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Published in:Live discussionsUkrainian journalists share their stories of war
Hear Igor Burdyga and Kateryna Semchuk explain what it's like working in a homeland under threat. Plus British...
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Published in:Live discussions: Live discussionIs social media killing democracy? Twitter, US midterms and Brazil unpacked
For years, the far right has weaponised social media – connecting extremists to power and mobilising violence to...
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Published in:Live discussionsRussia’s war and the fight for climate justice
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has caused thousands of deaths and revealed the fragility of the international order....
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Published in:Live discussionsAre dark-money think tanks bad for British democracy?
Conservative think tanks have the ear of government. Their ideas often become official policy. But who funds them?...
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Published in:Live discussionsCan US progressives beat back Trumpism?
The US is caught between authoritarianism and multiracial democracy. Join a leading progressive in Congress and a...
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Published in:Live discussionsCan we stop Big Tech getting inside our heads?
Social media and e-commerce giants are influencing what we buy, how we vote and who we love. Now the war in Ukraine...
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Published in:Live discussionsThe UK serves the world’s corrupt elite – can Britain break its dirty money addiction?
Is the government prepared to put sanctions that really bite on the tycoons, tax dodgers, kleptocrats and crooks who...
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Published in:Live discussionsWhat can the West do to help Ukraine?
openDemocracy has been reporting from the grassroots in Russia and Ukraine for years. Our expert panel explain what...
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Published in:Live discussionsWhat will be left of the BBC in 2028?
The UK’s culture secretary wants to appease right-wingers by abolishing the licence fee. Will the market now rule...
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Published in:Live discussionsKilling the truth: what can we do about journalist murders?
Every week a journalist is killed. In more than eight out of ten cases, the killers walk free. States and the...
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Child labour can't be simply banned out of existence, so we need to start taking arguments for the protection of...
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In rich countries, local media is struggling to survive. The people who produce and consume the news are...
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Russia has voted in a new parliament. Join our expert panellists to find out if these elections hold some positive...
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On 12 August a 22-year-old man shot and killed five people including his mother and a three-year-old girl in...
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Published in: Live discussions20 years since 9/11: Is this the end of the ‘War on Terror’?
This year marks the 20th anniversary of 9/11. So what is the legacy of the global War on Terror, and what does the...
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Published in: Live discussionsInternational Day of the Disappeared
Amid increased disappearances of rights defenders, we explore the remarkable efforts of women land rights activists...
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Published in: Live discussionsHow the Taliban took back Afghanistan
After 20 years of NATO occupation, the Taliban were able to retake Afghanistan in a matter of days. What happened,...
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Published in: Live discussionsTime to get off the fence on sex workers’ rights
It’s time for anti-trafficking activists to stop being silent on sex workers’ rights. Join our panel of...
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Published in: Live discussionsIs the UK’s reputation management industry destroying journalism?
Those involved in media, transparency and anti-corruption efforts in the UK are speaking out against threats to...
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Join Black feminist author Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah to talk about her book 'The Sex Lives of African Women' in which...
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This year’s COP26 meeting in Glasgow has been hailed as the most significant climate event since the 2015 Paris...
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Published in: Live discussionsHow to end anti-gay ‘conversion therapy’ around the world
Anti-gay ‘conversion therapy’ – the attempt to change, suppress or divert a person’s sexual orientation, gender...
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Published in: Live discussionsIs it too late to stop the UK police bill?
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill creates new stop-and-search powers, allows the police to put more...
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Published in: Live discussionsWhat’s happening to your GP data and what can you do about it?
Health data is both hugely sensitive and immensely valuable – to our health, and to big business. The UK’s NHS data...
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Published in: Live discussionsWhen asylum seekers are deported into danger
Most countries closed their borders over the pandemic, but for asylum seekers, deportation continued all over the...
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Published in: Live discussionsIs it time to pay reparations?
The Black Lives Matter movement has renewed demands from activists in the US and around the world seeking...
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Published in: Live discussionsIs Britain a petro-state?
From Shell and BP to North Sea oil, modern Britain was floated on an ocean of black gold. But as we face climate...