In a predominantly Hindu and Christian city in the south of India, a Muslim family meets every Friday evening to light a lamp ...

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves hosting an investment roundtable discussion with BlackRock CEO Larry Fink and members of the BlackRock executive board at 10 Downing Street Senior executives from ...

As the world absorbs the shockwave of Donald Trump’s win in the US presidential election, the playbook for his second term, designed by a handful of right-wing extremists, is already underway in ...

An ExxonMobil boss has admitted the oil giant would need a “magic wand” to deliver the climate pledges it boasts about to customers. The company’s UK lead, Paul Greenwood, told openDemocracy a carbon ...

The star of Argentina’s ongoing election cycle is a libertarian economist who has proposed complete dollarisation and claims climate breakdown is a “socialist lie”. Every TV channel covers him. His ...

The women in Russia’s military families are posing a subtle but significant challenge to Vladimir Putin’s handling of the war in Ukraine by engaging in a form of political activism best described as ...

‘Greenwashing’ incinerator firms are burying evidence that burning household waste for energy can be more polluting than coal-fired power plants, openDemocracy can reveal. Waste companies promote ...

Two men in front of graffiti on a wall which reads 'Putin is a fucker' and 'Ukraine', in March 2022 in Moscow Ever since Putin invaded Ukraine last year, people have been asking why Russians are not ...

A young woman (not the author) attends a procession marking the Day of the Flag of the Crimean Tatar People in Kyiv in 2018 Since Russia invaded and annexed Crimea in 2014, I have witnessed firsthand ...

Boris Johnson’s outside earnings have now hit £5m in the six months since he left office, new figures suggest. His latest disclosures, which came as he was grilled by MPs over ‘Partygate’, show he ...

Ukrainian businessman and politician Viktor Medvedchuk (centre) has led pro-Russian politics in the country for the past two decades When Russian forces marched into Ukraine last February, Nestor ...

UK climate activist group Pipe Busters first broke into the construction site for the Southampton to London Pipeline (SLP) in June. Using an array of carefully selected tools, from bolt cutters to a ...