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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionBolsonaro’s empty climate promises for BrazilAs Bolsanaro claims to protect forests, his leadership has allowed devastation of the Amazonian jungle to reach epic heights
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Published in: Home: AnalysisGlasgow’s COP26 is crunch time to save the world from disasterLooking back on 30 years of climate conferences, Geoffrey Lean recalls the many missed opportunities for change that...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionThe US is tying the hands of a UN agency for Palestine refugeesBy conditioning its funding to the UNRWA, the US effectively presides over a trusteeship that may affect the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionOn holiday in sunny, sensible Portugal, I realised England is bad, actuallyThe Portuguese use masks to keep COVID at bay, while the English rely on nostalgia and a misguided sense of national...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureKunduz to Kandahar: two explosions, one wounded communityIn Afghanistan, attacks on Shia worshippers escalate, bringing further trauma to a fractured society
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionWhy I created the hashtag #ExposeChristianSchoolsPrivate Christian schools in the US take public money to push a ‘religion-centred, anti-science, anti-multicultural...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsMillions on pre-paid energy meters could face cut-off as prices soarUnavoidable charges for gas and electricity threaten to tip many of Britain's poorest people into debt or destitution
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionDavid Frost’s bluster can’t wish away the Northern Ireland protocolMany Brexiters confuse Article 16 of the protocol for a ‘get out of jail free’ card. Here’s why they’re wrong
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionTunisia’s president has given himself unprecedented powers. How will he use them?Kais Saied has stressed his loyalty to ‘the suffering people’ – in his upcoming state budget we’ll find out if he meant it
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Published in: Home: AnalysisThe Global North caused the climate crisis. Now is the time to pay its duesExtreme weather changes are causing havoc in African states such as Zambia but they can’t afford a Green New Deal...
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Published in: Home: OpinionDaphne Caruana Galizia, my inspiration, four years onAs we mark the fourth anniversary of the assassination of the formidable Maltese journalist, we must continue her...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaDeadly clashes in Beirut show Lebanon is a country of no accountabilityAt least six killed and dozens injured in outbreak of heavy gunfire that will also create further obstacles to port...
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Published in: Rethinking Populism: OpinionTo achieve real political change, populism is necessaryBut the Left needs to know how to mobilise the people against power blocs
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationSpanish anti-LGBT group battled Google to suppress links to secret societyWikiLeaks files show that HazteOir, which uses ‘free speech’ arguments to oppose LGBT rights, fought to hide ties to...
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureEst-ce que TikTok peut aider les jeunes LGBT au Togo à trouver une communauté ?Les réseaux sociaux ont offert de nouveaux espaces à des gens à travers le monde pour s’exprimer et trouver des...
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureCan TikTok help young LGBT people in Togo find community?
Social media has offered people around the world new spaces to express themselves and find allies. But anti-LGBT...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionDid democracy in Tunisia fail or did it never succeed?The appointment of the Arab world’s first woman prime minister in Tunisia cannot hide the country’s dismal economic...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsBoris Johnson’s ex-adviser has role at firm that won £3.5m government ‘support’Exclusive: Hydro Industries donated £20,000 to the Tories at the same time it secured funding meant for struggling businesses
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Published in: Home: OpinionRegulating Big Tech is not enough. We need platform socialismFacebook won't let state oversight trump shareholder interest, so alternatives – based on common ownership and...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionAn open letter to the WHO: This World Mental Health Day, don’t forget trans peopleHealthcare access for LGBTIQ communities in the US is under threat from the conservative Right. The WHO should do more
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