Published in: Home
Adam Curtis in the emperor's new clothes

Published on: 19 January 2015

Written by: Dan Hancox All articles by Dan Hancox

Curtis has the glorious bounty of the entire BBC archives at his fingertips, he ranges across continents and across...
Published in: Can Europe Make It?
The Italian social strike is a landmark event for the precariat

Published on: 17 November 2014

Written by: Jamie Mackay All articles by Jamie Mackay

Last week the Italian precariat took a step beyond primitive rebellion and began to constitute itself as a politics....
Published in: Can Europe Make It?
Our dreams don't fit in your ballot boxes

Published on: 6 October 2014

Written by: Dan Hancox All articles by Dan Hancox

When people go home – what happens next? How do you canalise the tidal energy of a protest or social movement until...
Published in: Home
Rome’s rebel lake is a parable of the contemporary commons

Published on: 25 August 2014

Written by: Jamie Mackay All articles by Jamie Mackay

Earlier this summer activists in Rome won the right to self-manage a vast lake in the city’s capital, effectively...
Published in: Can Europe Make It?
The King is dead!

Published on: 3 June 2014

Written by: Dan Hancox All articles by Dan Hancox

The King is dead! Long live the giddy baby elephant of the people!
Published in: Home
No platform for Billy Bragg

Published on: 22 July 2013

Written by: Dan Hancox All articles by Dan Hancox

There is politics in any kind of collective cultural gathering, which is why attempts to repress youth and/or...
Published in: Home
The only socialism we will ever know?

Published on: 1 May 2013

Written by: Dan Hancox All articles by Dan Hancox

Looking for signs of life and the difference that was made, surely that dreary grey oblong could not have been the...
Published in: Home
Let them eat cupcakes

Published on: 4 January 2013

Written by: Dan Hancox All articles by Dan Hancox

Dan Hancox opens his new column saying good riddance to Britain’s 2012, as the country, caught in the grip of a...

New in our projects

Published in: 50.50: Review
‘The Sex Lives of African Women’: an exhilarating, at times enraging new book
Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: Analysis
Are countries fulfilling the promise of the Violence and Harassment Convention?
Published in: Can Europe Make It?: Opinion
Scandinavia has a ‘migrant-friendly’ reputation. But is that changing?
Published in: Dark Money Investigations: News
A quarter of Tory MPs are private landlords
Published in: democraciaAbierta: Analysis
Why Cubans took to the streets
Published in: digitaLiberties: Opinion
Government algorithms are out of control and ruin lives
Published in: North Africa, West Asia: Opinion
From invasion to failed state: Iraq’s democratic disillusionment
Published in: oDR: Investigation
Documents shed light on murky US-Georgia resource dispute
Published in: openDemocracyUK: Opinion
Dawn Foster: A brilliant, working-class trailblazer who inspired a generation
Published in: ourNHS: Opinion
A 3% NHS pay ‘rise’ is a disgrace. Our health service needs proper investment
Published in: ourEconomy: Analysis
Asset strippers are preparing to feast on Britain’s COVID-ravaged economy
Published in: Rethinking Populism: Opinion
The systemic metamorphosis of Greece’s once radical left-wing SYRIZA party
Published in: Countering the Radical Right: Analysis
In Poland, public funding is given to those threatening liberal democracy
Published in: Global Extremes: Opinion
Religion and the state: unintended effects of anti-radicalisation policies
Published in: Pandemic Borders: Feature
In Toronto, the pandemic is turning South Asian women into entrepreneurs
Published in: Freedom of Information: News
MPs launch inquiry into UK government’s ‘opaque’ handling of FOI requests
Published in: Parallel Journeys: Interview
Nassim Majidi on telling the stories of Afghans on the migration trail to Europe

Live discussions

General live discussions promo image

Every Thursday we host a video panel of experts, influencers and openDemocracy editors discussing a timely theme.

Sign up or watch past discussions

Tweets by openDemocracy