openDemocracy RSShttps://www.opendemocracy.net/feed/openDemocracy RSSenFri, 10 Apr 2026 14:57:35 +0000Netanyahu is behind Iran war, not Trump – and that makes peace unlikelyhttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/iran-war-israel-trump-netanyahu-peace-unlikely/Israel’s strikes on Lebanon are a reminder that Netanyahu will do whatever he can to avoid a peace deal with IranPaul RogersFri, 10 Apr 2026 14:57:35 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/iran-war-israel-trump-netanyahu-peace-unlikely/UK plans to tackle AI harms would bypass democratic process, experts warnhttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/uk-online-safety-act-ai-harms-government-labour-grok-elon-musk/The government is seeking powers to allow ministers to rewrite significant portions of the Online Safety ActJade-Ruyu YanFri, 10 Apr 2026 11:00:46 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/uk-online-safety-act-ai-harms-government-labour-grok-elon-musk/What counts as a win when victory is out of reach?https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/what-counts-win-india-peace-social-movements-harsh-mander/Harsh Mander on solidarity, peace, and why holding together can be the real victoryNandini Naira ArcherFri, 10 Apr 2026 07:10:20 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/what-counts-win-india-peace-social-movements-harsh-mander/Labour to scrap time limit on investigating sexual misconduct by doctorshttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/doctors-sexual-abuse-nhs-gmc-five-year-justice-labour-general-medical-council/I first reported on abuse in the NHS in 2022. Labour has made the right call on the unfair ‘five-year rule’Sian NorrisThu, 09 Apr 2026 09:39:13 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/doctors-sexual-abuse-nhs-gmc-five-year-justice-labour-general-medical-council/‘Labour-specialist’ lobbying firm with close ties to No10 revs up businesshttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/url-anacta-strategies-labour-keir-starmer-company-accounts-lobbying-airbnb-visa-sky-pearson/Having helped get the party elected, Anacta Strategies now helps its clients get what they want from Starmer's Labour governmentEthan ShoneFri, 03 Apr 2026 11:20:51 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/url-anacta-strategies-labour-keir-starmer-company-accounts-lobbying-airbnb-visa-sky-pearson/Fake authors, fake stories: Inside the Russian campaign to influence Argentina's electionhttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/russia-argentina-influence-operations-media-javier-milei-investigation-kremlin-putin/Exclusive: Agents linked to the Kremlin ‘paid’ for fake news by fake authors to be published by Argentine pressDiana CariboniThu, 02 Apr 2026 16:15:33 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/russia-argentina-influence-operations-media-javier-milei-investigation-kremlin-putin/Why feminists must not give up on the UN Commission on the Status of Womenhttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/un-commission-status-women-far-right-feminists/As far right works to roll back women’s rights from inside the UN, our participation is more important than everNana Darkoa Sekyiamah and Rosa BranskyThu, 02 Apr 2026 15:05:22 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/un-commission-status-women-far-right-feminists/Trump’s war rhetoric drifts as US escalates toward ground warhttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/trumps-war-rhetoric-drifts-as-us-escalates-toward-ground-war/As Trump vows to send Iran “back to the stone ages”, US military build-up points to a deeper, expanding warPaul RogersThu, 02 Apr 2026 13:20:13 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/trumps-war-rhetoric-drifts-as-us-escalates-toward-ground-war/Getting serious with Zack Polanski’s Green Partyhttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/green-party-zack-polanski-polls-elections-senedd-reform-uk-nigel-farage-jeremy-corbyn/Star-studded think tank launches, defection rumours and ‘growing pains’ – a week inside the ascendant Green Party Ethan ShoneWed, 01 Apr 2026 09:24:42 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/green-party-zack-polanski-polls-elections-senedd-reform-uk-nigel-farage-jeremy-corbyn/How African creators are currently being exploited in the AI boomhttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/how-african-creators-are-currently-being-exploited-in-the-ai-boom/To turn the tide and address AI threats, African copyright frameworks need to be revised.Kofi YeboahWed, 01 Apr 2026 08:08:31 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/how-african-creators-are-currently-being-exploited-in-the-ai-boom/Gurr-boss: Inside ex-Amazon exec’s appointment to UK competition watchdoghttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/doug-gurr-amazon-competition-market-authority-tech-regulation-watchdog-natural-history-museum/Yes, new CMA chair Doug Gurr has downplayed links to Big Tech. But that’s not why experts are worriedJade-Ruyu YanMon, 30 Mar 2026 16:04:38 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/doug-gurr-amazon-competition-market-authority-tech-regulation-watchdog-natural-history-museum/For the US and Israel, the Iran war is exposing an uncomfortable new world orderhttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/us-israel-iran-war-new-world-order-global-dominance-economic-gulf-trump-netanyahu/With Tehran closer to achieving its war aims than Washington or Tel Aviv, the global economic balance of power is shiftingPaul RogersFri, 27 Mar 2026 16:56:10 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/us-israel-iran-war-new-world-order-global-dominance-economic-gulf-trump-netanyahu/Landmark verdicts could unleash new legal playbook over social media harmshttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/legal-verdict-social-media-harms-meta-google/In two US states, twin verdicts find tech giants Meta and Google liable for harms to young users on their platformsCristiano Lima-StrongFri, 27 Mar 2026 16:02:00 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/legal-verdict-social-media-harms-meta-google/What the research says about the UK’s proposed immigration reformshttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/uk-immigration-reforms-shabana-mahmood-asylum-refugees-destitution-insecurity-labour-startmer/Labour’s vision will lead to permanent insecurity, deepen destitution, and exclude a generation from full civic rightsResearchers at the Glasgow Refugee, Asylum and Migration Network (GRAMNet)Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:23:44 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/uk-immigration-reforms-shabana-mahmood-asylum-refugees-destitution-insecurity-labour-startmer/Would Epstein victims have been denied help after changes to UK slavery system?https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/epstein-sex-trafficking-grooming-gangs-modern-slavery-home-office/Policy change on modern slavery could block victims of Epstein-style trafficking from getting help, experts fearSian NorrisWed, 25 Mar 2026 14:23:49 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/epstein-sex-trafficking-grooming-gangs-modern-slavery-home-office/‘My heart is in pieces’: How UK government’s migration policy shatters liveshttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/labour-immigration-leave-to-remain-shabana-mahmood-heart-broken-testimonials/Behind the headlines and rhetoric, what do Labour’s immigration plans mean for those affected?Sian NorrisTue, 24 Mar 2026 15:22:43 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/labour-immigration-leave-to-remain-shabana-mahmood-heart-broken-testimonials/The European: On the death of Jürgen Habermashttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/j%C3%BCrgen-habermas-death-reflections-european/Georg DiezFri, 20 Mar 2026 14:24:31 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/j%C3%BCrgen-habermas-death-reflections-european/Inside the battle between Chile’s salmon industry and its Indigenous peopleshttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/chile-salmon-industry-capitan-aracena-mummy-patagonia-jose-kast/A multi-billion-dollar industry backed by Chile’s new president threatens the Kawésqar peoples’ right to the seaElena BassoFri, 20 Mar 2026 13:13:35 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/chile-salmon-industry-capitan-aracena-mummy-patagonia-jose-kast/Iran is Binyamin Netanyahu’s war. Will Donald Trump end it?https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/iran-israel-us-trump-what-next-war-end/Israel can’t surrender, but will Trump’s dwindling popularity be enough to deliver an early end to the conflict?Paul RogersFri, 20 Mar 2026 12:33:23 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/iran-israel-us-trump-what-next-war-end/The AI Panopticon: How Big Tech and the State are Watching You | With Jim Killockhttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/podcasts/in-solidarity-podcast/ai-panopticon-surveillance-jim-killock-open-rights/In Solidarity Podcast, Jim Killock, Matthew LinaresFri, 20 Mar 2026 11:31:12 +0000https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/podcasts/in-solidarity-podcast/ai-panopticon-surveillance-jim-killock-open-rights/