Conspiracy theories aside, there is something fishy about the Great ...
Aug 16, 2021 · ‘The Great Reset’ conspiracy theories don’t seem to want to die. The theories were triggered by the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) summit last year, which had the theme …
Ten things you should know about socialism | openDemocracy
Feb 4, 2020 · Over the last 200 years, socialism has spread across the world. In every country, it carries the lessons and scars of its particular history there.
Six reasons why protest is so important for democracy
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Insecurity Trap: Climate, economic inequality, military
Oct 25, 2024 · But the issue that is too often overlooked is that climate breakdown is intimately linked with two other massive failings in global society. One is the alarming levels of inequality …
US climate deniers gave millions to Tory-linked think tanks
Jun 16, 2022 · As openDemocracy revealed yesterday, ExxonMobil gave Policy Exchange $30,000 in 2017.The think tank went on to recommend the creation of a new anti-protest law …
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Totalitarianism in the twentieth century and beyond
Aug 27, 2019 · In the late 1970s, the Czechoslovak critic of communism, Vaclav Havel, helped to develop another key piece of terminology, ‘post-totalitarianism’, to describe the contradictory …
What Trump’s win means for Africa’s trade and investment
Nov 8, 2024 · One unique point of continuity with prior administrations may lie in Trump’s ties to Africa through family connections. Trump’s son-in-law is Lebanese-Nigerian and remains a …
Assisted dying: New UK law must defend right to die
Nov 18, 2024 · Noel Conway, whose challenge to the law against assisted dying at the High Court was supported by Humanists UK where I work, chose the only legal option available to him …
The Nazi Satanists promoting extreme violence and terrorism
Feb 4, 2021 · On 20 September 2020, after reports of the Toronto mosque stabbing, the NSO published a new poster featuring the attacker along with the call to “siege your local mosque” …