Some of the debates regarding agency, change and commoning that flowed through openDemocracy in 2015.
The problem of Hillary Clinton is the problem of American democracy. Doug Henwood’s new book, My Turn: Hillary Clinton Targets the Presidency digs deep into the system that spawned her.
Pervasive and diverse, instances of violence against women can only be fully comprehended in the political contexts that give them purpose and meaning.
While the Turkish government claims that all original residents will be able to return to Sur, it is likely that, similar to what happened in New Orleans, many of those who have fled will not come back.
Backwards looking politics is a malaise affecting both the west and east. It breeds violence as global elites clamber to maintain their grip on power.
Commentary misses the point: the legitimacy of Trump or Le Pen comes not from the sudden appeal of a new brand of right-wing populism, but their legitimisation by mainstream politics.
Reduced growth is, for various reasons, a systemic problem. The more reckless the gambling on the markets, the more the entire system balances on a knife edge…
By intensifying deportations of Central Americans in 2016, the US is condemning thousands to return to the violence they fled from. Español.
Las deportaciones que Estados Unidos intensifica a partir de este mes de enero condenan a miles de centroamericanos a regresar a la violencia de la que había huído. English.
