- — Labour donor Lord Alli under investigation over financial interests
- Probe comes one week after openDemocracy revealed Alli had undeclared interests in a tax haven firm
- — Revealed: Anti-immigrant laws leave 1,000s unable to claim asylum
- Conservative law changes meant asylum claims for small boat arrivals stopped last year, leaving thousands in limbo
- — Should politicians be allowed to take gifts and donations?
- As Labour donations scandal deepens, openDemocracy readers debate an overhaul of political system to ban donations
- — Rights groups urge World Bank not to resume lending to Uganda over anti-gay law
- Civil society organisations say ‘mitigation measures’ proposed by the bank are ‘appallingly weak’
- — Labour donor Lord Alli failed to declare interests in tax haven firm
- Peer who gave Starmer £20,000 to pay ‘for somewhere for son to study for GCSEs’ could earn £425,000 from offshore firm
- — Libya migrant rescue centre set to open despite rights abuses
- The EU-funded centre would coordinate rescues in the Med, but will it give Libya a free pass for violations?
- — Musk’s plan to axe X's block button is a real win for stalkers and abusers
- Musk’s latest plan will endanger stalking and domestic abuse victims – and make online life harder for all women
- — How nature around the former East-West German border changed my mind
- On the latest episode of the Changed My Mind podcast, Georg Baumert discusses how nature helps open your mind, and encouraged him to change his own.
- — How nature around the former GDR border changed my mind
- On the latest episode of the Changed My Mind podcast, Georg Baumert discusses how nature helps open your mind, and encouraged him to change his own.
- — Leaked emails reveal how Africa became ‘primary target’ of anti-LGBTIQ actors
- US and European hate groups and conservatives used disinformation and lobbying to influence gender debate in Africa
- — Why wait until the robots take our jobs? We need a basic income now
- AI and tech developments are already pushing people into more precarious work, but UBI could cushion the transition
- — Bolt and Uber drivers: ‘Xenophobic’ prank exposes need to fix gig economy
- Nigerian drivers had no idea why they kept receiving fake trip requests. The answer lay 7,000 kilometres away
- — Should Labour have taken £4m from hedge fund in a tax haven?
- openDemocracy readers share their thoughts on Labour’s largest-ever donation, made days after election was announced
- — Fake news was invented 500 years ago – we must learn from its history
- It is no coincidence that Europe’s witch-hunt frenzy followed shortly after the birth of the printing press
- — Labour given £4m from tax haven-based hedge fund with shares in oil and arms
- Quadrature’s donation is noteworthy not just for being Labour’s largest-ever, but for its timing ahead of election
- — Inside the 1970s British Black Panther movement
- Indian-born Dhondy reflects on life as a British Black Panther fighting against institutional racism in 1970s London
- — Readers’ thoughts on the two child benefit cap
- Is the two child cap on benefits fair? openDemocracy readers weigh in
- — Lobbyists helped MPs get elected – and you have no right to know about it
- A lobbyist can give a Labour MP £1,499 without it being declared. And that's still true if they give 30 Labour MPs £1,499
- — How misogyny lures men to the far right
- From Andrew Tate to the Charlottesville KKK – how are men’s rights and the far right really connected?
- — Cyberboss: Here’s how AI is reorganising the lines of class struggle
- New research into logistics and the gig economy shows workers tracked, instructed and managed by a dystopian world of algorithms
- — Concerts, clothes and New York breaks: New ministers take £170,000 of gifts
- Starmer has accepted more than anybody else since start of 2023, raising questions over what donors get in return
- — Scrapping the two-child cap would be a start – but still not enough
- If the new government cares about poverty, it must start by rebuilding our broken safety net
- — Starmer’s new immigration bill is just as racist as the Rwanda plan
- The UK immigration system is racist by design. The Border Security Bill will make it worse
- — Starmer’s hints about the budget suggest UK is set for bleak four years
- Introducing a wealth tax would indicate this is a progressive government. But that seems unlikely
- — Disabled people don’t need another inquiry. We need change
- Labour’s woeful offering on social system will mean more people being placed in residential care against their wishes
- — Readers’ thoughts on Britain’s role in the invasion of Afghanistan
- Did Britain blindly blunder into war to impress the US? openDemocracy readers weigh in
- — Don’t expect Labour to take progressive steps on immigration detention
- Defund Hate in the US offers stark lessons to anti-detention campaigners in the UK
- — Don’t assume Labour will put time limits on migrant detention
- The collapse of Defund Hate in the US offers stark lessons to anti-detention campaigners in the UK
- — I saw how the US backed Jerusalem’s ethnic cleansing – and Blair looked on
- An extract from Matt Kennard’s new book, The Racket: Rogue Reporter vs American Imperialism
- — What happens in the US could have global implications for abortion
- What could Project 2025 mean for abortion rights around the world?
- — Readers’ thoughts on human rights abuses and imprisoned slavery victims
- Should the EU take a stronger stance on human rights in non-EU countries? openDemocracy readers weigh in
- — How Britain blundered into war in Helmand to please the US
- An extract from a new book by Andrew North who spent 20 years in Afghanistan – and was even kidnapped by the Taliban
- — Hundreds of modern slavery victims locked up in England’s prisons
- Exclusive: New immigration laws create ‘hierarchy of victims’ that means many are imprisoned and denied help on release
- — Five things to watch for at this year’s Democratic National Convention
- From identity politics to Gaza, here are the hot topics for this week’s DNC – and what it means for the elections
- — Climate crisis means the future looks grim. But there are reasons for hope
- A world of devastating weather events, unliveable cities, gross food shortages, and global marginalisation beckons
- — Uruguay closes teen care home after openDemocracy reveals neglect
- Uruguay’s child welfare agency cut ties with the centre after we exposed brutality, abuse and sexual exploitation
- — Riots, protests and Kamala Harris: Readers weigh in on this week’s news
- Where does Harris stand on Gaza? And what next for Bangladesh after students toppled the prime minister?
- — British MP Naz Shah: We need to amplify minority stories
- I am deeply concerned about the far right attacks. Now is the time to build a truly inclusive society
- — British Muslim MP Naz Shah: We need to amplify minority stories
- I am deeply concerned about the far right attacks. Now is the time to build a truly inclusive society
- — Why didn't Ugandan students at Makerere set up encampments for Gaza?
- Our university was once the hub for radical politics, but now we're under Museveni’s thumb
- — US elections: Where does Kamala Harris stand on Gaza?
- Harris wants to differentiate herself from Biden. But she must move beyond rhetoric and halt all arms to Israel
- — Why Nigeria’s anti-inflation protests are unlikely to lead to any real change
- Nigerians have real reason to protest. But the movement demanding change was unusual – and easily ignored by government
- — ‘Worse than business as usual’: EU overlooks Uganda’s attack on human rights
- EU official told openDemocracy that country’s rights violations are ‘not widespread’ despite draconian anti-gay law
- — Meet the migrants absent from the debate on fascist riots
- After racist violence gripped England and Northern Ireland, migrants are shaken and remain on high alert
- — The boy with the bullet wounds: Neglect and brutality in Uruguay’s care homes
- Revealed: Abuse and sexual exploitation allegations at state-contracted centre for minors needing mental health care
- — Are we headed for all-out war in the Middle East?
- Tensions are high and the US has made a move to increase its already substantial military forces in the region
- — How should Starmer end race riots? openDemocracy readers share their thoughts
- Disagree with an article we’ve published? Have something to say? Get in touch! We want to hear your views!
- — Racist riots are nothing new – they’re part of the fabric of British society
- UK’s first professor of Black studies, Kehinde Andrews, on what’s wrong with the conversation around racist riots
- — Students toppled the prime minister, but what next for Bangladesh?
- After Sheikh Hasina fled the country, protesters are dreaming of the democratic future they want
- — More police officers are never the answer. Only we can stop the far right
- As fascists prepare to riot again, we must remember that our oppressors will not be the ones to keep us safe
- — Revealed: Mexico’s big businesses bankroll major anti-abortion network
- Mexican women have a legal right to safe abortions. Some of the country’s richest families and firms are trying to block it
- — As the far right riots in the UK, India offers a cautionary tale
- An anti-Muslim pogrom laid the grounds for India’s slide into fascism. The UK can still go down a different path
- — Great Replacement & boogaloo: The ideology driving the modern far right
- As Islamophobic and racist violence grip the UK, we look at the modern far right’s beliefs and racist aims
- — Great Replacement & boogaloo – the ideology driving the modern far right
- As Islamophobic and racist violence grip the UK, we look at the modern far right’s beliefs and racist aims
- — How will Israel’s recent assassinations affect war in Gaza?
- Netanyahu will undoubtedly claim the killings show victory is still achievable in Gaza. But is that true?
- — European diplomats’ talks with Hamas must go beyond hostage negotiations
- Hamas is open to both a militarised and a diplomatic approach. Taking the group seriously could stop the violence
- — This week’s reader comments: Time to abolish the IMF and UK royal family
- Disagree with an article we’ve published? Have something to say? Get in touch! We want to hear your views!
- — Revealed: Corporate lobbyists were at heart of Labour’s election campaign
- Lobbyists described work for Labour – which was not declared to authorities – as ‘great for future relationships’
- — Inside the Westminster networking events where lobbyists and politicians mix
- No 10 refused to say who attended a Downing Street business reception. So openDemocracy found out
- — Home Office bungling, US election, Labour sell outs: This week’s reader comments
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- — King Charles’ property empire earns £334,000 from housing benefit
- Exclusive: Crown Estate makes record profits after issuing evictions, selling houses and cashing in on benefits
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