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Published in: 50.50Austerity drives populism and is a frontal attack on the rights of women
Women are disproportionately dependent on public services. They can’t afford austerity, and it’s time that...
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Published in: oDRGlobal capitalism in Central Asia and competing economic imaginaries
For the US, Russia and China, Central Asia is a space of competing economic influences.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIran’s protests: time to reform
Without addressing head-on the drivers of the protests and pursuing popular reform, the Iranian leaders are only...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaA declaration from North Africa: food sovereignty is a right
We stand against the plunder of peoples’ resources by multinationals and financial capital and against all forms of...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe Brazilian paradox
The putschist Brazilian administration is not addressing the previous policy shortcomings constructively. Here’s the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaLebanon’s enduring contradictions
A century later, and after several civil wars and invasions, not much has changed in how different Lebanese...
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Published in: oDRA visa-free for dirty money: transborder corruption, Russia and the west
The endemic corruption of Russian business, politics and law enforcement is spreading to the west – and becoming a...
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Published in: oDRIn Georgia, labour exploitation still pays
In striving for a “business-friendly environment”, the Georgian government is further eroding labour rights. Workers...
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Published in: oDRA letter from an inmate of the Southern Gas Corridor
International investment in fossil fuel extraction is making me and other Azerbaijani political prisoners hostages...
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Published in: oDRBootstrapping Ukraine’s tech revolution, one startup at a time
Ukraine’s IT sector is often billed as a key part of the country’s economic future. But what challenges lie ahead...
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Published in: oDROil & Money: tackling corruption and climate change
London can no longer be a welcome host to companies that plunder state and carbon budgets.
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Published in: oDRKremlinology: an intervention
Protests and strikes across Russia show that the country’s “silent majority” is becoming louder. But are pundits...
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Published in: oDRIs neoliberalism applicable to Russia? A response to Ilya Matveev
Attempts to call the Putin regime “neoliberal” get one fundamental thing wrong: capitalism doesn’t exist in Russia. Русский
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Published in: oDROutrage and outsourcing in Russian healthcare
The doctor is out. Hunger strikes, mistreatment of patients and general desperation are beginning to seem like a...
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Published in: oDR“Karabakh rules Armenia”
Shots have been fired over Nagorno-Karabakh, and leaders in Baku and Yerevan demand national unity. But behind the...
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Published in: oDR“EU or bust?” is the wrong question for Ukraine
What was missing in the Dutch referendum on the EU Association Agreement with Ukraine?
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Published in: oDRThe pitchforks are coming
Farm workers in the depths of southern Russia are hardly a protest constituency, but corruption and corporate raids...
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Published in: oDRFrom Panama, via London, with love
The Panama Papers implicate more than just a few select international leaders. They demonstrate how offshore finance...
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Published in: oDRRussia, Inc.
From “structural reforms” of the 2000s to austerity policies today, neoliberalism has been and remains an organic...
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Published in: oDRMoscow’s authoritarian future
Recent moves against Moscow’s street traders don’t only violate Russia’s Constitution and hurt the economy. They...