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Gary Younge, one of the UK’s leading political voices, on the significant events of the last few decades that have affected the Black diaspora around the globe.

One year since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, surveys demonstrate that over two-thirds of Russians still support the war. Why do people believe that the ‘special military operation’ was necessary? How is it possible that they don’t change their minds even when they know about the Russian army’s devastating war crimes in Ukraine and losses and chaos the army is suffering?Watch the full discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmM59dCI60MDonate to openDemocracy: https://support.opendemocracy.net/project/home

Iran’s leaders use the UK’s increasingly hostile asylum policies to warn political refugees against fleeingReax the full story:https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/britain-asylum-system-broken-iran-protests-refugees-migrants-channel/Donate to openDemocracy: https://support.opendemocracy.net/project/home

Idaho Republicans are trying for the second time to ban gender-affirming healthcare for minors. Will they succeed?Read the full story: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/ban-trans-healthcare-female-genital-mutilation-idaho-texas/Donate to openDemocracy: https://support.opendemocracy.net/project/home

Hear Igor Burdyga and Kateryna Semchuk explain what it's like working in a homeland under threat. Plus British author Oliver Bullough and chair Daniel Trilling.Watch the full discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX2ziEDpjx8Donate to openDemocracy: https://support.opendemocracy.net/project/home

Security agents linked to London mayor Sadiq Khan “spied” on a group of environmental activists and blocked them from participating in a public debate, openDemocracy can reveal.Read the full article here:https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/environmental-campaigners-spied-on-mayor-london-sadiq-khan-o2/Donate to openDemocracy: https://support.opendemocracy.net/project/home

Financial shocks in recent years are forcing the global monetary architecture to change, say some economistsRead the full story here: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/end-dollar-dominated-global-economy-bretton-russia-ukraine-china-saudi-arabia/Donate to openDemocracy: https://support.opendemocracy.net/project/home

A year after the news broke about Partygate, the Cabinet Office is still refusing openDemocracy’s FOI requests on key evidence Read the full story:https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/partygate-cabinet-office-cctv-conservative-party-boris-johnson/Donate to openDemocracy:https://support.opendemocracy.net/project/home

The world’s largest asset manager has forecast systemic economic chaos. The reality is even worseRead the full story: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/blackrock-asset-management-economy-prediction-inflation-recession/Donate to openDemocracy:https://support.opendemocracy.net/project/home

Critics fear a new planning law will hand power to property developers and put Ukraine’s historic buildings at riskRead the full story:https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/ukraine-planning-law-historic-building-demolition-property-developer/Donate to openDemocracy:https://support.opendemocracy.net/project/home

The A&E delays can be traced back to Cameron – and have been worsened by successive health secretariesRead the full story: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/nhs-a-and-e-delays-austerity-emergency-care-hospitals-hunt-hancock-lansley/Donate to openDemocracy:https://support.opendemocracy.net/project/home

OPINION: There’s one obvious way to fund public sector wage increases: tax the wealthyRead the full piece:https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/public-sector-strikes-pay-rise-nurses-james-meadway/Donate to openDemocracy:https://support.opendemocracy.net/project/home

OPINION: We need unity between the detained, the outsourced and the underpaid – unions must take on the fightRead the original article:https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/manston-immigration-border-violence-outsourcing-security/Donate to openDemocracy:https://support.opendemocracy.net/project/home

The Magomedov brothers defrauded the Russian state of billions – via a Scottish limited partnershipRead the original article:https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/newbay-investments-magomedov-fraud-russia/Donate to openDemocracy:https://support.opendemocracy.net/project/home

OPINION: Gordon Brown is on the money with his diagnosis of the problem. But his solutions aren’t nearly enoughRead the original article:https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/labour-abolish-house-of-lords-democratic-reform/Donate to openDemocracy:https://support.opendemocracy.net/project/home

Russia has forcibly mobilised tens of thousands in Ukraine’s occupied territories to fight, but when captured those recruited under duress are facing difficult legal battles back home.Read the orignal article:https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/russia-forced-mobilisation-donetsk-luhansk-ukraine/Donate to openDemocracy:https://support.opendemocracy.net/project/home

More than 40% of asylum seekers may be unable to access legal aid, despite the vast majority needing such supportRead the original article:https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/asylum-seekers-legal-aid-system-crisis-justice/Support openDemocracy: https://support.opendemocracy.net/project/home