Inside Labour’s pro-business push to ‘defang’ competitions watchdog: How Keir Starmer’s government prioritised tech firms and the finance industry over British consumers https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/labour-competitions-and-markets-authority-pro-business-deregulate-corporate-capture-keir-starmer/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

Daring to dream after two years under fire: Life in Gaza: For two years, our lives have been on hold amid constant air strikes and fighting. Now, we finally have reason to hope https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/gaza-ceasefire-israel-hamas-daring-to-dream-life-in-camp-palestine/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

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 https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/online-safety-act-protect-the-children-is-pretext-for-rights-erosions/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

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 https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/gaza-war-israel-biggest-security-threat-netanyahu-trump-peace-plan-unlikely-ceasefire-tony-blair/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

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 https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/digital-id-brit-card-uk-dangerous-india-aadhar-surveillance-corruption-data-breach-keir-starmer/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

Now that we have to say genocide | With Lila Hassan: Did Western media manufacture consent for Israel's ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza? https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/podcasts/in-solidarity-podcast/lila-hassan-israel-palestine-gaza-genocide/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

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 https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/labour-party-conference-keir-starmer-fear-of-reform-uk-mixed-messaging/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

Israel’s growing pariah status is Gaza’s best hope after UN confirms genocide: Netanyahu’s finance minister this week described the development opportunities in Gaza as a ‘bonanza’ for Israel https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/israel-plan-gaza-genocide-un-palestine-west-bank-development/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

How to stop anti-rights actors? Fund Black feminists: Black Feminist Fund co-founder Hakima Abass discusses how philanthropic groups can fight global attack on human rights https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/how-to-stop-anti-rights-actors-fund-black-feminists/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

Prison labour: the last stronghold of slavery in the US: Black Americans are disproportionately incarcerated and exploited with prison labour. It’s time to finish abolition https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/prison-labour-the-last-stronghold-of-slavery-in-the-us/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS