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For the first time in my life I'm frightened to be Jewish, says David Graeber. Non-Jews attacking the Labour party aren't helping either, he adds. (via
@openDemocracyUK)https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/first-time-my-life-im-frightened-be-jewish/ … -
News emerged last week that Rami Makhlouf, cousin of Syrian president Assad, had been placed under arrest. We may be seeing Syria's full transformation into a Russian client state at the expense of Assad and Iran, says Nick Grinstead. (via
@NAWAoD)https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/north-africa-west-asia/makhlouf-no-more-russia-calling-debts-syria/ … -
On 29th August, Colombia awoke in the midst of an old nightmare. The echoes of a 50-year-old war, that most thought was at an end, began to rear its head again. (via
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The climate and socialist movements must come together to build a new progressive movement, says Andrea Grainger. The arguments against 'degrowth' don't stack up she says.https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/defence-degrowth/ …
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A new wave of anti-government mobilisation has swept across Eurasian countries that were in the old Soviet Union. These 20- and 30-somethings are changing the political landscape by wresting power from incumbents. (via
@opendemocracyru)https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/awakening-new-generation-activists-eurasia/ … -
Micro-financing has become a debt trap for many poor families in developing countries in recent years. Women’s groups and the co-operative movement are leading the way out now. (via
@_ourEconomy)https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/microfinance-has-been-nightmare-global-south-sri-lanka-shows-there-alternative/ … -
Fifteen Terrorism acts in the last 20 years in Britain have created an oppressive and racist legacy, says
@ArunKundnani. The left must not shy away from promoting a new vision. Here's what it could look like: (via@openDemocracyUK)https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/what-could-a-progressive-alternative-to-the-failed-war-on-terror-look-like/ … -
Millennial life often feels like endless work to build our 'brand'. But this isn't healthy and politicians shouldn't encourage it, says
@philjones7771. (via@_ourEconomy)https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/brand-you-how-employability-came-dominate-our-lives/ … -
Why paint inner development as a barrier to better systems? Caricatures of mindfulness make no sense:http://bit.ly/2ko6ih9
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About one in 12 young people in the UK are expected to have to care for someone with a long-term condition. A bold new play focuses on the hidden worlds of young carers. (via
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Pse share if you can, tks - why everyone should care about young carers: http://bit.ly/2lz6ISd
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"Every dollar of public money financing US militarism abroad could be used to fight hunger, homelessness or climate change," writes
@medeabenjamin for@_ourEconomy.https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/should-we-feed-hungry-children-or-war-machine/ … -
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Across the world, the current UK government is ignoring the climate crisis and undermining global action in the name of free trade, says Craig Bennett. (via
@openDemocracyUK)https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/johnsons-trade-plans-are-monkeying-around-our-environment/ … -
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'Seven ways to think like a 21st century economist' - important piece by
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'Of the cases filed in the last 40 years by the US Security and Exchange Commission and the US Department of Justice – virtually a third related to the oil and gas sector.' (via
@demoAbierta)https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/democraciaabierta/petr%C3%B3leo-guerra-e-corrup%C3%A7%C3%A3o-para-entender-curitiba-en/ … -
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In 1917, the UK's David Lloyd George offered Palestine as a 'national home for the Jewish people' – to win over Zionism, a fringe political movement. There are parallels to Britain's Brexit situation now, says Gardner Thompson, for
@NAWAoDhttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/north-africa-west-asia/perils-improvising-policy-balfour-declaration-brexit/ … -
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As Britain prepares to return to the polls after years of headlines about dark money and electoral interference, someone is plotting against the UK’s democratic watchdog:https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/whos-trying-kill-our-democratic-watchdog/ …
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