openDemocracy2 days ago‘Populists and scapegoats’: How to build a better social security systemopenDemocracy - Carla AbreuWelcome to openDemocracy’s weekly reader comments round-up. This is an opportunity for us to showcase some of the many carefully considered messages …
openDemocracy2 days agoIs the UK’s support for Israel’s atrocities in Gaza finally wavering?openDemocracy - Paul RogersFrom the start of this, Israel’s fifth recent war in Gaza, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) and government have insisted that every possible care is …
openDemocracy4 days agoAristo-fraudster who raised millions for Farage sets up opaque new companyopenDemocracy - Ethan ShoneA secretive new company set up by an aristocratic convicted fraudster with close ties to Nigel Farage’s Reform party “raises real red flags”, a …
openDemocracy6 days agoGazans suffer as Netanyahu pins hopes on fickle US presidentopenDemocracy - Paul RogersWhy was Donald Trump’s suggestion on turning Gaza into a Middle Eastern Riviera so helpful to Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu? To …
openDemocracyKeir Starmer doesn’t understand the benefits systemopenDemocracy - Mikey ErhardtSpeak to almost any British government minister from the past 15 years, Conservative or Labour, and you might be left with the impression that the …
openDemocracyWhat the world can learn from radical queer aid collectives in East AfricaopenDemocracy - Soita Khatondi WepukhuluOne of the 26 executive orders Donald Trump signed on the first day of his presidency was a 90-day pause on foreign aid, which he said is often “not …