Conspiracy theories aside, there is something fishy about the Great ...
Aug 16, 2021 · The set of conspiracy theories around the Great Reset are nebulous and hard to pin down, but piecing them together gives us something like this: the Great Reset is the global elite’s plan to ...
Six reasons why protest is so important for democracy
3. In an electoral democracy,protest provides an essential voice for minority groups. The classic theorists of representational government recognisedthat universal suffrage and majority voting ...
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War: justifiable or simply catastrophic? | openDemocracy
The global phenomenon of war distorts our ongoing attempts to build peace in conflict after conflict and in many different ways. Diana Francis looks at some of the evidence and asks if war can be ...
We are openDemocracyUK | openDemocracy
Welcome to openDemocracyUK, the British section of openDemocracy. openDemocracyUK addresses the unfolding crisis in Britain's democracy, its root causes and the injustices which stem from it. We ...
Does digital democracy improve democracy? | openDemocracy
Mar 2, 2017 · Interestingly enough, digital innovations have been making representation less virtual by virtual means. These new digital institutional designs mentioned above not only enhance participation ...
Peter Geoghegan steps down as editor-in-chief and CEO
Jul 4, 2023 · Peter Geoghegan has stepped down from the roles of chief executive and editor-in-chief of openDemocracy with immediate effect. Peter’s tenure at openDemocracy – both as UK investigations ...
North Africa, West Asia | openDemocracy
In August, thousands of people who worked for the UK in Afghanistan were left to the Taliban’s mercy. openDemocracy... Published in: North Africa, West Asia: Investigation. Turkish asylum ...
Do referendums improve democracy? | openDemocracy
Jan 14, 2019 · They ensure that outcomes on particularly important or divisive issues more closely reflect the distribution of citizens’ preferences by devolving decision-making to them. Evidently, referendums ...
Has America always been capitalist? | openDemocracy
James Parisot’s new book is How America Became Capitalist: Imperial Expansion and the Conquest of the West, published by Pluto Press. History shows that capitalism isn’t natural or normal ...