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Published in: ourEconomyThere is nothing naïve about building an alternative to our broken economic systemThose who claim we are living in an era of 'unprecedented prosperity' turn a blind eye to the suffering of people and planet.
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Published in: 50.50Religious and market fundamentalisms threaten gender equality at UN summitAs the US fosters a backlash at the UN Commission on the Status of Women, states from Lebanon to Namibia are taking...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Why we strike: on the education strike in the Netherlands"We are not striking to fill our pockets. But to demand an end to the bossing around of our universities by...
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Published in: ourEconomyBuilding a digital commonwealthWe need to rethink how data and digital infrastructure is governed, owned and used.
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Published in: ourEconomyOf course we can pay for a Green New Deal, but we can’t escape hard choicesA successful green transition will require much more than increased government spending.
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Published in: ourEconomyDemocratic ownership: a primerWho owns and controls the wealth of nations is fundamental to how an economic system functions, and in whose interests .
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Published in: ourEconomyIntroducing our new section: ourEconomyA new section of openDemocracy that puts people, planet and power at the centre of the debate about our economic future.
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Published in: ourEconomyWe already live in a planned economy – we just need to take the steering wheelMarket arrangements always favour certain outcomes over others, and ensure that social arrangements stay within set...
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Published in: HomeStalemate for Trump and Kim, as India and Pakistan risk nuclear war over KashmirThrough aggressive rhetoric and miscalculations nuclear war can happen by accident. As the Trump-Kim circus...
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Published in: HomeWhat does Brexit mean? ‘Majority judgment’ can solve the puzzleSomething is going badly wrong in elections and referenda across the world. The culprit is an age-old voting system...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaJuan Tokatlian: "We are a region adrift in global affairs".The crisis in Venezuela and Jair Bolsonaro's access to power coincide with Latin America's slide towards gradual...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Fearless Cities municipalism: experiments in autogestionFor growing numbers of municipalists, new politics means fundamentally reshaping the bundle of relationships that...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaA family under attack: Iranian exiles and the economic sanctionsThe sanctions force Iranians to suspend their struggle against their abusive father, fearing that the interfering...
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Published in: HomeThe wall isn’t a state of emergency but a state of exceptionThe German legal scholar and Nazi ideologue Carl Schmitt described a ‘State of Exception’ as the process by which a...
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Published in: 50.50There’s a backlash against sex education in ‘Feminist Canada’Canada appears progressive on the world stage. But under pressure from the Christian right, Ontario’s premier...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaFirst they came for the ‘bad hombres’ … but the North Carolina sheriffs are speaking outAs NC immigrant arrests climb to 230 ICE announces the “New Normal” declaring how, where and why the people...
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Published in: 50.50‘Religious freedom’ claims used to defend FGM in courts in four countriesCases come as rights advocates warn such arguments are increasingly being ‘weaponised’ against women’s and LGBT equality.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaTrump’s lies, immigrant raids and the right to identityIn this State of the Union address, Trump said, “Year after year, countless Americans are murdered by criminal...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta2018 was the year crime became an ideology in the AmericasIn spite of some valuable initiatives to stregnthen the rule of law and tackle impunity in the region, l2018 has...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations‘They were planning on stealing the election’: Explosive new tapes reveal Cambridge Analytica CEO’s boasts of voter suppression, manipulation and briberyPreviously unknown recording reveals extraordinary ‘black ops’ on three continents – exploiting weaknesses in...
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