Whether Israel respects truce will come down to Trump, who will be under pressure from leaders trying to curb protests
openDemocracy readers debate whether making voting mandatory would improve politics
openDemocracy readers discuss whether voters would back a socialist government, and Starmer’s ever-rightwards shift
Labour has quietly dropped legal fight over unlawful crackdown on protest. But what about those already arrested?
openDemocracy readers discuss an op-ed we published by an activist who has been sentenced for planning to protest
The UK’s broken justice system is locking young activists like me away – and we’ll all suffer the consequences
Conservative ministers loudly championed free speech – right up until they outlawed it. Now, we’re all at risk
A ‘win’ in Ukraine may well lead the US president to act in Gaza and resume talks of acquiring Canada or Greenland
The Georgian Dream government tried shifting to Russia – but now faces a popular uprising and constitutional crisis
Undercover in an anti-abortion group, I discovered the ideology and influence behind the now-banned clinic protests
Indian-born Dhondy reflects on life as a British Black Panther fighting against institutional racism in 1970s London
