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Published in: democraciaAbiertaNicolás Maduro: immolation or eviction
There is something Maduro is right about: Venezuela is part of a higher objective for the most illiberal sectors in...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsCommons report on “fake news” says failing electoral laws are putting UK democracy at risk
Report from MPs builds on openDemocracy’s work exposing unaccountable ‘dark money’ and influence on our elections
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Published in: HomeThe wall isn’t a state of emergency but a state of exception
The German legal scholar and Nazi ideologue Carl Schmitt described a ‘State of Exception’ as the process by which a...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKJohnson & Davis claim chemicals industry will be Brexit winners – so where are the firms clamouring to leave?
Part one of a three-part-series: Will Brexit mean a toxic chemicals BREACH?
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The radical right, immigration and the future of the EU
In the May European elections, the immigration issue will continue to play a role in the expected success of radical...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaVenezuela & Cuba: an exhausted revolutionary?
Venezuela's oil populism is mired in a deep crisis. Cuba is transiting to a capitalist restoration of its own. But...
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Published in: openIndiaA tale of two events, and two cultures
The Science Congress and Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF), held in India every January, are the largest events of...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaFirst they came for the ‘bad hombres’ … but the North Carolina sheriffs are speaking out
As NC immigrant arrests climb to 230 ICE announces the “New Normal” declaring how, where and why the people...
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Published in: HomeThe quiet coup that could devastate human rights in Guatemala
President Jimmy Morales and his allies in business, politics and the military are racing to break the rule of law...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaVenezuela and the zugzwang
Venezuela is facing what is known in chess as a zugzwang: having to make a move while knowing full well that all the...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaTrump’s lies, immigrant raids and the right to identity
In this State of the Union address, Trump said, “Year after year, countless Americans are murdered by criminal...
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Published in: 50.50‘Muslim women are stuck between Islamophobes and Islamic fundamentalists’
From France to Malaysia, Muslim women’s rights activists are challenging those who ask them to ‘choose between being...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Open letter to the women of the world from Leyla Güven
"All the women of the world need to be saying enough to fascism, enough to dictatorship!"
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaVenezuela and China: a perfect storm
Experts acknowledge major errors in China’s Venezuela venture as opposition leader Guaidó claims power.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKTha Brexit, Tha Owns It
If North of England Labour MPs end up voting through a Tory Brexit, then the resulting decline and despair of the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe revolution in Sudan: let it fall
The will of the Sudanese youth is unmasking the dogma of a violent regime.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt: a horror story
An attempt to remember, and cope with a trauma that pervades the lives of millions of Egyptians.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Who gains from Trump trashing the INF Treaty – Putin and Lockheed Martin!
As Trump suspends the 1987 INF Treaty, Putin retaliates. What can be done to prevent a new nuclear arms race from...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Labour and the trade unions can unite people against a no-deal and push for a radically reformed, social Europe
The holding of the first referendum was the real boon to the far-right, and any outcome of the Article 50 process is...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Turkey: the lion that the hyenas did not kill
The president of the Portuguese Judges Association published the following article about Turkish judge, Murat...