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Published in: HomeThe key to global security? It’s not just about security
In his 900th column for openDemocracy, Paul Rogers shows how economics and climate demand a new approach to international security.
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Published in: ourEconomyTreating the morbidity of the multilateral system: toward a global Green New Deal
Tinkering cannot provide a way out of the current interregnum. We need to rewrite the rules of the global economy to promote stability, prosperity and sustainability.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaEl regreso de Brasil a la guerra fallida contra las drogas
Bolsonaro prometió en campaña "matar al menos a 30.000 personas" para hacer de Brasil un lugar seguro y, para ello, se comprometió a armar a los que quieren "combatir el crimen". English.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaBrazil’s failed war on drugs revisited
Bolsonaro campaigned on promises “to kill at least 30.000 people” to make Brazil safe for his followers and, to this end, vowed to arm those eager to ‘’fight crime.’’ Español.
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Published in: ourNHSThe latest multi-billion pound move in NHS privatisation – is the endgame in sight?
Private healthcare firms have just been offered a substantial say in deciding how billions of pounds of NHS mental health money is spent.
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Published in: ourEconomyWhen the next crisis hits, progressives must be ready to seize the agenda
In 2008 progressives lacked a coherent and compelling alternative to neoliberal policies. This time it must be different.
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Published in: ourEconomyFood poverty has no place in 21st century Britain. It’s time to end it
It is simply unacceptable that 8.4 million British citizens struggle to put food on the table.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Restive immobility – Melville’s tale of Europe
Seen from the commander’s deck in Brussels, calm is not a bad option after all. Cooptation in power is working smoothly for governments run by extreme right and populist forces, from Italy to Austria.
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Published in: ourEconomyBritain just declared a climate emergency. What happens next?
Brexit may have polarised Britain's politics, but providing leadership on climate change could be the binding force that brings the country back together.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKSustainable Development Goals in the UK: Not as rosy as the Government wants you to believe
The UK government is due to report to the UN on progress on addressing UK poverty, hunger, inequality. human rights and climate change. But it looks like they’re in denial.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaLa ola conservadora y reaccionaria global: incesantes fábricas del odio, del miedo y la mentira
Existen dos guerras no declaradas contra la gran mayoría de la población mundial, las clases populares miserabilizadas y las clases medias empobrecidas. Esta doble guerra exige un vastísimo complejo ideológico-mental propagado por todo el mundo. Português. English.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe relentless factories of hatred, fear and lies: on the global ultraconservative and reactionary waves
There are two undeclared wars on the vast majority of the world's population, the destitute popular classes and the impoverished middle classes. Such double war requires a vast, ideological-mental industrial complex sprawled across the planet. Portugues. Español.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKLeft behind by Northern Ireland’s neoliberal peace
Recent events have exposed how Northern Ireland hasn’t experienced peace as much as a cold war. The structural violence, legacy of conflict and democratic deficit can’t be left to dangerously smoulder any longer.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaCuba ¿final a la deriva?
¿Piensan los miembros del Partido Comunista y los miembros de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Cuba que podrán mantener la estabilidad política y la paz social en medio de un estancamiento económico que puede agravarse cuando el régimen venezolano colapse completamente? English
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Published in: ourEconomyHow to transform the EU – and build solidarity between its members
A new European Clearing Union would restore a common purpose to the European project and help defeat the rising ride of authoritarianism.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Beyond Brexit: the moment to transform Europe
An internationalist campaign for a European Green New Deal would counter the campaigns of both the Brexit Party and the remain parties.
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Published in: ourEconomyTheresa May must act on climate breakdown – or step aside for those who will
The Prime Minister's no-show for Greta Thunberg is typical of the Conservative Party's record on our greatest challenge.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaExclusiva: un esquema de financiación coordinado internacionalmente trabaja para aupar a Vox y a la extrema derecha europea
Horas antes del cierre de campaña en España una investigación de openDemocracy revela la existencia de una “coordinación extraordinaria” entre un grupo de apoyo a la campaña de Vox y partidos de ultra-derecha en toda Europa. English.
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Published in: ourEconomyUnderlying profits, underlying problems: rewards for failure at Interserve
Interserve illustrates how the beneficiaries of shareholder value driven strategies are not necessarily shareholders, but boardroom elites and their intermediary helpers.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy it's time to end discrimination against self-employed parents
Campaigners and MPs are calling on the government to ensure fairer rights for both self-employed parents, and for stay-at-home dads in general.