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Published in: ourEconomyDigital public assets should be democratised, not given away for private profit'Open’ government data has been captured by private interests. The only way to democratise the use of digital public...
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Published in: HomeHow poverty and inequality power ISIS and anti-authoritarian protest alikeViolent extremism, uprisings from Chile to Lebanon – and far-right populism too – are ‘revolts from the margins’...
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Published in: ourEconomyLabour can win Britain's first climate election – but winning must just be the beginningThe party's plan for tackling the climate crisis is unmatched in its scale and ambition. But there is no room for...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaArms sales are about profit and politics, not ethicsWe must expose where public dollars are really being spent and boycott or divest from the enterprises that profit...
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Published in: ourEconomyHow Bernie Sanders plans to bring economic democracy to the United StatesBernie Sanders' "Corporate Accountability and Democracy" plan will comprehensively rebalance the power between...
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Published in: ourEconomyIn Zambia, a People’s Budget campaign demands a budget that works for womenInstead of more spending on defense, investment in education and agriculture will benefit the majority and not the elite.
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Published in: ourEconomyBeyond high-tech patriarchyWhat would it mean to reorient innovation policy away from hi-tech industry, and towards those who toil in its shadows?
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Published in: ourEconomyThatcher had a battle plan for her economic revolution – now the left needs one tooThe Ridley Plan was a masterclass in strategising for transformative economic change. What would a left equivalent...
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Published in: ourEconomyMining giants like BHP pretend to be solving climate change. But in Latin America, they are deadly.Communities around the world are resisting BHP's neo-colonial mega-mining projects. Climate activists in the global...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Regimes of evil: colonization continuesIt is not even a secret. Turkish state authorities are doing this very openly, in front of the rest of the world....
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Published in: ourEconomyOur response to the next crisis must tackle consumerismWhen the next crisis hits, we must resist the temptation to prop up existing patterns of consumption. Our planet...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?EU after BrexitBrexit has weakened populists on the continent? This is wishful thinking. No longer willing to leave the EU, instead...
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Published in: ourEconomyProcuring a new economy: how progressive procurement can tackle economic injusticeAny government interested in building a fairer, greener economy must put a new procurement regime at the heart of...
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Published in: ourEconomyWhy taking responsibility for our carbon emissions means promoting the Right to RepairUsing products for longer is one of the simplest actions we can take towards climate justice.
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Published in: ourNHSJohnson's hospital building, “seed money”, and how PFI never went awayThere are good reasons to be worried that the planned hospital building programme might further indebt us to big...
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Published in: ourEconomyImpoverished economics? Unpacking the economics Nobel PrizeWhen the world is facing large systemic crises, why is the economics profession celebrating small technical fixes?
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Published in: ourEconomyThe United States has always put ‘America First’ – after Brexit it will be no differentThroughout history the US has acted ruthlessly to advance its economic interests. Brexiteers should be careful what...
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Published in: ourEconomyCorporate abuse is a feminist issueThis week’s binding treaty negotiations on transnational corporations must include a gender perspective.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWorkers' rights are too weak already and a Johnson Brexit will worsen themWorkers in service sector industries such as hospitality already face precarious work, discrimination and lack of...
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Published in: ourEconomySystem change, not climate change! What 'The Good Place' can teach us about climate actionIt’s pointless to blame Extinction Rebellion activists for eating McDonalds. Like in the TV show The Good Place,...
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