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As US aid cuts threaten LGBTIQ lives, these collectives show how to sustain communities beyond traditional aid models
View ArticleKeir Starmer doesn’t understand the benefits system
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View ArticleGazans suffer as Netanyahu pins hopes on fickle US president
Israeli prime minister is realising that you can’t rely on Trump, no matter how much he says what you want to hear
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Labour government has repeatedly aided and defended assault on Gaza – but opinions may be shifting as war intensifies
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View ArticleEscaping the Alt-Right Pipeline
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COP ignores reality on the ground in Latin America and wrongly assumes governments are key drivers of climate policies
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The erosion of democracy happens bit by bit and then all at once
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As the migrant barge left Dorset, openDemocracy explored life on board the Bibby – and the failed policy that cost millions
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How Modi’s government went from trying to improve its global democracy rankings to redefining democracy itself
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View ArticleCOP30 must remove fossil fuel interests from climate negotiations
It’s no wonder that COP28 and COP29 reduced trust in climate diplomacy. But we could rebuild it by shifting priorities
View ArticleAsylum still frozen in Greece despite fresh bloodshed in Syria
Syrians in Greece are stuck between a rock and a hard place, with asylum suspended and their country in ruins
View ArticleWomen will suffer most from UK government’s cuts to disability benefits
Cuts will push hundreds of thousands of women into poverty or force them out of workforce
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