- What do you think of this organisation? Archived Message
Posted by Mary
on April 4, 2020, 2:00 pm
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Their e-mail this morning. Worth supporting? OPEN DEMOCRACY Weekly newsletter What a difference a few months can make. When I wrote to you at the start of this year, our journalism was tackling dark money, rising authoritarianism, climate breakdown and many other big, global challenges. I promised that in 2020 openDemocracy would hold power to account and demand change. And that’s exactly what we’re doing amid the pandemic. Last week, we launched a campaign calling on the UK government to guarantee a liveable income for all. Why? Because it’s grossly unjust that the most vulnerable are hit hardest by this crisis. Over 13,000 people have signed – if you haven’t yet, you can join them here, and please spread the word. We’re asking tough questions of governments across the world. Not just in the UK, where Adam Ramsay condemns Boris Johnson’s attempt to shift blame onto ordinary people, and where James Cusick asks why the PM was ‘ramping up’ spending on buses, rather than testing, as thousands died across the world. Globally, governments are pumping billions into the economy to try to keep markets afloat. On ourEconomy, Laurie Macfarlane questions who stands to benefit from all this cash. In many countries, the pandemic has revealed the vulnerabilities of healthcare systems. On oDR, Igor Mitchnik reports on the dire situation in Ukraine, where parts of the country are still embroiled in conflict. And our health editor Kerry Cullinan reports from Africa on the cusp of a pandemic. We’re scrutinising the dramatic growth in surveillance, too. How will this change the game for privacy when the pandemic is over, asks Ivan Manokha on Can Europe Make It? This week we launched a new DemocracyWatch newsletter to track the curtailment of civic rights and freedoms across the world. You can sign up here. For some, the crisis presents an opportunity. The far right and religious conservatives have cheered some of the strictest measures: closed borders; parliaments suspended; women ‘back’ in the home. You listen to a discussion with openDemocracy editors on these alarming signals – and on how we build a better world after this crisis. Some things are already clear. The pandemic has drastically altered how we live, but many of the threats facing our democracies remain the same – only now thrown into sharp relief. I’m very proud of the journalism we produced last year: read our 2019 report and you’ll see why. If you think we need reliable, trustworthy journalism in 2020 and beyond, please consider supporting us. It really does make a difference. Thanks for listening, watching and reading. And stay safe, Mary Fitzgerald, Editor-in-Chief Their team - https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/team/ No. Forget my question. When I see Soros, Umunna, Blunkett, I heave. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDemocracy I am sure Mr Soros has some spare $s. |
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