I spent years reporting on digital IDs like the Brit Card. This is what I found ⤵️ www.opendemocracy.net/en/digital-i...

Digital ID cards will put the UK on a dangerous path – just ask India

Now that we have to say genocide | With Lila Hassan

On the Reform problem, Labour faces a serious strategic dilemma

Inside the many, many Labour Party Conferences taking place in Liverpool

Why we’re giving incarcerated women cash relief

How tech became the new frontier of domestic violence against women and girls

Reparations for racial injustice: Black fathers must be first in line

Do Trump's most ardent supporters truly believe that he is an ‘imperfect vessel’ chosen by God? Join us as we discuss, wherever you get your podcasts ⤵️ https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/podcasts/in-solidarity-podcast/jeff-sharlet-donald-trump-trumpism-religion/

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Israel’s growing pariah status is Gaza’s best hope after UN confirms genocide

Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal: Is This A South Asia Spring? | With Roman Gautam

Worse Than Trump: India is Deporting Its Own Citizens | With Abhishek Saha

The US is built on stolen labour. It’s time to settle the debt

How to stop anti-rights actors? Fund Black feminists

Rescue ship shooting: Where is the EU’s red line with Libya?

Prison labour: the last stronghold of slavery in the US

How financialisation is corroding education in the UK

Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was last week found guilty of leading a failed military coup d'état after he lost the 2022 presidential election to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Read more ⤵️ www.opendemocracy.net/en/brazil-bo...

Brazil: Bolsonaro’s conviction is a victory for tortured women

As we fight for our lives in the South, reparations offer hope

Why the US needs basic income as reparations for racial injustice

Join the conversation: Can Jeremy Corbyn’s new party disrupt UK politics? Readers discuss

Al Fayed’s victims say compensation scheme ignores ‘trafficking’ by Harrods

Israel is killing Gazans and endangering its own citizens

Join the conversation: British politics and a Ukraine-style visa for Gaza

As Nigel Farage dominates headlines, Jeremy Corbyn is being overlooked by the media – just as he was in 2017. But could there be a shift quietly underway? Read the full article here ⤵️ www.opendemocracy.net/en/uk-politi... #ukpolitics #ukgovernment #yourparty #jeremycorbyn #corbynism #zarahsultana

Is a shift quietly underway in British politics?

As Spain’s PM says that Europe has failed on Gaza, ordinary citizens are stepping up to confront Israel’s genocide. What do you think are the most effective peoples’ actions for Gaza? Select responses will be included in an upcoming piece. 💭 Reply to this post with your thoughts

As US far-right attacks marriage equality, UK must not be complacent

@zackpolanski.bsky.social is the new Green Party leader. In May, Polanski told @ethanshone.bsky.social: "if your politics does not contain activism and radicalism for change you're doing briefcase politics, and we do not have time for briefcase politics." www.opendemocracy.net/en/green-par...

‘Where are the protests?’: openDemocracy readers slam abuse by British troops

Gaza diary: How I risk death to feed my family

How Nigel Farage’s biopolitics captured Westminster

Seasonal workers: no halt to exploitation as visa scheme expands

Breakthrough on Gaza still seems unlikely despite growing Israeli discontent

The UK must introduce a Gaza Family Visa Scheme as it did with Ukraine

‘Financialisation is killing the economy’: Readers debate Labour’s plan

Women working on UK farms report sexual harassment and financial insecurity

🔴 Taxpayer payouts for historic child sex abuse paint ‘stark and worrying picture’ for Ministry of Defence, lawyers say www.opendemocracy.net/en/armed-for...

🔴NEW🔴 An investigation by me for @opendemocracy.net reveals that the MoD has spent £8mn of taxpayers money on compensation for survivors of historic child sex abuse for victims of military personnel, or where the abuse happened on military premises. www.opendemocracy.net/en/armed-for...

What has Labour done for women? With Penny East

Government spends £8m compensating children sexually abused by British troops

Outdated laws and benefit cuts: Why women can’t leave sex work

Forced to work on an overheated planet

Join the conversation: Would compulsory voting strengthen democracy?

Global leaders must finally stand up to Israel before it’s too late for Gaza

The UK finance lobby’s growing influence is threatening all our interests

Inquiry raises questions about MoD failure to stop soldiers exploiting women after it told openDemocracy it issued no sanctions, @sianushka.bsky.social reports. Find out more here ⤵️ www.opendemocracy.net/en/british-a...

🔴NEW🔴 A service inquiry has confirmed that men are still paying for sex in Kenya, three years after the MoD imposed a ban on transactional sex. www.opendemocracy.net/en/british-a...