Nicola Sturgeon offers a future of less sovereignty – not more. It’s time to think again.
Published in: Can Europe Make It?
The rise and fall of Jobbik

Published on: 27 October 2020

Written by: Vassilis Petsinis All articles by Vassilis Petsinis

Tracing the Jekyll and Hyde relations of the two largest parties in the Hungarian parliament.
Published in: democraciaAbierta
Preventing exploitation, exclusion and extraction: the ethics of gender-based violence research

Published on: 27 October 2020

Written by: Caroline Bradbury-Jones All articles by Caroline Bradbury-Jones

Written by: Siân Natasha Thomas All articles by Siân Natasha Thomas

Written by: Wangu Kanja All articles by Wangu Kanja

Written by: Sanne Weber All articles by Sanne Weber

Northern researchers should realise that they have a responsibility towards their local counterparts, both in terms...
Published in: Can Europe Make It?
Leninism without the working class? The missing subject in Malm’s ecological revolution

Published on: 27 October 2020

Written by: Cihan Tugal All articles by Cihan Tugal

The sense of emergency is in the air. Yet, without some preparation, any alarmist action would result in political,...
Published in: democraciaAbierta
Multinationals and human rights abuses: are there any good news?

Published on: 27 October 2020

Written by: Elisabeth De Nadal All articles by Elisabeth De Nadal

We have moved from soft law to the request of multinational corporations of a regulation of their obligations...
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Published in: 50.50: Investigation
US Christian anti-LGBT ‘hate group’ spent more than $20m in Europe

Published on: 27 October 2020

Written by: Nandini Archer All articles by Nandini Archer

Written by: Claire Provost All articles by Claire Provost

Lawsuits against COVID-hit UK councils and venues could set ‘menacing’ precedents for US-style ‘religious freedom’...