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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionWhat does the coronavirus tell us about the West’s image of Asia – and itself?
In a time of pandemic and radical uncertainty, we face tests of individualism, governance, globalised capitalism,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCOVID-19 in Iraq: the virus of social inequality
The coronavirus is above all a fight against the corrupt state and the social inequalities produced by it.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionWhy coronavirus could spark a capitalist supernova
There is no magic money tree – the ‘rescue packages’ aim to rescue a rotten system, and won’t work.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSectarianism will not defeat coronavirus: no one is immune
Are religious ideologues on coronavirus threatening to tear apart the much needed human solidarity to overcome the pandemic?
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Published in: HomeUK security services face some awkward questions when the pandemic is over
The government knew that pandemics were a major threat – and that the NHS was not ready to handle one. So why have...
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightGermany: is the COVID-19 pandemic weakening the far right?
German far-right responses to the COVID-19 pandemic reveal their lack of social responsibility.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionStop blaming ordinary people for the UK’s pandemic failures
Boris Johnson has presided over a public policy disaster. Now, he wants you to blame your neighbours. Don't.
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Published in: HomeCultural stockpiling: mind food in pandemic lockdown
The openDemocracy team's recommendations for books, music, films and TV that will get you through the crisis.
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Published in: Global ExtremesWhat the ‘war on terror’ can teach us about the fight against COVID-19
‘Extremism’ must not be cast as an epidemic. But we can learn relevant lessons from the problems created in countering it.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWe must undo a decade of disastrous NHS reforms
Covid-19 shows how our health service has been undermined
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionCan the coronavirus save the planet?
The corona crisis signifies a civilization that is dying. But it also shows a 'pluriverse' of other worlds rising up.
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Published in: ourBeeb: OpinionCoronavirus has strengthened the case for the BBC
The right has been desperate to sell of the BBC for years. But Covid-19 shows why we need public service broadcasting.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaYemen: the COVID-19 pandemic threatens the war torn country
The 5th anniversary of the war in Yemen is a time for stock taking about the changes in the past year and prospects...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionThe British government has abandoned the Global South to coronavirus
The coronavirus pandemic could be a ticking time bomb for the world’s most vulnerable people. Yet just when global...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWe must catch everyone in the coronavirus safety net
I am lucky, but millions are not. Our government must guarantee a liveable income for everyone – now. It will save lives.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe coronavirus crisis shows it's time to abolish the family
What does the pandemic tell us about the nuclear family and private household?
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Published in: openJustice: OpinionDemocracy to autocracy? COVID-19 is exposing a crisis in the UK constitution
The response to COVID-19 is showing how the UK’s unwritten constitution puts democracy at risk. Even in times of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: Opinion"We are being treated as cannon fodder”
After a decade of austerity, NHS doctors feel they have been abandoned by the government in the face of Covid-19
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Published in: HomeTake the coronavirus disinformation test
Can you separate the COVID-19 fact from viral fiction? This quiz will help you spot the most common coronavirus...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionThere’s nothing so political as a pandemic
“Don’t politicise a crisis,” they say. But what’s more political than a global health emergency?