Published in: Home
The Exile Nation Project - Interview with Anthony Papa

Published on: 23 December 2011

Written by: Charles Shaw All articles by Charles Shaw

In 1985 Anthony Papa was arrested in a New York cocaine sting, and under the draconian Rockefeller drug laws, was...
Published in: Home
The Exile Nation Project: Amy Ralston Povah (Pt. 2)

Published on: 3 July 2011

Written by: Charles Shaw All articles by Charles Shaw

In Part II of her interview, Amy relays the horrors of her arrest and prosecution, the 9 years she spent in prison,...
Published in: Home
The Exile Nation Project - Former Federal prisoner Amy Ralston Povah

Published on: 19 June 2011

Written by: Charles Shaw All articles by Charles Shaw

In 1991 Amy Ralson Povah was sentenced to 24 years in Federal prison for a crime she did not commit. An incredible...

New in our projects

Published in: 50.50
Special report: FGM survivors more visible in UK statistics, and activism
Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery
The great Indian basic income debate
Published in: Can Europe Make It?
Bulgaria, from post-communism to post-democracy
Published in: Dark Money Investigations: Investigation
New evidence that LibDems sold voter data for £100,000 held back till after election
Published in: democraciaAbierta
The bible makes a comeback in Bolivia with Jeanine Añez
Published in: digitaLiberties
Big Brother says ‘No’: surveillance and income management of asylum seekers through the UK ASPEN Card
Published in: North Africa, West Asia
Extractivism and resistance in North Africa
Published in: oDR: Opinion
Vladimir Bukovsky, the hooligan at odds with both Russia and the West
Published in: openDemocracyUK: Opinion
Why I can’t wait to cast my first ever vote – and how to help others do the same
Published in: openJustice
"Enough is enough": using the law to fight for people with unmet social care needs
Published in: ourNHS
We shouldn’t have to campaign for years for access to vital drugs – it’s time to take on Big Pharma
Published in: Shine A Light
Shine A Light podcasts
Published in: Transformation
Ending domestic violence requires working with those who harm, too
Published in: ourEconomy
Making sense of Bolivia’s discontent
Published in: Frontline Insights: Opinion
Why do progressive movements struggle to answer populists? Because they are technocrats
Published in: Global Extremes
In defense of secularism

Latest on Brexit

Tweets by openDemocracy

Powered by Disqus

Countering the Radical Right

Action Française demonstration

To effectively counter fascist and far-right extremism, you need to understand it. openDemocracy and the Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right are working together to do just that.

It Can Be Done podcast

Introducing a new podcast series from the Migrants' Law Project exploring how the law can be used for social change.

Global Extremes

Our new partnership examines how we make sense of extremist violence.