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Published in: 50.50: OpinionMeet the Nicaraguan women fighting for democracy from prisonDespite the ‘farce’ of Sunday’s elections in Nicaragua, women jailed for challenging the Ortega regime offer hope...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: OpinionJohnson’s UK, Bolsonaro’s Brazil and Orbán’s Hungary: peas in a state-captured podState capture happens when narrow interest groups take control of public policy, buying influence to rewrite the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionNo second jobs for MPs, declare all lobbying: how Labour can fight corruptionThe people should be sovereign – but it is the power of wealth that is steering the UK’s course. A few simple but...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: OpinionI told the UK Parliament how to fix corruption… nobody listenedThe Owen Paterson scandal doesn’t surprise me; MPs shouldn’t be trusted. That’s why Westminster is plagued with scandals
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionMark Carney likes to talk green, but he’s just another agent of the status quoThe former Bank of England governor is finance adviser at COP26 and rumoured to be running for Canadian prime...
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Published in: Rethinking Populism: OpinionProgressive politics in Latin America needs a Green Democratic RevolutionA green populism could be the basis of a new kind of politics in Latin America, one that embraces many of the...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionIsrael has outlawed six Palestinian human rights organizations. Why?The groups were branded ‘terrorists’ and shut down, in a move that could be seen as linked to the International...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsQuarter of MPs calling to replace sleaze watchdog have been punished by itLabour accused Tories of ‘wallowing in sleaze’ as vote to create new committee to review misconduct rules passes in...
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Published in: Freedom of Information: OpinionOn transparency, like so much else, the UK government is shifting the goalpostsThe government dismissed damning openDemocracy report on FOI as ‘complete nonsense’ – I wasn’t surprised, I’ve seen...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionWhy, as an American transgender woman, I don’t feel it’s safe to visit the UKThe BBC prides itself on its impartiality. But its new podcast about Stonewall is another example of the UK media’s...
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Published in: Home: FeatureWhy we founded openDemocracy 20 years ago – and why it workedAt the turn of the millennium, we needed a radical new media outlet that could keep up with a changing world. Now,...
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Published in: 50.50: NewsMexican women win abortion rights, state by stateSlowly but steadily, Mexican women are gaining access to legal abortion – despite right-wing politicians and...
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Published in: Home: OpinionSunak hides behind rose-tinted glasses as COVID and climate threats riseBudget ignores need for emission cuts, while government’s consistent incompetence puts Britons at greater risk from...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionThe Welsh government is escaping scrutiny over COVID-19A landmark report showed Westminster’s terrible mistakes in the pandemic. But Wales made its own mistakes, too
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Published in: ourNHS: AnalysisI raised an early alarm on PCR test scandal but authorities ignored meCommunity volunteer demands inquiry into impact of mistakes by privately-run Immensa lab after huge spike in COVID cases
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: Opinion6 government policies that are scarier than HalloweenIf you’re scared of haunted houses and the faceless figure in the dark corner of your room, this list of government...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionSunak’s Budget will hammer many Brits. This is where the Left can interveneFar from the promised ‘high-wage economy’, many face wages that look increasingly paltry next to skyrocketing prices...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsTory MP calling for delay to UK climate action has banked £150k from oil firmFormer energy minister John Hayes, who has likened climate protesters to ‘Radical Islam’, has received a £50,000...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsCabinet Office blocked probe into government secrecyMPs told that the department is ‘utterly failing’ transparency laws at parliamentary inquiry
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Published in: Freedom of Information: OpinionThe FOI system is utterly broken. Here’s how to fix itRequests for government information are delayed to the extent of rendering them pointless. This only serves...
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