Ten things you should know about socialism | openDemocracy
Feb 4, 2020 · Over the last 200 years, socialism has spread across the world. In every country, it carries the lessons and scars of its particular history there.
Conspiracy theories aside, there is something fishy about the Great ...
Aug 16, 2021 · ‘The Great Reset’ conspiracy theories don’t seem to want to die. The theories were triggered by the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) summit last year, which had the theme …
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Six reasons why protest is so important for democracy
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Totalitarianism in the twentieth century and beyond
Aug 27, 2019 · In the late 1970s, the Czechoslovak critic of communism, Vaclav Havel, helped to develop another key piece of terminology, ‘post-totalitarianism’, to describe the contradictory …
Does digital democracy improve democracy? | openDemocracy
Mar 2, 2017 · Unete a nuestro boletín ¿Qué pasa con la democracia, la participación y derechos humanos en Latinoamérica? Entérate a través de nuestro boletín semanal. Suscríbeme al …
Electoral processes and democracy: a moving field
Elections are a core part of the common understanding and practice of democracy. Yet experience - not least in countries emerging from violent conflict - increasingly suggests that …
Communism and democracy – a living legacy | openDemocracy
Apr 27, 2018 · Political actors must always reckon with natural limits, structural bias, institutional inertia, vested interests and the actions of their opponents, not to mention irreducible …
Democracy is at risk in Guatemala, but there is still hope
Dec 20, 2023 · Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Arévalo greets supporters during the commemoration of the 79th anniversary of the Revolution that overthrew dictator Jorge Ubico …
What is tolerance and how much of it do democracies require?
Oct 4, 2019 · Answering some of the pressing, if not existential questions facing diverse, democratic societies require a clearer understanding of tolerance.