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Published in:ourEconomy: OpinionWe need a National Care Service like the NHS to fix our social care crisis
Seventy-five years after the founding of the NHS, we need an equally bold solution to fix our broken social care system
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Published in:ourEconomy: FeatureCheap labour and AI won’t fix our care crisis. Here’s a real solutionPeople are living longer, with more care needs. We must rebalance our relationship to work, the planet and each other
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Published in:ourEconomy: AnalysisWhy the climate crisis is a care crisis – and how we can avert itWe’re watching a global failure to protect life unfold in the pursuit of profit. Here’s what needs to happen instead
Empire not only made the colonies. It made the unequal Britain we see today
openDemocracy’s new film BOOMERANG, exploring the legacies of empire through Liverpool’s docks, is available online
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Published in: Home: AnalysisIsrael’s latest weapon against Palestine is Egypt’s debtWill Egypt agree to take in the Palestinian population expelled from Gaza in exchange for the cancellation of its...
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Published in: Home: OpinionGovernment crackdown on migrant care workers is rooted in historical slaveryMigrant workers will be forced to leave their relatives without care in order to look after the wealthier and whiter
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionSolving the climate crisis means ending our addiction to economic growthBut degrowth in the Global North will not work unless it is done alongside reparations for the Global South
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Published in: Home: NewsBaby food firms accused of ‘exploiting’ parents to make £367m for shareholdersPrice hikes on household goods ‘transfer wealth’ from struggling families to uber-rich investors, charities warn
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionHolding COP28 in Dubai is a joke. Letting Charles open it is a bigger oneThe royal family is one the world’s biggest landowners. And land ownership is at the root of the climate crisis
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationRevealed: Big Oil given direct influence over university coursesFossil fuel companies pump more than £147m into unis and get private access and input into handling of journalists
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Published in: oDR: FeatureThis van provides a lifeline service to Ukrainians. Could it be under threat?Ukraine’s mobile postal service braves shelling to deliver packages and pensions. But privatisation could be afoot
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisHunt’s autumn statement snuffs out any hope of an economic revivalThe economy is the sum total of our work, purchases and social interactions. The chancellor has forgotten how it works
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Published in: Home: InvestigationRevealed: ‘Greenwashing’ cruise ships burning diesel despite energy pledgeExclusive: Cruises ‘pour poison into the air’ by failing to plug into low-carbon electricity while in UK ports
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Published in: Home: NewsInvestigation launched into ‘greenwashing’ in gas industryCompetition regulator's probe comes after openDemocracy found sales advisers were making false claims about boilers
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Published in: Home: OpinionBusinesses can’t be relied upon to deliver net zero – governments must actThe global energy transition is failing and the private sector is to blame. It’s time for green policies, not U-turns
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionDisabled people’s independent living is under threat. We must fight for itCash-strapped councils may seek to put us in residential care to save costs, without regard for our wishes
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionCarbon markets that benefit the West will not solve Africa’s climate crisisWestern interests dominated the Africa Climate Summit. Time for African nations to put themselves first
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: AnalysisEcuador faces economic dilemma after vote to ban oil drilling in the AmazonHow will the new president reconcile the ban on oil with the country’s economic dependence on extractivism?
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Published in: Home: NewsNet zero minister linked to oil-funded group that targeted climate protestersClaire Coutinho was senior fellow at Policy Exchange, which drafted law to crack down on XR and other climate activists
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionThe World Bank funding freeze will harm the queer Ugandans it claims to defendThe bank has diverted attention from the US anti-rights groups who helped drive homophobic legislation across Africa
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationA community is fighting to stop gold mining firms polluting Ecuador’s riversDefenders of the Azuay water, led by Indigenous leader Yaku Pérez, are fighting against gold mining in the region
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionUN should be learning from sustainable food producers – not hosting Big AgSmall-scale farmers and Indigenous groups say they have again been shut out of the UN Food Systems Summit
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisHow to beat the cost-of-living crisis? Join the care workers fighting backThe past year has seen huge strikes. But the first steps taken by people new to workplace organising are big, too
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisHow the design of our cities is making the care crisis worseAn obsession with security – and with cars – has destroyed the communal spaces key to building strong networks