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Various items dropping into an item of machinery to be mixed together. The items include cash notes, a Conservative Party rossette and a pram

3 May 2022 23 minute read

The politics of futility

Our deep desire for change is continually thwarted by the limiting political choices on offer. Political theorist and...

11 Mar 2022 4 minute read

Antoinette Nikolova: ‘It is a scary time for us journalists.’

The Bulgarian journalist is director of the Balkan Free Media Initiative, created in April 2021 to monitor and campaign for...

1 Dec 2021 4 minute read

Tunisia: at a glance

A decade on from the revolution, and after a succession of chaotic governments, is democracy teetering in Tunisia, asks...

Activists in New York City protest against the influence of ‘dark money’ from the billionaire Koch brothers on many areas of political decision-making, including healthcare. ERIK MCGREGOR /SIPA USA/PA IMAGES

6 Apr 2021 6 minute read

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Dark money

It twists and corrupts democracy in hidden ways. Peter Geoghegan explores the murky world of think tanks...

Malawi Citizens’ Assembly member Daudi Amidu, a merchant trader, dances alongside fellow participants as they take a pause from considering ways to improve local spending rules in Salima South, Lake Malawi. MADALITSO BANDA/ALL HANDS ON

4 Mar 2021 7 minute read

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Defibrillating democracy

A kickstart for a habitable future. Claire Mellier and Rich Wilson make the case for ...

A mural featuring a pro-Trump protester, self-styled QAnon ‘shaman’ Jacob Chansley, appeared in Tunbridge Wells, UK, a few days after the storming of the US Congress in Washington on 6 January. KARWAI TANG/WIREIMAGE/GETTY

18 Feb 2021 15 minute read

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Democracy on the edge

Unloved and under threat from several sides, democracy seems to be in peril. Should it be saved – or helped to change?...

10 Sep 2019 5 minute read

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It’s lonely on the Left in Hong Kong

Bennett Murray speaks to Avery Ng, the leader of Hong Kong’s most leftwing party within...

14 Dec 2019 8 minute read

This article is almost three years old.

Kick ‘em all out! Citizens’ Assemblies and the next democratic revolution

Citizens’ Assemblies are being promoted as the preferred democratic tool of a new generation of activists, Brett...

Botswana

19 Aug 2018 3 minute read

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Botswana: losing its sparkle?

Wame Molefhe profiles Botswana, where prosperity has morphed into corruption and...

Isaias Afwerki

25 Jul 2018 3 minute read

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Worldbeater: Isaias Afwerki

We put the President of Eritrea’s track record – liberation fighter turned ruthless dictator – under the spotlight....

Members of the dissolved opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party inside a police vehicle in Phnom Penh.

3 Jul 2018 7 minute read

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Cambodia’s ‘one party state’ prepares for polls

Prime Minister Hun Sen has dissolved newspapers and the opposition. Becky and Simon Kenton-Lake...

18 Jun 2018 6 minute read

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The selfish giants

Laura Basu on how media ownership is getting more concentrated – and what to do about it.

A screenshot from Lush’s spycops campaign

4 Jun 2018 3 minute read

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Why we need Lush’s Spycop campaign

Lush’s exposure of spycop wrongs will improve policing, Jenny Jones argues.

The Committees for the Defence of the Revolution blocked roads over Easter 2018

14 May 2018 5 minute read

This article is more than four years old.

The state vs people power in Catalonia

How the Committees for the Defence of the Republic are fighting for democracy in Catalonia. Luke Stobart...

Public Ownership

30 Apr 2018 8 minute read

This article is more than four years old.

The case for public ownership

After decades of neglect, the mood is turning. Dinyar Godrej on the fightback against privatization.

Liz McDaid and Makoma Lekalakaka in front of the country’s only nuclear power station – Koeberg.

23 Apr 2018 4 minute read

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The Women Who Stopped the Nuclear Deal

Makoma Lekalakala and Liz McDaid won the Goldman Environmental Prize for stopping a secret nuclear deal...

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