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Golden Dawn is defeated: the damage to democracy is harder to repair

In an historic verdict, an Athens Court convicted Golden Dawn leaders of running a criminal organisation, bringing its campaign of racist murders to an end. But the political climate that legitimised this is ever present.

By Augustine Zenakos

/ 8 Oct 2020

Golden Dawn is defeated: the damage to democracy is harder to repair

British students have learned a crucial lesson: landlords always come first

Landlords hoover up wealth in the good times but expect to be sheltered during the bad. It’s time for a reset.

By Laurie Macfarlane

/ 7 Oct 2020

British students have learned a crucial lesson: landlords always come first

Macron and Islamism

The targeting of Muslim food as a danger to public order was actually the first of the measures outlined in the president’s speech on 2 October.

By Chris Myant

/ 7 Oct 2020

Las amenazas a las libertades civiles se intensifican por la Covid-19

Civicus, la organización que monitorea el estado de la sociedad civil a nivel global, alerta sobre las amenazas a las libertades civiles que ha traído la pandemia por la Covid-19. El escenario es preocupante en América Latina. Aquí, un breve recuento del reporte.

por democracia Abierta

/ 7 Oct 2020

Las amenazas a las libertades civiles se intensifican por la Covid-19

How green innovation can transform African agriculture

With the threat of climate change and coronavirus, decentralized renewable energy could be key to building more resilient food systems.

By Kudzai Chimhangwa

/ 7 Oct 2020

How green innovation can transform African agriculture

A rodovia Cruzeiro do Sul / Pucallpa destruirá a Amazônia mais bem preservada para o benefício de poucos

Caso de fato saia do papel, a estrada entre Brasil e Peru passará dentro de uma das últimas áreas mais bem preservadas da Amazônia no continente.

By Fabio Pontes

/ 6 Oct 2020

A rodovia Cruzeiro do Sul / Pucallpa destruirá a Amazônia mais bem preservada para o benefício de poucos

La carretera Cruzeiro do Sul/Pucallpa destrozará el Amazonas mejor conservado para beneficio de muy pocos

La carretera entre Brasil y Perú pasaría por una de las últimas zonas mejor conservadas del Amazonas en el continente.

por Fabio Pontes

/ 6 Oct 2020

El Parque Nacional de la Serra do Divisor sería impactado por la carretera

How can we build a British economy that is democratic by design after COVID-19?

The solutions for building a more democratic, inclusive and community-based economic system already exist. Now is the time to advance them into the mainstream.

By Sarah McKinley

/ 6 Oct 2020

How can we build a British economy that is democratic by design after COVID-19?

COVID-19 and the global addiction to cheap migrant labour

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the world’s structural dependence on exploitable labour.

By Randall Hansen

/ 6 Oct 2020

COVID-19 and the global addiction to cheap migrant labour

“A los líderes nos toca quedarnos callados si no queremos ser víctimas del conflicto”

Bernardino Mosquera Palacios es un líder social del departamento del Chocó, en el Pacífico colombiano, que tiene un trabajo: proteger el río Atrato. Este es su testimonio.

por Juanita Rico

/ 5 Oct 2020

“A los líderes nos toca quedarnos callados si no queremos ser víctimas del conflicto”

"It's up to us leaders to keep quiet if we don't want to be victims of the conflict."

Bernardino Mosquera Palacios is a social leader in the department of Chocó, on the Colombian Pacific coast, who has one job: to protect the Atrato River. This is his testimony.

By Juanita Rico

/ 5 Oct 2020

"It's up to us leaders to keep quiet if we don't want to be victims of the conflict."

The data revolution is transforming finance. It must empower people – not exploit them

Data has the power to transform financial services for the better, but only if we use it to put power in the hands of people and communities.

By Marloes Nicholls and David Clarke

/ 1 Oct 2020

The data revolution is transforming finance. It must empower people – not exploit them