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Feeling good! Rising to the occasion!

Including one or two points Chancellor Merkel might like to know about UK mass events.

/ 3 Jul 2021

Afghans left to pick up the pieces of the West’s failed war

As the Taliban rapidly expand in the shadow of US and NATO allies’ retreat, has anyone considered the impact on innocent civilians?

By Paul Rogers

/ 3 Jul 2021

Afghans left to pick up the pieces of the West’s failed war

Informed opinion carves a new democratic path for Bristol

Councillor Paula O’Rourke explains how Bristol’s citizens’ assembly is helping them to build back better

By Rosemary Bechler

/ 3 Jul 2021

Informed opinion carves a new democratic path for Bristol

‘We Can!’ – a new Green-Left coalition takes over Croatia’s capital

But, as this short history of Možemo! shows, the platform is far from being a new kid on the block

By Steve Rushton and European Municipalist Network

/ 3 Jul 2021

‘We Can!’ – a new Green-Left coalition takes over Croatia’s capital

Batley and Spen shows that Johnson is mortal

Dirty tricks and George Galloway made headlines, but the core story is that Johnson’s march is slowing

By Seth Thévoz

/ 2 Jul 2021

Batley and Spen shows that Johnson is mortal

Your top 12 questions on England’s GP data grab – answered

We address openDemocracy readers’ biggest concerns about the upcoming data grab – including what opting out means, and how to do it

By Caroline Molloy

/ 2 Jul 2021

Your top 12 questions on England’s GP data grab – answered

Want gender equality? Then fund the real change-makers: feminist movements

This week, a UN summit in Paris has yielded over $40bn in funding pledges for gender equality. Will they be hollow promises?

By Hakima Abbas and Cindy Clark

/ 2 Jul 2021

Want gender equality? Then fund the real change-makers: feminist movements

Hospitals across East Africa offer controversial anti-gay counselling

Six-month openDemocracy investigation reveals ‘degrading and discriminatory’ treatment at health centres in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda

By Lydia Namubiru, Rael Ombuor and Soita Khatondi Wepukhulu

/ 2 Jul 2021

Hospitals across East Africa offer controversial anti-gay counselling

Turkey’s invasion of northern Iraq could lead to Kurdish civil war

Attendees of a recent peace delegation responding to Turkey’s incursions into the Kurdistan Region of Iraq were detained at Erbil airport

By Sarah Glynn

/ 2 Jul 2021

Turkey’s invasion of northern Iraq could lead to Kurdish civil war

Channel 4: Is there value in privatisation?

An industry veteran explains why fears for the broadcaster may be misplaced

By David Elstein

/ 1 Jul 2021

Channel 4: Is there value in privatisation?

Splinters: July 2021 – sallies into the here & now

This month: FEELING GOOD! RISING TO THE OCCASION!...Who am I? ...Put him to bed: social fabric and the spirit of laws...Prisoners of the system...When saying ‘No’ isn’t enough

By Splinters collective

/ 1 Jul 2021

Splinters: July 2021 – sallies into the here & now

Goodbye, Source: Providing independent journalism in a turbulent year

Scottish political commentary platform Source was launched amid the chaos of March 2020. As it winds down, its editor reflects on the ongoing need for independent media

By Sean Bell

/ 1 Jul 2021

Goodbye, Source: Providing independent journalism in a turbulent year