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20 years ago I warned that attacking Iran would not end well. That’s still true
13 June 2025 @ 2:51 pm
Israel’s attacks on Iran’s nuclear programme may mark the start of a long and drawn-out global conflict
Inside Bolsonarists’ campaign to impose US sanctions on Brazilian judges
12 June 2025 @ 5:44 pm
Former president's son and his allies are lobbying US government to punish judges investigating 2022 coup attempt
Locked up: Protestors in prison
12 June 2025 @ 12:02 pm
Protestors now face lengthy prison sentences for 'conspiring to cause disruption', we asked a human rights lawyer what this means for us all.
Who’s funding Reform – and why?
12 June 2025 @ 11:04 am
Nigel Farage says his party is a break from the political establishment. That claim doesn’t match up with its donors
Women in prison ‘punitively’ restrained 424 times amid mental health crisis
11 June 2025 @ 10:06 am
Revealed: Dozens of women with mental health problems ‘stripped’ and made to wear ‘last resort’ anti-rip clothing
Labour’s defence review is rehashed, uninspired, and doomed to fail
6 June 2025 @ 1:51 pm
Keir Starmer’s defence plan overlooks by far the biggest threat facing global security
Join the conversation: ‘Outrage’ at UK locking up climate protesters
6 June 2025 @ 12:53 pm
openDemocracy readers discuss an op-ed we published by an activist who has been sentenced for planning to protest
Generation Crisis: How generational language misses the mark - with Tom Nicholas
6 June 2025 @ 12:02 pm
Generational language is driving a wedge between us at a time when we need to be united
Investing in sexual violence services in England and Wales could save billions
6 June 2025 @ 9:03 am
With new research showing sexual violence has a lifetime cost to taxpayers of £440bn, funding services is essential
Peru’s defence of forced sterilisations reveals the long shadow of autocracy
5 June 2025 @ 1:02 pm
President Fujimori’s sterilisation drive killed a woman in the 1990s. Her trial shows democracy is again backsliding