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Starmer has accepted more than anybody else since start of 2023, raising questions over what donors get in return
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New research into logistics and the gig economy shows workers tracked, instructed and managed by a dystopian world of algorithms
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From Andrew Tate to the Charlottesville KKK – how are men’s rights and the far right really connected?
View ArticleLobbyists helped MPs get elected – and you have no right to know about it
A lobbyist can give a Labour MP £1,499 without it being declared. And that's still true if they give 30 Labour MPs £1,499
View ArticleReaders’ thoughts on the two child benefit cap
Is the two child cap on benefits fair? openDemocracy readers weigh in
View ArticleInside the 1970s British Black Panther movement
Indian-born Dhondy reflects on life as a British Black Panther fighting against institutional racism in 1970s London
View ArticleLabour given £4m from tax haven-based hedge fund with shares in oil and arms
Quadrature’s donation is noteworthy not just for being Labour’s largest-ever, but for its timing ahead of election
View ArticleFake news was invented 500 years ago – we must learn from its history
It is no coincidence that Europe’s witch-hunt frenzy followed shortly after the birth of the printing press
View ArticleShould Labour have taken £4m from hedge fund in a tax haven?
openDemocracy readers share their thoughts on Labour’s largest-ever donation, made days after election was announced
View ArticleBolt and Uber drivers: ‘Xenophobic’ prank exposes need to fix gig economy
Nigerian drivers had no idea why they kept receiving fake trip requests. The answer lay 7,000 kilometres away
View ArticleWhy wait until the robots take our jobs? We need a basic income now
AI and tech developments are already pushing people into more precarious work, but UBI could cushion the transition
View ArticleLeaked emails reveal how Africa became ‘primary target’ of anti-LGBTIQ actors
US and European hate groups and conservatives used disinformation and lobbying to influence gender debate in Africa
View ArticleHow nature around the former GDR border changed my mind
On the latest episode of the Changed My Mind podcast, Georg Baumert discusses how nature helps open your mind, and encouraged him to change his own.
View ArticleMusk’s plan to axe X's block button is a real win for stalkers and abusers
Musk’s latest plan will endanger stalking and domestic abuse victims – and make online life harder for all women
View ArticleLibya migrant rescue centre set to open despite rights abuses
The EU-funded centre would coordinate rescues in the Med, but will it give Libya a free pass for violations?
View ArticleLabour donor Lord Alli failed to declare interests in tax haven firm
Peer who gave Starmer £20,000 to pay ‘for somewhere for son to study for GCSEs’ could earn £425,000 from offshore firm
View ArticleRights groups urge World Bank not to resume lending to Uganda over anti-gay law
Civil society organisations say ‘mitigation measures’ proposed by the bank are ‘appallingly weak’
View ArticleShould politicians be allowed to take gifts and donations?
As Labour donations scandal deepens, openDemocracy readers debate an overhaul of political system to ban donations
View ArticleRevealed: Anti-immigrant laws leave 1,000s unable to claim asylum
Conservative law changes meant asylum claims for small boat arrivals stopped last year, leaving thousands in limbo
View ArticleLabour donor Lord Alli under investigation over financial interests
Probe comes one week after openDemocracy revealed Alli had undeclared interests in a tax haven firm
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