Published in: Home
The other side of the border - Elysium and The Plastic People

Published on: 20 February 2014

Written by: Brian Duffy All articles by Brian Duffy

While Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium depicts a highly exaggerated science-fiction future, and Charles Shaw’s The Plastic...
Published in: Home
"The Plastic People" explores mass-deportation

Published on: 11 February 2013

Written by: Charles Shaw All articles by Charles Shaw

The recently released trailer for an upcoming documentary set in Tijuana, Mexico by openDemocracy editor Charles...
Published in: Home
The Exile Nation Project - Chris Bava

Published on: 23 March 2012

Written by: Charles Shaw All articles by Charles Shaw

Chris Bava is a former heroin trafficker who served 8 years in Federal prison following a worldwide sting operation...

New in our projects

Published in: 50.50
Special report: FGM survivors more visible in UK statistics, and activism
Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery
Repressing sex work in France in the name of women’s rights and migrants’ control
Published in: Can Europe Make It?
Bulgaria, from post-communism to post-democracy
Published in: Dark Money Investigations: Investigation
Revealed: The elite dining club behind £130m+ donations to the Tories
Published in: democraciaAbierta
The bible makes a comeback in Bolivia with Jeanine Añez
Published in: digitaLiberties
Big Brother says ‘No’: surveillance and income management of asylum seekers through the UK ASPEN Card
Published in: North Africa, West Asia
An Iranian crisis of representation
Published in: oDR: Opinion
Vladimir Bukovsky, the hooligan at odds with both Russia and the West
Published in: openDemocracyUK: Opinion
Should Twitter, Google and Facebook be allowed to alter the rules of campaigning overnight?
Published in: openJustice
‘Serious disruption to the life of the community’ - policing of the Extinction Rebellion protests
Published in: ourNHS: Opinion
Care homes need the industry leaks to be plugged, not just more money
Published in: Shine A Light
Shine A Light podcasts
Published in: Transformation
Ending domestic violence requires working with those who harm, too
Published in: ourEconomy: Opinion
Beyond NAFTA 2.0: toward a progressive trade agenda for people and planet
Published in: Frontline Insights: Opinion
Why do progressive movements struggle to answer populists? Because they are technocrats
Published in: Global Extremes
In defense of secularism

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.

It Can Be Done podcast

Introducing a new podcast series from the Migrants' Law Project exploring how the law can be used for social change.

Global Extremes

Our new partnership examines how we make sense of extremist violence.