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openDemocracy Weekly Newsletter 15 August 2026

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From Gaza to Trump, the age of ‘Big Security’ is here

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openDemocracy Weekly Newsletter 08 August 2026

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Palantir’s UK CEO Louis Mosley says the company uses “a standard tax incentive”...

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Lessons from Ceuta: State failures and local solidarities

Cities and communities cannot wait for Europe to resolve its endless arguments about migration,...

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What the rise in Islamophobia tells us about modern Britain

From mosque attacks to manufactured controversies, Muslims in the UK bear a tiring burden of...

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In Argentina, a village atop a lithium fortune still waits for basic services

For two decades, Antofagasta de la Sierra's residents have been promised the lithium boom will...

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Netanyahu’s election campaign may worsen Israel’s international isolation

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Leor Zmigrod on why rigid thinking makes us vulnerable to extremism

Leor Zmigrod discusses her research into the link between cognitive style and political extremism.

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The 12-week abortion myth blocking reproductive care across Latin America

There is no scientific reason for time limits on abortion – so why are they used to deny...

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Modi blinks and Britain cracks down

openDemocracy Weekly Newsletter 1 August 2026

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New PM is off to a good start, but the real test will be in how he deals with the US, Israel and...

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India’s youthful cockroach protests have defanged the ruling regime’s primary tools of...

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As international rescue teams head home and global media moves on, families still dig through...

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UK doctors watchdog shared sexual abuse victim’s confidential file

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I was sentenced as a terrorist. Now my barrister is on trial for defending me

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AI, Abortions and India’s Cockroach Party

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