Nationalist and conservative hysteria, corruption scandals and political violence threatening to escalate even further – this is the background for this month's presidential election in Ukraine.

New research shows that introducing a guaranteed income floor would cut poverty, narrow inequality and reduce dependency on means testing.

It is easy to ignore the context that made this crime possible.

The events of 30 January 1972 in Northern Ireland weren’t an aberration. Britain has been in the business of killing dissenters across its former empire for decades.

Those who claim we are living in an era of 'unprecedented prosperity' turn a blind eye to the suffering of people and planet.

The CEO of a major UK women’s charity previously spoke at a far right party event. We’ve had enough. Our leaders must change, or step aside.

The only people that are taking back control from Brexit are the same vested interests that fuelled voter discontent in the first place.

After decades in retreat, the left must urgently begin to build a mass programme of economics education, tied to a broad political movement.

No hay que construir identidades políticas en función de aquello a lo que nos oponemos. English.

Five years on, the role of local people in Russia’s annexation of Crimea has been underestimated. Yet their help was vital in seizing the peninsula for Russia.

We need to rethink how data and digital infrastructure is governed, owned and used.

A successful green transition will require much more than increased government spending.

Market arrangements always favour certain outcomes over others, and ensure that social arrangements stay within set parameters.

Women are disproportionately dependent on public services. They can’t afford austerity, and it’s time that governments recognise this.

In Ukraine’s once proud mining region of Donbas, war, mismanagement and a stretched economy are combining to create an environmental catastrophe in the coal mining industry.

Las próximas elecciones del 28 de abril verán en VOX a un nuevo protagonista político que se une a la ola reaccionaria que acapara a Europa y al mundo. ¿Qué le está pasando a la democracia liberal europea?

Who owns and controls the wealth of nations is fundamental to how an economic system functions, and in whose interests .

The EU will continue to provide material and political support to the Egyptian regime, as long as it serves its goals.

A new section of openDemocracy that puts people, planet and power at the centre of the debate about our economic future.

Globally connected groups are working together to threaten women’s rights – and they’ve landed in Spain for International Women’s Day.