“Though my writing career has gone further than I ever imagined, it has come at a high personal price, namely life in exile.”
Survivors of cyber attacks and young feminist digital rights activists tell of the damage done by this violence – and why they’re fighting back.
Unique in Fisher’s argument was an acknowledgement that in liberal politics the tendency with every political question, is to reduce it to personal responsibility instead of solidarity.
openDemocracy is partnering with the World Forum for Democracy 2017. This week we ask: what media, what political parties, what politicians do we need to re-connect with citizens? Is the problem fake news or fake democracy?
“The public have been largely left out of debates on Brexit, with parties split over what voters want.”
The irony is despite dismissing notions of left and class, the sociology of Mélenchon’s electorate is clearly left-wing and their vote is a class vote against the right and extreme right.
Should we allow those fringe anti-systemic parties to undermine our democratic regimes from within, or should we ban them?
In extreme cases, a culture may have so demeaned or dehumanised a particular community that hate speech against it sounds normal and unobjectionable to many people, including journalists.
The biggest problem with immigration is the common misperception that it is a problem. But shifting unduly negative perceptions requires more than simply presenting the facts.
In 2014, the Council of Europe led a European project to adapt and evaluate the antirumours methodology in 10 European cities. Now the interest is worldwide.
