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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionA planned economy is the only way to save the planet. Here’s how
Capitalism has never offered so little to humanity, while socialism has never been more feasible. Now is the time...
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisWhy Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement was tone deaf to the UK economic crisis
The chancellor helped out middle-income households, but left the poorest with just a fraction of the support they...
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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...