Conspiracy theories aside, there is something fishy about the Great ...
Aug 16, 2021 · The set of conspiracy theories around the Great Reset are nebulous and hard to pin down, but piecing them together gives us something like this: the Great Reset is the global elite’s plan to ...
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Six reasons why protest is so important for democracy
3. In an electoral democracy, protest provides an essential voice for minority groups. The classic theorists of representational government recognised that universal suffrage and majority voting ...
Ten things you should know about socialism | openDemocracy
Feb 4, 2020 · 4. The U.S., Soviet Union, and China have more in common than you think. As capitalism emerged from feudalism in Europe in the 19th century, it advocated liberty, equality, fraternity, and ...
What does it mean to be a global citizen? | openDemocracy
Feb 13, 2013 · A global citizen is someone who identifies with being part of an emerging world community and whose actions contribute to building this community’s values and practices. Such a definition of ...
Totalitarianism in the twentieth century and beyond
Aug 27, 2019 · Totalitarianism in the twentieth century and beyond. A key under-studied area for analysis is how contemporary extreme right movements can also be seen as totalitarian. Indeed, it is not difficult ...
What was communism? | openDemocracy
The question of what kind of political and social system was communism, too near to allow of an easy perspective, has occasioned several candidate explanations. These include, in summary terms: a ...
Zionism: the history of a contested word | openDemocracy
May 21, 2018 · For some, Zionism means the right to Jewish self-determination, a national liberation movement, but for others, it conjures violent dispossession and continued policies of occupation and ...
Cory Aquino and democracy in the Philippines | openDemocracy
Cory Aquino's death on 1 August 2009 has sparked a depth of collective emotion unseen in the Philippines for years. Thousands of mourners are gathering in Manila to pay their respects and honour ...
Why we need White History Month | openDemocracy
Oct 25, 2021 · Perhaps, by announcing a White History Month, in which non-White peoples are explicitly evacuated from key points in the history of the UK, we might be able to understand better the mechanics of ...