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opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net · 6h

Online Safety Act: 'Protect the kids’ is pretext for rights erosions

We all want accountability for Big Tech, but the OSA’s moralising aims are hurting LGBTQ+ people and sex workers

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opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net · 7h

Displacement from Venezuela taught me that class has no borders

Working as a migrant in Germany, I saw how elite migrants bypassed systems that kept the rest of us in precarity

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opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net · 1d

Israel’s biggest security threat has never been Hamas. It’s Netanyahu

The catastrophic war inflicted on Gaza over the past two years has left Israel less secure than ever

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opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net · 1d

Ten years on, Venezuelans still face precarity in Colombia

Displaced Venezuelans found support and protection in Colombia. But more must be done to prevent their exploitation

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opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net · 2d

The search for self-reliance: refugees and the informal working poor

Refugees deserve work that matches their skills and ambitions – yet too often job programmes are merely an exit strategy for aid

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opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net · 2d

The search for self-reliance: how refugee support gets it wrong

Livelihood programmes aim to help refugees support themselves in the long-term. This is just cost reduction

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opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net · 2d

Disposable yet indispensable: refugees in the global economy

Labour markets and refugees are increasingly dependent on each other, but the markets always have the upper hand

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opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net · 4d

I spent years reporting on digital IDs like the Brit Card. This is what I found ⤵️
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opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net · 4d

Digital ID cards will put the UK on a dangerous path – just ask India

I spent years reporting on digital IDs like the Brit Card. This is what I found

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opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net · 5d

Now that we have to say genocide | With Lila Hassan

Did Western media manufacture consent for Israel's ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza?

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opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net · 6d

On the Reform problem, Labour faces a serious strategic dilemma

Labour has long been divided. But these are not normal times, and arguments between factions may hand power to Farage

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opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net · 8d

Inside the many, many Labour Party Conferences taking place in Liverpool

So disjointed is Labour’s annual meet, the messaging differs from room to room. Attendees agree only on fear of Reform

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opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net · 13d

Why we’re giving incarcerated women cash relief

We’re the first project to give women in prison recurring cash support. Our long-term goal is prison abolition

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opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net · 13d

How tech became the new frontier of domestic violence against women and girls

The government will not meet its pledge to halve violence against women and girls unless it tackles tech companies

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opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net · 15d

Reparations for racial injustice: Black fathers must be first in line