2019 highlights: The Trump-linked US Christian fundamentalists pouring millions of ‘dark money’ into Europe, boosting the far right

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This year openDemocracy analysis revealed ‘shocking’ flows of cash crossing the Atlantic to push ultra-conservative agendas, leading MEPs to call for action.

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Syrian cinema: a tale of estrangement

28 November 2019

Written by: Aman Bezreh All articles by Aman Bezreh

Between stories that tell their daily lives before another audience and films that broadcast the regime’s ideology,...
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The NHS is on the table. Here's how Trump wants to sharpen the knives

6 June 2019

Written by: Caroline Molloy All articles by Caroline Molloy

Soundbites from Tory leadership hopefuls won’t save the NHS from the corporates and their trade lobbyists. Only...
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Young, indigenous and 'two-spirit': resisting the backlash against our rights

9 August 2019

Written by: Raven Dinelle All articles by Raven Dinelle

From colonialism to the rise of the far right, two-spirit people have been under attack in the settler-state of...
Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery
My mother, the marriage migrant

7 May 2019

Written by: Aphinya Jatuparisakul All articles by Aphinya Jatuparisakul

People looked down on my mother because she used marriage to create a better life for us overseas. What's so...
Published in: ourEconomy
Imperialism in a coffee cup

16 July 2019

Written by: John Smith All articles by John Smith

Why is it that just 1p of a £2.50 cup of coffee goes to the farmer who cultivated and harvested the coffee beans?
Published in: Home
Job vacancy: Finance Manager

20 December 2019

The successful candidate will lead the organisation's day-to-day financial management.

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Climate change and the attention economy

Published on: 30 December 2019

Written by: Peter Doran All articles by Peter Doran

Part of our response to the climate emergency must be to slow down in our own lives and responses.

Published in: democraciaAbierta: Investigation

Whose democracy in Brazil?

Published on: 30 December 2019

Written by: Pedro Telles All articles by Pedro Telles

The impact of inequalities in elections in Brazil is reflected in the important political underrepresentation of...

Published in: oDR: Opinion

Polarisation grows as Kyrgyzstan tackles controversial corruption issues

Published on: 30 December 2019

Written by: Joldon Kutmanaliev All articles by Joldon Kutmanaliev

Written by: Gulzat Baialieva All articles by Gulzat Baialieva

A high-profile corruption investigation has divided public opinion along familiar regional lines.

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The best of democraciaAbierta this 2019

Published on: 27 December 2019

Written by: DemocraciaAbierta All articles by DemocraciaAbierta

This 2019, our readership grew threefold. While pinning down the articles that created this growth is difficult, we...

Published in: democraciaAbierta: Opinion

Avoiding the collapse of democracy is our responsibility

Published on: 26 December 2019

Written by: Manuel Nunes Ramires Serrano All articles by Manuel Nunes Ramires Serrano

Democracy needs to keep moving forward. If we elude our responsibility when it comes to breathing new life into the...

Published in: democraciaAbierta

The performance is only the beginning: 'a rapist in your way'

Published on: 25 December 2019

Written by: Tania Tapia Jáuregui All articles by Tania Tapia Jáuregui

"A rapist in your way" has taken to the streets of the world. It has created a space to call out gender based...

Published in: ourEconomy

Editors’ highlights 2019

Published on: 23 December 2019

Written by: Laura Basu All articles by Laura Basu

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The editors of ourEconomy reflect on their favourite articles of the year.

Published in: ourEconomy: Opinion

Labour should focus on building a new co-operative economy from the ground up

Published on: 23 December 2019

Written by: Iwan Doherty All articles by Iwan Doherty

Forget Tony Blair – if Labour want to regain the trust of the working class the party should look to Tom Mann.

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After the doorstep: the 2019 UK election

Published on: 22 December 2019

Written by: Julian Sayarer All articles by Julian Sayarer

“Now we were where we were, with so many bemoaning the fate they’d wound up with, despite themselves having helped...

Published in: openDemocracyUK: Opinion

Another media regime is possible

Published on: 22 December 2019

Written by: Dan Hind All articles by Dan Hind

From the liberal public sphere to the information commons

Published in: openDemocracyUK: Opinion

Boris Johnson made politics awful, then asked people to vote it away

Published on: 22 December 2019

Written by: Adam Ramsay All articles by Adam Ramsay

Our investigations show how the Tories won big

Published in: Dark Money Investigations: Investigation

Revealed: A fifth of new Tory MPs have worked as lobbyists

Published on: 21 December 2019

Written by: Adam Ramsay All articles by Adam Ramsay

Written by: Caroline Molloy All articles by Caroline Molloy

Written by: Tamasin Cave All articles by Tamasin Cave

New MPs include lobbyists for banks, private healthcare and arms manufacturers

Published in: Home

The Pentagon budget still rising, 40 years later

Published on: 20 December 2019

Written by: William D. Hartung All articles by William D. Hartung

In 2019, Pentagon spending is higher than it was at the peak of either the Korean or Vietnam conflicts and may soon...

Published in: Can Europe Make It?

Galicia: Spain’s forgotten stateless nation

Published on: 20 December 2019

Written by: Ben Wray All articles by Ben Wray

Written by: Ana Miranda All articles by Ana Miranda

What do the Galicians want? 47 people leave Galicia every day. But they won an MP in the November election, who can...

Published in: openDemocracyUK: Opinion

Thank you to the board runners

Published on: 20 December 2019

Written by: Mel Evans All articles by Mel Evans

Don't forget Labour's amazing army of canvassers in this election.

Published in: ourEconomy: Opinion

Diversify and decolonise your holiday reading list

Published on: 20 December 2019

Written by: Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven All articles by Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven

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Written by: Surbhi Kesar All articles by Surbhi Kesar

Hunker down this winter with the D-Econ alternative economics reading list.

Published in: Can Europe Make It?

“A period of enormous opportunity”: the crisis of ‘critique’

Published on: 20 December 2019

Written by: Samir Gandesha All articles by Samir Gandesha

As the year closes, we return again to the thinking of Theodor Adorno and Hannah Arendt: this time, to find the...

Published in: openDemocracyUK: Opinion

Johnson won because of the meaning, not the message

Published on: 20 December 2019

Written by: Stuart Cartland All articles by Stuart Cartland

"Get Brexit done" was a rallying cry for Anglo-British nationalism. All else was noise.

Published in: oDR: Opinion

The moral education of a young woman in Kazakhstan

Published on: 20 December 2019

Written by: Sofya du Boulay (Omarova) All articles by Sofya du Boulay (Omarova)

In Central Asia, female researchers trained in the west face traditionalism, poor compensation for work done and...

Published in: oDR: Opinion

Central Asian feminists are carving out their space in gender studies

Published on: 20 December 2019

Written by: Aizada Arystanbek All articles by Aizada Arystanbek

Few theories directly deal with the experience of colonisation and patriarchy in Central Asia. It’s time to develop them.

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