Market fundamentalism encourages violence as well as theft. This war should mark a turning point for the world
The suppression last year of Navalny’s activist network destroyed the opposition’s main organising tool. But resistance to war may grow nonetheless
‘We need support and we need it now’ is the plea from Ukrainian organisations, which have issued six immediate demands to the West
When the Russian president is finally defeated in Ukraine, the West must avoid past mistakes to ensure peace
I’m one of the lawyers who took the lawsuit to Colombia’s constitutional court – and decriminalised abortion
My experience of living and teaching in Moscow, and studying Russian history, reveals how many imperialist, conservative values they share
Neoliberalism could never have triumphed without the defeat of the Jamaican leader’s alternative political vision
Helga Nowotny’s new book teaches us to understand the Covid-19 pandemic, rather than simply predict it
openDemocracy has been reporting from the grassroots in Russia and Ukraine for years. Our expert panel explain what difference the outside world can make for the people caught in this geopolitical flashpoint
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine forced five friends and their young families to leave their homes for the second time in eight years
The region remains vulnerable to contagion from the crises in eastern Europe, and unattended problems will fester and mutate until it is too late
Former Russian politician Sergey Pechinin tells his clients: ‘We open closed doors’
