‘Financialisation is killing the economy’: Readers debate Labour’s plan: As openDemocracy readers discuss whether we need a stronger financial sector, we’d love to hear your thoughts https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/readers-thoughts-financialisation-killing-economy-labour-keir-starmer-rachel-reeves/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

What has Labour done for women? With Penny East: A year into the Labour government's tenure how have they lived up to their pledges to tackle misogyny and improve the lives of women across the country? https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/podcasts/in-solidarity-podcast/penny-east-labour-women-podcast/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

Government spends £8m compensating children sexually abused by British troops: Taxpayer payouts for historic child sex abuse paint ‘stark and worrying picture’ for Ministry of Defence, lawyers say https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/armed-forces-child-sex-offence-compensation/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

Outdated laws and benefit cuts: Why women can’t leave sex work: Poverty and cautions trap women in sex work – good policies could resolve this. But politicians don't want to know https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/outdated-laws-and-benefit-cuts-why-women-cant-leave-sex-work-decriminalisation/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

Join the conversation: Would compulsory voting strengthen democracy?: As openDemocracy readers debate the case for and against making voting mandatory, we’d love to hear your thoughts https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/uk-compulsory-voting-strengthen-democracy/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

Global leaders must finally stand up to Israel before it’s too late for Gaza: It’s clear that Netanyahu’s ‘messianic fantasy’ is full control of the territory. Staying silent is complicity https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/gaza-israel-netanyahu-palestine-messianic-fantasy-full-control/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

The UK finance lobby’s growing influence is threatening all our interests: The government is overlooking the lessons of history – and the financial sector’s tendency to cause harm https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/uk-finance-lobby-growing-influence-government-threatens-public-interests-labour-government/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

‘Israel has succeeded in killing me’: Anas Jamal Al-Sharif’s last words: Palestinian journalist Anas Jamal Al-Sharif was killed along with four Al Jazeera colleagues in an Israeli air strike https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/gaza-journalist-anas-jamal-al-sharif-final-words-killed-israel-air-strike-palestine/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

Paranoia, misinformation, and glee: inside Bristol’s far right protest: The numbers were small. But at a far right protest in Bristol, we saw a movement that believes it’s winning. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/bristol-far-right-migrants-reform-tommy-robinson/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

Early success of Corbyn’s new party should give progressives hope for 2029: Corbynism cut through with the public in 2017. To do so again, his new party must show it's not just a protest vote https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/corbyn-new-party-early-success-labour-party-2029-general-election-reform-nigel-farage/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS