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Published in: Home: OpinionOur ‘democracy’ is taking away our rights. It’s time for change
Overturning Roe v Wade shows we need direct democracy. Here’s how the Left could make it happen
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTunisia’s struggle against corruption: time to fight, not forgive
A new economic reconciliation law protects clientelist structures in Tunisia and replaces the process of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPopulism, terrorism, and the crisis in western democracies: an interview with Iran’s former president
Abolhassan Banisadr, Iran's first post-revolutionary president, discusses neo-liberalism, the crisis in western...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaDo the people of Kurdistan live in security?
The main threat to the people in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq is not ISIL, but failed governance which endangers...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaHow to make America great again? Bully Mexico.
As President Trump concludes his first week in the White House with extremely protectionist policies, there will be...
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Published in: HomeRipping back the veil: an interview with Arun Kundnani
Trump promises politics in its naked form: the seizure of power for his clan, and be damned with all the rest. As...
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Published in: HomeIs there a connection between Muslim 'superdiversity' and sectarian violence?
What lies behind two intra-Muslim killings in Britain? The question is timely at the unifying moment of a new Muslim year.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaHorse trading in the UN
The leading candidate to succeed Mr. Ban Ki-Moon as new Secretary General of the UN is former Portuguese PM Antonio...
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Published in: HomeHow the Democrats left the door wide open for Donald Trump
The Democrats ditched the working class in favour of a professional elite leaving Trump – a master of 'resentment...
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Published in: ourBeebHow the BBC can create a better digital public sphere
The BBC’s remit is not just broadcast. It has the power to improve our experiences online, and to realise the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIraq and chemical weapons: A view from the inside
In an interview originally published in 2003, Ron G Manley talks to openDemocracy about Iraq's alleged weapons of...
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Published in: HomeErdoğan and Putin: unalike likeness
The leaders of Turkey and Russia are often compared. But their differences are more instructive than their...
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Published in: ourBeebWhich source do students trust more? BBC News vs Facebook News Feed
Despite growing disenchantment with TV and the press, new research finds students continue to trust the BBC and...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaNo revolution this year: Sudan’s October Revolution and the Arab Spring
Sudan's 1964 revolution brought a military regime to an end. The reasons for the revolt were similar to those of the...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaArgentina and the closing of the cycle
At the runoff on November 22, Argentinians will have to choose their next president, but they have already decided...
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Published in: HomeDirty money, damaged democracy: what to do?
Illicit funds can harm democratic institutions at every level and in all global regions. But there are ways to...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The last couple of days in Athens and in solidarity
Tribute to the Greek left from a fellow European who won’t forget the run-up to the historic Greek referendum.
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Published in: HomeFrom Dudley to Detroit: a tale of two mosques
The tensions around new mosques in the west, from their construction to who controls them, are illuminated by the...
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Published in: HomeArmenia, memories of the land
A century after the genocide of the Ottoman Armenians, Vicken Cheterian goes in search of its living traces on the...
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Published in: HomeBob Dylan: revolution in the head, revisited
The most influential and original musician of the 1960s generation remains a figure of protean creativity half a...