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Ten things you should know about socialism | openDemocracy
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What Trump’s win means for Africa’s trade and investment
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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 world of ...
40+ councils invest pension cash in Israel-linked arms firms
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Torture survivor: UK government must uphold ban | openDemocracy
Dec 10, 2024 · The risks are grave. Now is the time for the UK to act as a global leader in ending all forms of torture, not inspiring other countries to ditch their responsibilities through its own transgressions.
Six reasons why protest is so important for democracy
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Revealed: how the UK’s powerful right-wing think tanks and …
55 Tufton Street, where many of the meetings take place. Image, Adam Ramsay, CC2.0. The UK’s leading right-wing think tanks discuss strategy and tactics at regular monthly meetings that have ...
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