The recent onslaught of government sleaze shows once again why the UK has been called ‘the most corrupt country in the world’

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British colonialism’s horrific legacy has not only suppressed this complex African state’s prosperity but is now causing dangerous desertification

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Exclusive: UK government hosts said Big Oil companies wouldn’t be welcome, but BP’s CEO is among fossil fuel lobbyists at the heart of the conference

The power of the House of Saud is a direct product of the West’s obsession with oil – can it survive a global shift to green energy?

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In a country that’s dangerously susceptible to heatwaves and droughts, there is growing anxiety over the climate crisis

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Extreme weather changes are causing havoc in African states such as Zambia but they can’t afford a Green New Deal without international support.

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Extreme weather changes are causing havoc in African states such as Zambia but they can’t afford a Green New Deal without international support

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This is Merkel’s last chance to show she’s the climate chancellor. But her record isn’t good enough

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Boris Johnson will soon take on the role of the bombastic host at the UN’s climate conference in Glasgow. Don’t let him pretend we’re the good guys.

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Only a radical rethinking of our global economic system will deliver the change we need to avert climate disaster

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In an era of global surveillance capitalism, the rich can flit around the world with their vast fortunes while the rest of us are forever trapped by borders.

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Through its network of tax havens, the UK is the fulcrum of a system that benefits the rich and powerful

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Over 20 years, oD has developed from a small ‘magazine on the internet’ into a force for truly global reporting and debate on the world’s most important issues

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The Labour Right hopes that giving power back to MPs will prevent any future shift to the Left. But Britain needs more radicalism, not less.

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The Labour Right hopes that giving power back to MPs will prevent any future shift to the Left. But Britain needs more radicalism, not less

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For the first time in UK political history, a party membership has direct influence over government policy

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The past 50 years of Western economics are rooted in imperial exploitation. But if the US’s military can be beaten, it can’t rule global markets

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Rewatching the TV series of my youth during lockdown reminded me of what’s important in life

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As Nicola Sturgeon negotiates with the Greens, a controversy over oil exploitation and its implications for a sustainable future for Scotland continues

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Individual action won’t change anything, and we can expect nothing from political leaders or profit-seeking businesses. It’s down to us, together

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You don’t need to be proud to be English to accept that you are. You can’t abolish a system you don’t recognise

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The writer, who died at just 34, gloriously represented an audience that so many in the media hadn’t understood was there

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Closing one loophole would stop the world’s oligarchs, billionaires and criminals from secretly buying influence on the British government

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Exclusive: Days after quitting as Green co-leader, Berry talks to openDemocracy about about the rifts in her party and the need to be ‘actively anti-transphobic’

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Medics will be encouraged to offer inductions to all pregnant women of colour, if NICE’s draft proposals go ahead

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If Ed Davey’s party can so easily knock a dent in the blue wall, then why can’t Labour?

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Many in Scotland believe racism is for the English and Americans. We, after all, are the underdogs. We’re the good guys. Right?

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The government has backed down on a health data grab in the face of our legal threat. Parliament is debating an issue we uncovered. And a judge has found for us against the Cabinet Office. We couldn’t do it without you

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