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Dark Arts Dispatch: SW1 is a ‘safe space’ for lobbyists
Plus, how Peter Mandelson might find common ground with Trump in rumoured new role as UK ambassador to Washington ...
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Women-led fish farming in Colombia becomes alternative to drug crops
Coca cultivation fuelled environmental degradation and violence in the Amazon. Now, locals turn to a greener future ...
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As a torture survivor, I’m calling on the UK government to honour the ban
Trump’s win gives a green light to torturing states. Now the UK must lead by example by meeting UN obligations ...
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Mexican feminists have won abortion rights in Chihuahua. But fight isn’t over
Interview: Activist Mariela Castro Flores tells openDemocracy about struggle for rights in highly conservative state ...
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Will Israel’s reputation and security survive this war?
As for Hezbollah, Israel has managed to successfully assassinate most of its leadership and substantially damage its ...
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Iñigo Alexander
Democracy is an independent international media platform covering current affairs, ideas and culture. We seek to challenge power and encourage democratic debate ...
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Reader comments: Is private investment the key to saving public infrastructure?
Plus, are we witnessing revolution in Georgia? And what do you think of Australia’s under-16s social media ban?
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Jean-Pierre du Toit
Jean-Pierre du Toit was born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa. He’s been a stage and crew manager at large music events during the summer for the last 10 years. For the last three years he ...
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Ekaterina Golovko
Ekaterina Golovko is a researcher working on migration and organised crime at Clingendael Institute and based in Dakar, Senegal. After an anti-smuggling law was repealed, much of smuggling was ...
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Samyar Bani
Samyar Bani is an Iranian refugee living in the UK ...