Politics / Democracy

İştar Gözaydın was a professor of law and politics in Turkey. Until her government decided she was a terrorist. She tells her story.

The current clampdown on popular rights mirrors a profound malaise with our system of top-down political representation, argues Richard Swift.

Richard Swift takes aim at Sava Kiir Mayardit and Riek Machar, once friends but now foes at the pinnacle of violent South Sudanese politics.

Australia dropped secrecy rules which were unnecessary, undermined democratic accountability and were likely to have been unconstitutional, writes Kelsi Farrington

This dish may seem a bit challenging at first glance, but is guaranteed to impress your guests!

Is Operation Car Wash the world’s biggest corruption scandal? By Vanessa Baird

Vanessa Baird sets out to see how dictatorship is being rebranded in Latin America’s most populous nation.

The desirability of a basic income depends on what we are expected to give up in return, writes Nick Dowson.

Roberto Savio argues for a revival and re-engagement, before it is too late.

Mark Engler argues for acts of determination and sacrifice.

A pro-democracy campaigner refuses to allow the state to break him, reports Peter Kenworthy.

General elections in Guatemala usually follow a predictable pattern of propaganda, violence and despair, writes Anna Bevan.

Richard Swift examines the history of Utopian thinking that fundamentally re-imagines democracy and equality.

John Perry Barlow’s visionary 1996 statement.

Privacy International’s Eric King on resisting surveillance.

Not necessarily opposed, argues Sunil Abraham.

Investigative journalist Nick Davies on the myth of press freedom.

Dunja Mijatović makes the case for light-touch regulation.

How the internet got colonized, by Jillian C York.

Micah L Sifry assesses the political limits of social media.