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Published in:Home: InvestigationExclusive: Environmental campaigners ‘spied on’ ahead of Sadiq Khan event
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Published in:Home: OpinionPaying for GP appointments won’t save the NHS. Just look at IrelandOPINION: The two-tier system praised by the British right is a crumbling deathtrap with long waits and bed shortages
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Published in:Home: NewsGovernment ‘misinformation’ unit flagged investigative journalism and criticsExclusive: openDemocracy investigation on Westminster secrecy was monitored by shadowy Cabinet Office unit
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Published in:Home: OpinionI’m voting to strike because I’m an NHS patient as well as a junior doctorA medic who works in the NHS and relies on it for her own care explains why strikes are the only way to save the service
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Published in:Home: OpinionI’ve never been on strike before. Here’s why today was differentOPINION: I’m walking out in solidarity with colleagues, even though I have my own problems as a freelancer
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Published in: Home: OpinionPaying for GP appointments won’t save the NHS. Just look at IrelandOPINION: The two-tier system praised by the British right is a crumbling deathtrap with long waits and bed shortages
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Published in: Home: OpinionIt’s time to abolish the UK’s policeOPINION: You can’t reform a system that’s doing exactly what it’s intended to do: protecting the elite’s capital
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Published in: Home: OpinionCould Putin commit Russia to a never-ending war in Ukraine?OPINION: West’s view that Putin is losing the war may overlook his appetite for – and ability to play – a long game
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Published in: Home: NewsOfgem ignored 140,000 debt complaints before British Gas scandalExclusive: Energy regulator forced into action this week did nothing about mountain of complaints last year
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureFamily’s plea over Belgian-Tunisian woman found dead in police cellSourour Abouda is the third person of North African descent to die in unexplained circumstances in Rue Royale.
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Published in: Home: OpinionBrazil’s Indigenous peoples survived Bolsonaro. Now Lula has won, what next?Bolsonaro’s genocidal policies devastated Indigenous communities. After four years of trauma, they can breathe again
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Published in: Home: InvestigationExclusive: Environmental campaigners ‘spied on’ ahead of Sadiq Khan event
Video shows security official picking out campaigners by name and barring them from mayor of London debate at O2 arena
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Published in: oDR: FeatureDeath and solidarity in the ‘graveyard’ at the Belarus-Poland borderYemeni refugees say they are being left to die in swampy forests or abused by border guards
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Published in: Home: OpinionHow climate justice and police violence are inextricably linkedOPINION: The killing of Chris Kaba and the climate crisis are all part of the same imperialist, capitalism system
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: OpinionAnti-strike bill: a step toward forced labour in the UK?The government seems willing to undermine the very bedrock of human rights law to keep employees at work
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Published in: Home: OpinionI’ve never been on strike before. Here’s why today was differentOPINION: I’m walking out in solidarity with colleagues, even though I have my own problems as a freelancer
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionBoycott the National Prayer Breakfast, for the good of all AmericansOPINION: Controversial annual ‘influence-peddling bazaar’ has been rebranded, but the changes are only cosmetic
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Published in: Podcasts: OpinionWhy so many of the world’s students want to go to Chinese universitiesThey offer three things that Western rivals can’t
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Published in: Home: NewsGovernment ‘misinformation’ unit flagged investigative journalism and criticsExclusive: openDemocracy investigation on Westminster secrecy was monitored by shadowy Cabinet Office unit
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Published in: Home: NewsTop private schools’ ‘paltry’ charity work revealedOccasional tours of a WW2 bunker are among the ways private schools justify their billion-pound charitable status
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Published in: Home: OpinionI’m voting to strike because I’m an NHS patient as well as a junior doctorA medic who works in the NHS and relies on it for her own care explains why strikes are the only way to save the service
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Published in: Home: AnalysisYes, Britain is corrupt. But it’s a lot worse than you thinkOPINION: The UK has dropped in the Corruption Perception Index. But corruption is global – and we are its engine
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionNow Bolsonaro is gone, human rights must be top of Brazil’s agendaOPINION: We must improve sexual and reproductive health and rights in Brazil, says the IPPF’s regional director
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Published in: Home: NewsopenDemocracy’s corruption revelations see UK plunge in global rankingGovernment rule breaches are to blame for UK’s corruption nadir, says Transparency International
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: OpinionA right to European asylumInstead of asking what's 'fair' for states, let's ask what's just for asylum seekers
