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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionIs the DUP trying to bring down power-sharing in Northern Ireland?The hardline Unionist party has never liked working with Nationalists. Does it want to end the Good Friday Agreement...
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Published in: ourEconomyWe’re launching a new series on the reparative economy. And we need your help!
Instead of a system that puts profit over people and the planet, we need to build an economy that prioritises repair...
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Published in: oDR: FeatureRevealed: the UK’s business links to Nagorno-KarabakhDuring last year's war between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the UK government supported opening up the disputed territory...
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Published in: oDR: FeatureCredit trap: debt and dispossession in Central AsiaSince the collapse of the USSR, credit has slowly taken hold as the only way to make ends meet in Kazakhstan and...
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Published in: oDR: FeatureKazakhstan is caught in a vicious cycle of debt. The pandemic has only made it worseA culture of credit was nurtured for years in the Central Asian state, but now many left jobless by the pandemic...
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Published in: Pandemic Borders: AnalysisFor migrants in Canada, who bears the cost of home ownership?Buying property can be an expression of belonging, but the nature of the housing market makes it an unequal process
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionEU stands firm with Big Pharma against COVID vaccine patent waiversNew research reveals how Brussels puts companies’ profits ahead of millions of people’s lives worldwide
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionTo revive multilateralism, the G7 must make a clean break with the pastWe cannot repeat the mistakes made after the 2008 financial crisis, which hampered progress on climate change and...
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Published in: oDR: FeatureBanks in spotlight over Belarus regime finance in LondonDid international banks break their own ethics policies by helping Belarus's repressive regime issue $1.25bn of state bonds?
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionIs Boris Johnson the raucous clan chieftain that feudal Britain deserves?In a country where land ownership pays more than work, it’s no wonder that corruption slides off the back of rulers...
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Published in: Home: OpinionCracks in the Middle East’s stability grow wider as US influence wanesWith the region experiencing social unrest, greater influence of Russia and China, and Israel’s increasing...
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Published in: ourEconomy: FeatureReparations would shake up American capitalism – and that’s a good thingPaying compensation to the descendants of slaves would not just right a historic wrong, it would transform the US...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: FeatureThe women of the Amazon who dream the resistanceIn Ecuador, indigenous women lead a march to the capital, to demand an end to the pillaging of their land
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Published in: ourEconomy: FeatureCommodity trading: the shadowy industry destroying the planetCommodity traders wreak havoc on global markets and profit from ecological and social devastation. Can they be stopped?
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Published in: ourEconomy: Interview'The future sucks': why the work you love won’t love you backCapitalism is making life worse for workers yet demanding more dedication than ever. Sarah Jaffe argues that there’s...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureHow Yemen’s teachers are being forced into extreme povertyWith salaries cut by up to half, many teachers take on extra jobs outside their teaching hours, in efforts to make ends meet
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisBiden’s first 100 days: still ‘America First’The president has surprised many critics, but he needs to go much further
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Published in: oDR: FeatureRecent workers’ victory reveals the rot in Uzbekistan’s public lifeThe much heralded privatisation of the Central Asian state’s cotton sector has led to claims of exploitation. But...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionCould a UN treaty force mining companies to behave responsibly?As business continues during a global pandemic, the need to protect the environment, health and human rights are...
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Published in: Global Extremes: OpinionCan worsening economies and increasing repression herald a new Arab Spring?North Africa today is reminiscent of the period leading up to the 2011 uprisings. Tensions are further aggravated by...
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