openDemocracy RSShttps://www.opendemocracy.net/feed/openDemocracy RSSenWed, 02 Oct 2024 14:49:13 +0000Labour donor Lord Alli under investigation over financial interestshttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/labour-donor-lord-waheed-alli-investigation-finanicial-interests-commissioner-standards-mac-bvi/Probe comes one week after openDemocracy revealed Alli had undeclared interests in a tax haven firmMartin WilliamsWed, 02 Oct 2024 14:49:13 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/labour-donor-lord-waheed-alli-investigation-finanicial-interests-commissioner-standards-mac-bvi/Revealed: Anti-immigrant laws leave 1,000s unable to claim asylumhttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/illegal-migration-act-asylum-backlog/Conservative law changes meant asylum claims for small boat arrivals stopped last year, leaving thousands in limboSian NorrisWed, 02 Oct 2024 09:51:50 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/illegal-migration-act-asylum-backlog/Should politicians be allowed to take gifts and donations?https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/readers-comments-politicians-donations-gifts-labour-keir-starmer-lord-alli/As Labour donations scandal deepens, openDemocracy readers debate an overhaul of political system to ban donationsJames BattershillFri, 27 Sep 2024 09:28:26 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/readers-comments-politicians-donations-gifts-labour-keir-starmer-lord-alli/Rights groups urge World Bank not to resume lending to Uganda over anti-gay lawhttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/world-bank-uganda-anti-gay-law-urged-against-resuming-lending-protest-new-york-open-letter/Civil society organisations say ‘mitigation measures’ proposed by the bank are ‘appallingly weak’Soita Khatondi WepukhuluThu, 26 Sep 2024 14:24:55 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/world-bank-uganda-anti-gay-law-urged-against-resuming-lending-protest-new-york-open-letter/Labour donor Lord Alli failed to declare interests in tax haven firmhttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/lord-alli-labour-failed-declare-interests-tax-haven-keir-starmer-donor-clothes/Peer who gave Starmer accommodation worth £20,000 ‘for son to study for GCSEs’ could earn £425,000 from offshore firmMartin WilliamsWed, 25 Sep 2024 15:44:13 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/lord-alli-labour-failed-declare-interests-tax-haven-keir-starmer-donor-clothes/Libya migrant rescue centre set to open despite rights abuseshttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/libya-eu-migrant-rescue-centre-set-to-open-despite-rights-abuses-mediterranean/The EU-funded centre would coordinate rescues in the Med, but will it give Libya a free pass for violations?Lorenzo Bagnoli, Fabio PapettiWed, 25 Sep 2024 11:22:48 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/libya-eu-migrant-rescue-centre-set-to-open-despite-rights-abuses-mediterranean/Musk’s plan to axe X's block button is a real win for stalkers and abusershttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/musk-block-function-twitter-online-abuse/Musk’s latest plan will endanger stalking and domestic abuse victims – and make online life harder for all womenSian NorrisTue, 24 Sep 2024 16:05:24 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/musk-block-function-twitter-online-abuse/How nature around the former East-West German border changed my mindhttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/podcasts/podcast-changed-my-mind/why-i-changed-my-mind-about-teaching/On the latest episode of the Changed My Mind podcast, Georg Baumert discusses how nature helps open your mind, and encouraged him to change his own.The Depolarization ProjectTue, 24 Sep 2024 12:02:00 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/podcasts/podcast-changed-my-mind/why-i-changed-my-mind-about-teaching/Leaked emails reveal how Africa became ‘primary target’ of anti-LGBTIQ actorshttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/agenda-europe-in-africa/US and European hate groups and conservatives used disinformation and lobbying to influence gender debate in AfricaSian Norris, Soita Khatondi WepukhuluTue, 24 Sep 2024 09:20:24 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/agenda-europe-in-africa/Why wait until the robots take our jobs? We need a basic income nowhttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/why-wait-until-the-robots-take-our-jobs-we-need-a-basic-income-now/AI and tech developments are already pushing people into more precarious work, but UBI could cushion the transitionKarl WiderquistMon, 23 Sep 2024 11:31:50 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/why-wait-until-the-robots-take-our-jobs-we-need-a-basic-income-now/Bolt and Uber drivers: ‘Xenophobic’ prank exposes need to fix gig economyhttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/uber-bolt-nigeria-south-africa-prank-xenophobia-chidimma-onwe-adetshina-drivers/Nigerian drivers had no idea why they kept receiving fake trip requests. The answer lay 7,000 kilometres awaySoita Khatondi WepukhuluMon, 23 Sep 2024 08:24:52 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/uber-bolt-nigeria-south-africa-prank-xenophobia-chidimma-onwe-adetshina-drivers/Should Labour have taken £4m from hedge fund in a tax haven?https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/readers-comments-labour-four-million-pound-donation-hedge-fun-tax-haven-quadrature-keir-starmer/openDemocracy readers share their thoughts on Labour’s largest-ever donation, made days after election was announcedJames BattershillFri, 20 Sep 2024 08:52:43 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/readers-comments-labour-four-million-pound-donation-hedge-fun-tax-haven-quadrature-keir-starmer/Fake news was invented 500 years ago – we must learn from its historyhttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/fake-news-invention-witch-hunt-history-for-tomorrow-book-roman-krznaric/It is no coincidence that Europe’s witch-hunt frenzy followed shortly after the birth of the printing pressRoman KrznaricWed, 18 Sep 2024 14:42:39 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/fake-news-invention-witch-hunt-history-for-tomorrow-book-roman-krznaric/Labour given £4m from tax haven-based hedge fund with shares in oil and armshttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/labour-given-4m-from-tax-haven-based-hedge-fund-with-shares-in-oil-and-arms/Quadrature’s donation is noteworthy not just for being Labour’s largest-ever, but for its timing ahead of electionEthan ShoneWed, 18 Sep 2024 14:03:26 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/labour-given-4m-from-tax-haven-based-hedge-fund-with-shares-in-oil-and-arms/Inside the 1970s British Black Panther movementhttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/british-black-panther-movement-racism-farrukh-dhondy/Indian-born Dhondy reflects on life as a British Black Panther fighting against institutional racism in 1970s LondonFarrukh DhondyMon, 16 Sep 2024 09:10:51 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/british-black-panther-movement-racism-farrukh-dhondy/Readers’ thoughts on the two child benefit caphttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/readers-comments-two-child-benefit-cap-labour/Is the two child cap on benefits fair? openDemocracy readers weigh inJames BattershillThu, 12 Sep 2024 16:08:41 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/readers-comments-two-child-benefit-cap-labour/Lobbyists helped MPs get elected – and you have no right to know about ithttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/lobbying-firms-fund-new-labour-mps-not-declared-register-of-interests/A lobbyist can give a Labour MP £1,499 without it being declared. And that's still true if they give 30 Labour MPs £1,499Ethan ShoneWed, 11 Sep 2024 10:02:51 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/lobbying-firms-fund-new-labour-mps-not-declared-register-of-interests/How misogyny lures men to the far righthttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/men-far-right-andrew-tate-orban-pocket-guide-patriarchy-maya-oppenheim/From Andrew Tate to the Charlottesville KKK – how are men’s rights and the far right really connected?Maya OppenheimTue, 10 Sep 2024 08:14:40 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/men-far-right-andrew-tate-orban-pocket-guide-patriarchy-maya-oppenheim/Cyberboss: Here’s how AI is reorganising the lines of class strugglehttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/ai-tech-algorithms-work-class-amazon-uber/New research into logistics and the gig economy shows workers tracked, instructed and managed by a dystopian world of algorithmsCraig GentThu, 05 Sep 2024 14:15:31 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/ai-tech-algorithms-work-class-amazon-uber/Concerts, clothes and New York breaks: New ministers take £170,000 of giftshttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/keir-starmer-cabinet-gifts-hospitality-eras-tour-football-matches-rachel-reeves-angela-rayner/Starmer has accepted more than anybody else since start of 2023, raising questions over what donors get in returnEthan ShoneWed, 04 Sep 2024 12:02:30 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/keir-starmer-cabinet-gifts-hospitality-eras-tour-football-matches-rachel-reeves-angela-rayner/