Published in: openDemocracyUK
Debates about poppies are nothing new, but the tone has changed in Brexit Britain

Published on: 25 October 2018

Written by: Adam Ramsay All articles by Adam Ramsay

The poppy hasn't suddenly been co-opted. It's always been a little piece of propaganda.
Published in: openDemocracyUK
'Contempt of parliament': after Chilcot, can Blair be prosecuted?

Published on: 14 July 2016

Written by: Geoffrey Bindman All articles by Geoffrey Bindman

The past 13 years have seen successive calls for former UK premier Tony Blair to be prosecuted for his part in the...
Published in: Transformation
How not to understand ISIS

Published on: 13 October 2014

Written by: Alireza Doostdar All articles by Alireza Doostdar

The view that one particular religious doctrine is uniquely extremist won’t help us to appreciate the cycles of...
Published in: North Africa, West Asia
The Islamic State and the global Great Game

Published on: 25 September 2014

Written by: Asad Zaidi All articles by Asad Zaidi

The unravelling of Iraqi society set the context for the emergence of the Islamic State-led insurgency in Iraq. But...
Published in: North Africa, West Asia
The proud neoliberalisation of Iraqi-Kurdistan

Published on: 21 May 2014

Written by: Schluwa Sama All articles by Schluwa Sama

Kurdish nationalism in Iraqi-Kurdistan has been transformed from an ideology that strengthened resistance to the...
Published in: openDemocracyUK
The Chilcot Inquiry is in danger of losing credibility

Published on: 18 November 2013

Written by: David Owen All articles by David Owen

Sir Jeremy Heywood was Principal Private Secretary to Tony Blair; he must not be the man to decide which...

Job vacancy: Head of Audience

openDemocracy office 2019

openDemocracy is looking for an experienced and creative Head of Audience to grow our audience and its engagement, accelerate our ambitious reader donations programme, and to lead the changes to our editorial culture and workflow this will require.

New in our projects

Published in: 50.50
The backlash against sex education in the UK will ultimately harm children
Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery
Listening to the stories of Boko Haram’s wives
Published in: Can Europe Make It?
The ‘new right’ is not a reaction to neoliberalism, but its offspring
Published in: Dark Money Investigations
Think tank won’t reveal who paid for report calling Extinction Rebellion ‘extremists’
Published in: democraciaAbierta
Uncertainty and elections in Argentina
Published in: digitaLiberties
Granting Julian Assange political asylum was "the right thing" to do
Published in: North Africa, West Asia
Trump’s peace plan and the future of Palestine
Published in: oDR
How Ukraine’s old guard are trying to get back into parliament
Published in: openDemocracyUK
3 ways to ensure the Climate Assembly really addresses the climate emergency
Published in: openJustice
"They told me to stop crying at night": How the UK is failing asylum seeking children
Published in: ourNHS
Trade negotiations and the triple trouble for health and the NHS
Published in: Shine A Light
For Joshua, racism and austerity carved a channel from autism to prison
Published in: Transformation
‘It’s a good day for a chokehold’
Published in: ourEconomy
An agenda for a new internationalism
Published in: Frontline Insights
When child traffickers work across West Africa’s borders, activists need help to do the same

Latest on Brexit

Tweets by openDemocracy

Powered by Disqus

Countering the Radical Right

Action Française demonstration

To effectively counter fascist and far-right extremism, you need to understand it. openDemocracy and the Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right are working together to do just that.

Changed My Mind podcast

Our new podcast, launched jointly with The Depolarization Project