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Published in: HomeRedemption hovers in San Quentin - The Week in 1 Minute: Jun 30 – Jul 5 on openDemocracyWe begin the week with a fresh look at why the Syrian army is winning which, like divide-and-rule in Iraq, fills...
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Published in: HomeWar movies, drones and a punk NGO - The Week in 1 Minute: June 23 – 29 on openDemocracy
Former members of Pussy Riot tell of their difficulties in setting up an NGO for prisoners’ rights, while Meredith...
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Published in: HomeBorders crossed and broken - The Week in 1 Minute: June 16 – 22 on openDemocracy
ISIS is on the march in Iraq. We publish a dispatch from Baghdad and ask why the call to arms from Ayatollah Sayid...
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Published in: HomeOld love, new states - The Week in 1 Minute: June 9 – 15 on openDemocracy
The week opens alongside the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict in London, with an exhortation to...
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Published in: HomeAnxious times for politics - The Week in 1 Minute: June 2 – 9 on openDemocracy
Our euro-elections coverage closes with the last thoughts of the young Euro-bloggers in two parts, ongoing interest...
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Published in: HomeThe votes are in: what now? - The Week in 1 Minute: May 26 – Jun 1 on openDemocracy
The European elections may be a return to right-left politics. UKIP’s racism isn’t all we have to worry about, and...
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Published in: HomeEurope, old and new - The Week in 1 Minute: May 19 – 25 on openDemocracy
This week’s coverage on openDemocracy was dominated by perhaps the most significant European elections since they...
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Published in: HomeEurope on the Edge - The Week in 1 Minute: May 12 – 18 on openDemocracy
This week on openDemocracy, Can Europe Make It? launches its series Joining the dots on state surveillance in...
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Published in: HomeIndependence and the politics of therapy – The Week in 1 Minute: April 7 – 13 on openDemocracy
An unofficial referendum on Veneto breaking away from Italy gains widespread support, while Spain struggles to...
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Published in: HomeEconomic dysfunction and organised resistance – The Week in 1 Minute: April 21 – 27 on openDemocracy
We have tributes to two anniversaries this week: one to an event which surely saved lives, the other to an event...
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Published in: HomeFrom conflict to peace and back again - The Week in 1 Minute: May 5 – 11 on openDemocracy
The Ukrainian conflict is under this week's spotlight. Oleksander Andreyev and Andrew Wilson ask whether the...
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Published in: HomeViolence, silence and absence – The Week in 1 Minute: Apr 28 – May 4 on openDemocracy
This week openDemocracy marked International Workers' Day by joining the queue outside the jobcentre. The global...
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Published in: HomeHuman rights, religion and McMindfulness – The Week in 1 Minute: April 14 – 22 on openDemocracy
openGlobalRights (oGR) launches its latest debate on religion and human rights. In the face of those who argue that...
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Published in: HomeIndependence and the politics of therapy – The Week in 1 Minute: April 7 – 13 on openDemocracy
An unofficial referendum on Veneto breaking away from Italy gains widespread support, while Spain struggles to...
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Published in: HomeMental health, deaths in detention and citizens engaging – The Week in 1 Minute: April 1 – 7 on openDemocracy
This week, openDemocracy has been publishing articles on citizen engagement as part of our Participation Now series...
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Published in: HomeThe Week in 1 Minute: Petroleum, poverty and progress - March 24 – 30 on openDemocracy
The Ukraine conflict continues to dominate headlines. Iryna Solomko says Ukrainians have accepted the loss of Crimea...
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Published in: HomeThe Week in 1 Minute: Divide and misrule? - March 17 – 23 on openDemocracy
The infinite capacity of current rulers of the world to divide and destroy is a theme which this week focuses on...
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Published in: HomeThe Week in 1 Minute: In remembrance of times past – March 10 – 16 on openDemocracy
Remembrance is this week's overarching theme. For the third anniversary of the nuclear disaster at Fukushima Bob...
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Published in: HomeThe Week in 1 Minute: Ukraine, finance and a loss of values – March 3 – 9 on openDemocracy
All eyes are on Crimea. Anatol Lieven warns the US to hold back, while Paul Rogers sets out how Ukraine is a trap...
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Published in: HomeThe Week in 1 Minute: Revolts, revolutions and risk – February 25 – March 2 on openDemocracy
Revolutions arise when a critical mass stands up in the name of human dignity – saying no to subjugation and...
