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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsUK government accused of ‘rigging democracy’ with election changesPlans to impose First Past the Post voting system on mayoral and police crime commissioner elections were ‘sneaked...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionWho decides Iran’s presidential elections?On Friday, Iranians will go to the polls to vote for the new president. But the will of the people is not the only...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionIs this the beginning of the end for Labour?The pandemic should have been a chance to decry inequality and demand change. Instead, Labour tried to win a...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: ExplainerPower is up for grabs in Israel – but does anyone except Netanyahu want it?As yet another election looms, years of discrimination and racism have fragmented Israeli politics, leading voters...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaEcuador’s pro-mining politics dealt a blow by Indigenous, green movementIn a historic referendum, more than 80% of the electorate in Cuenca, Ecuador’s third-largest city, voted to ban...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: Interview‘Barbarism or solidarity’ at stake at Ecuador elections, says indigenous presidential candidateYaku Pérez, the leader of indigenous party Pachakutik, is running on a green platform – but can he reach outside of...
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightIs fascism returning to Romania?A new Romanian radical right party is resurrecting Romania’s interwar fascism.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaGuaidó proposes to step aside if Maduro does so to conduct free, fair, and verifiable electionsThe 6 December parliamentary elections in Venezuela are seen as a fraud by the opposition and part of the...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionThe business of being a bad loser in MexicoThe (ill-gotten) power of defeated candidates in Mexico
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Published in: Home: OpinionAmerica 2020: an interim report from the slough of anxietyA detailed briefing that gives pessimists and optimists alike a lot to think about.
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Published in: ourEconomyWestern style ‘democracy’ in Africa is just a way of pushing the neoliberal agendaThe region has its own rich democratic traditions to draw from.
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Published in: Global Extremes: OpinionDid the Hungarian local elections break polarisation and extremism?Hungary’s recent elections mark a breakthrough: the paralysing myth of Fidesz’s invincibility has been shattered.
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Published in: HomeLocal bosses may fill the party-sized hole in Ethiopia’s next electionEthiopia has traditions of local self-government – could they induce voters to look at independent candidates for Parliament?
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaBolivia elections: another term for Evo Morales?Whether the charismatic but increasingly isolated and contested left-wing president wins or loses, the reality is...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe decline of Erdoğanist authoritarianism: a new chance for “democratization” in Turkey?The Istanbul municipal elections might be the beginning of the post-Erdoğan period. But is it the end of authoritarianism?
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaRedadas, ataques y homofobia electoral hacen temer peores tiempos a grupos LGBTIQ+ en GuatemalaLos dos candidatos presidenciales que se enfrentarán el domingo 11 en segunda vuelta se sumaron a campañas...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKGreens could now benefit from more radical co-operation with other partiesThe Brecon and Radnorshire deal has worked, but if the Greens want to get in a position to avert climate disaster,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA year ago today, Vote Leave was found to have broken the law. Next week, its leader will become prime ministerSign our petition to give the Electoral Commission real sanctions against those who break the laws of our democracy
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Published in: HomeDark money and backlash: Covering the European Parliamentary elections 2019We knew that ultra-conservative, far-right and anti-democratic forces were seeking to influence the outcome. So we...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaVictory in the shadow of Erdogan’s authoritarianismTurkey’s opposition wins a major victory showing that the government’s push to overturn the Istanbul mayoral...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionIs there a ‘third way’ for Brazil?
