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Published in: openDemocracyUKFully Automated Luxury Communism: book reviewIf capitalism is failing us, what comes after? Oli Mould finds much optimism – though a few gaps – in Aaron...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIt’s not just Barclays – tackling climate change means building a new banking systemProtests are spreading as banks’ investments in fossil fuels contradict their Paris pledges on climate change.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDear Liberal Democrats – you are so much better than thisSaying 'Bollocks to Brexit' won't make the problem go away – it just further debases the debate.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKJohn Smith and the path Britain did not takeWhen we lost John Smith, we lost a leader who would have taken Labour and Britain down the path of radical and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKSpring into SportAs one sport’s contest approach its climax another has barely begun. Philosophy Football’s Mark Perryman reviews...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe UK is 'getting worse' on torture and ill-treatment both at home and abroadAs the UK faces UN scrutiny in Geneva this week, a new report examining everything from British prisons and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKSustainable Development Goals in the UK: Not as rosy as the Government wants you to believeThe UK government is due to report to the UN on progress on addressing UK poverty, hunger, inequality. human rights...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Can British democracy handle the European elections? – public debate, civility and extremismThis current political crisis is not just about how the Brexit stand-off is resolved. The challenge is to show that...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKOnce we searched Google, now Google searches usMark Kernan reviews Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKLeft behind by Northern Ireland’s neoliberal peaceRecent events have exposed how Northern Ireland hasn’t experienced peace as much as a cold war. The structural...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDo the Tories care about climate breakdown? The next two months will reveal allIn 2015 the Cameron government scrapped vital laws and policies to tackle climate change. May could reverse these...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKExtinction Rebellion’s “regenerative culture” could be just as revolutionary as its demandsBehind the eye-catching arrest tactics, XR’s culture of conversation, care, crew and eschewing celebrity could be...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKXR have changed the conversation - and it's time for other activists to recognise thatClimate activists have always made mistakes, and Extinction Rebellion has too. But passing judgement on their...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKLabour is working to ensure the missing millions can vote – whilst Tories are trying to make it harder7 million people either aren’t registered to vote, or aren’t properly registered. Whilst Labour is considering...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsKey members of Jacob-Rees Mogg’s pro-Brexit MP lobby group finally revealedGovernment forced to release list of ‘senior’ members of influential European Research Group, after long-running...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Britain’s radical right in the EU electionsFarage’s former party is a remarkably useful foil for him to deny his own links to the radical right, allowing...
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Published in: ourNHSBrexit means the NHS on a platter in trade deals - and both main parties are ducking crucial questionsBoth a hard Tory Brexit or a soft Labour one would worsen every aspect of the NHS crisis, from staffing to drug...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKLondon - the most English of cities?London is often seen as separate and aloof from England. But there’s a more complex story about its culture, which...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKVoters deserve a vision for Europe, not a cabinet of curiositiesThe South West's European election ballot paper will resemble a celebrity game show. But there are real dangers in...
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Published in: ourNHSNHS data is a public asset. Why does Matt Hancock want to give it away?Relying on private tech firms to innovate is a mistake - and the dependencies it creates are a key part of the NHS...