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Indian elections, democracy and all that

16 May 2011 3 minute read

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Indian elections, democracy and all that

We tend to treat our government as a joke and our democracy as a farce, says Mari Marcel Thekaekara of India. But often, the...

16 May 2011 4 minute read

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One Uganda, one people?

Opposition leader Besigye swoops into town as President Museveni is inaugurated.

4 May 2011 3 minute read

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A military dictatorship in all but name

Burma’s much-touted ‘roadmap to democracy’ is anything but, say Jody Williams and Tin Tin Nyo...

15 Apr 2011 5 minute read

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Challenging the state of fear

The tide of disaffection sweeping the Middle East is finally penetrating Syria’s borders, says Marian Chapman, recently...

14 Apr 2011 3 minute read

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Civil liberties? What civil liberties?

Two years after the pre-emptive arrest of 114 people in Nottingham, we’re no closer to accountable policing of the protest...

23 Mar 2011 3 minute read

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Down… but not out

Mgcini Nyoni has developed an interesting theory: cricket is a barometer of a country’s democratic principles...

14 Feb 2011 2 minute read

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The No-Nonsense Guide to Democracy

'What is glimpsed at such times is a sense of what democracy could be: a notion of radical self-rule.'

17 Jan 2011 3 minute read

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An important asset

Sulakshana Gupta reveals five reasons why Sierra Leone matters to the UN.

1 Jan 2011 9 minute read

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In the halls of shame

Who shapes the policies and laws that govern us? If you think the answer is ‘our elected politicians’, read on. Vanessa Baird...

1 Jan 2011 13 minute read

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The best influence money can buy - the 10 Worst Corporate Lobbyists

Dirty cash and dirty tricks – our rogues’ gallery of lobbyists who get governments to dance to their tune.

22 Dec 2010 7 minute read

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Tragedy and loss

Jim Taylor takes a look at the real face of Thailand today.

19 Dec 2010 3 minute read

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Belarus elections

Voters face a Hobson's choice.

1 Nov 2010 3 minute read

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We need to bust the pendulum, not see how it swings!

Our new columnist Mark Engler considers the impact of the US midterm elections.

1 Oct 2010 12 minute read

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The beauty of Big Democracy

Vanessa Baird celebrates the joys of disenchantment and the birth of hope.

1 Oct 2010 3 minute read

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Interview with Robert Fisk: we preach democracy yet befriend dictators

We only have ourselves to blame for the Middle East's cynicism, says Robert Fisk.

1 Oct 2010 8 minute read

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We don't really have a democracy

Tony Benn, Caroline Lucas MP and Agent Bristly Pioneer reflect on this year's UK election

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