In Berlin, a campaign to expropriate housing from corporate landlords is winning widespread support.
In Tunisia, imprisoned Palestinian rights activists are on the brink of death.
After the AfD’s win, activists say resisting the far right means defending the institutions where its politics take hold
openDemocracy Weekly Newsletter 1 August 2026
A student activist on how staying home came to feel like complicity – and why the deeper victory was breaking the silence
The Cockroach protests suggest Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s regime has lost its grip on the public imagination.
In Delhi’s factories, labourers are resisting efforts to train their robot replacements on the most human of actions
A peace activist on how civil society used research, public pressure and the courts to stop military shipments through Antwerp
British universities must do more to combat the growing abuse of migrants
‘Court rulings matter, but it’s sustained civic action that turns them into real protection’
