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The Green Party’s ‘Zionism is Racism’ motion proves that uncompromising left-wing pressure is successfully shifting Labour’s stance on Gaza. https://www.opendemocracy.net/how-the-greens-are-forcing-labours-hand-on-gaza/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=content_studio

Labour is celebrating the by-election result, but it must not misread a tight win for a total victory https://www.opendemocracy.net/polanskis-greens-created-prime-minister-burnham-holborn-could-yet-undo-him/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=content_studio

Labour must not misread their tight result in Holborn and St. Pancras as a total victory.

https://www.opendemocracy.net/polanskis-greens-created-prime-minister-burnham-holborn-could-yet-undo-him?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=content_studio/

Trump seemed set to expand war on Iran. So why the hasty retreat from the UK? And what does it mean for the conflict? https://www.opendemocracy.net/did-iranian-drones-drive-us-bombers-out-of-raf-fairford/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=content_studio

Foreign correspondent Luke Harding tells openDemocracy what he’s learnt from two decades of reporting on Russia https://www.opendemocracy.net/trump-russia-asset-reform-farage-luke-harding-ukraine-war-putin-nathan-gill-bribes/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=content_studio

Luke Harding on Putin’s war, Biden’s hesitancy, Trump acting as a Russian asset, and Kremlin links to Brexit and Britain’s hard right. https://www.opendemocracy.net/podcasts/trump-putin-and-the-betrayal-of-ukraine/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=content_studio

As Brazilians prepare to elect a new president, the country’s sovereignty hangs in the balance https://www.opendemocracy.net/brazil-us-lula-bolsonaro-trump-delcy-venezuela-democracy-interference/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=content_studio

In this episode of In Solidarity, our Editor-in-Chief, Aman Sethi, is joined by fellow openDemocracy investigative journalists @sianushka.bsky.social and @ethanshone.bsky.social to break down the recent Labour conference.

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British Palestinian Committee director on what divestment and electoral pressure have achieved – and where work remains https://www.opendemocracy.net/the-tide-is-turning-palestine-solidaritys-impact-on-british-politics/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=content_studio

Andy Burnham has Labour's long-maligned progressives divided. Is this a new era, or a familiar fight?
https://www.opendemocracy.net/labour-left-reacts-burnham-speech-party-conference-corbyn-unions-pension-nationalisation?utm_source=social&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=content_studio/

“Soft Tories are some of the most anti-Reform voters” and will be key to defeating Farage
https://www.opendemocracy.net/how-to-stop-reform-winning-next-election-farage-tactical-voting-andy-burnham-labour-hope-soft-tories?utm_source=social&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=content_studio/

Ten days ago, an 87-year-old woman was forcibly removed from her home. The fallout may shape national politics https://www.opendemocracy.net/spain-one-eviction-snap-election-maricarmen-abascal-pedro-sanchez/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=content_studio

openDemocracy Weekly Newsletter 03 October 2026

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Unless Trump agrees a peace deal, a rural Cotswolds air base could link Burnham’s government to war crimes https://www.opendemocracy.net/raf-fairford-incident-highlights-uk-role-us-trump-failed-war-in-iran/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=content_studio

MPs said Ukraine victory is crucial to European security, calling for stronger defence against Kremlin threats https://www.opendemocracy.net/putin-ukraine-russia-tommy-robinson-hybrid-war-labour-andy-burnham/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=content_studio

Flávio Bolsonaro’s Washington-aligned programme amounts to a subordinate economy confined to the US sphere of influence https://www.opendemocracy.net/brazil-election-lula-flavio-bolsonaro-trump-tariffs-shape-race-future-democracy/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=content_studio

Burnham’s plan to fund a care system by scrapping the triple lock is a bold political vision built on shaky economics https://www.opendemocracy.net/burnham-social-care-gamble-pension-triple-lock-bold-political-vision-shaky-economics/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=content_studio

The PM has the party’s long-maligned progressives divided. Is this a new era, or a familiar fight? https://www.opendemocracy.net/labour-left-reacts-burnham-speech-party-conference-corbyn-unions-pension-nationalisation/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=content_studio

Mobilising an anti-Reform voter coalition takes work, information, and community building, says HOPE not hate https://www.opendemocracy.net/tactical-votes-and-soft-tories-how-to-keep-reform-out-of-number-10/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=content_studio