When English settlers first arrived to America in the late 16th century, old growth longleaf pine trees that towered as tall as 30 meters covered up to 90 million acres of the southern United States. When cut, these ramrod-straight trees made an ideal ship’s mast, and according to the University of Florida, many of the […]

Click:block making machine The Red Devils were without their World Cup winner on Wednesday, but gave him plenty to cheer as they reached the Champions League quarter-finals Paul Pogba may have played no part in Manchester United’s stunning Champions League turnaround against Paris Saint-Germain, but he celebrated the 3-1 victory wildly in the stands with […]

The former PSG coach knows full well the fiery Frenchman is a special – if temperamental – talent, one who will be intent on getting one over him When it is finally time for Hatem Ben Arfa to hang up his boots, he may look back at his career with a sense of regret. Even […]

The Argentine starred as the Blaugrana won the treble in 2014-15, but his coach at the time admits their relationship was fractious Luis Enrique has revealed there was tension between himself and Lionel Messi during his successful time in charge of Barcelona. Now leading Spain, Luis Enrique was at the helm of the Catalan club when […]

United had a host of chances at the Emirates but came away with nothing, leaving their goalkeeper ruing his role in Granit Xhaka’s first-half goal After so often being bailed out by David de Gea over the years, Manchester United just couldn’t find a way to reciprocate on Sunday as they missed a mountain of […]

For the first time in 46 years, the UK is developing its own approach to international trade. As a member of the International Trade Select Committee, I know from first-hand experience that scrutinising this approach can be a frustrating task. Just over a week ago, newly-appointed Secretary of State Liz Truss refused to appear before […]

Vilified as alien wolves in local sheep’s clothing, human rights NGOs and independent media groups have been cut off from their outside funders and tyrannized in country after country from Armenia to Zimbabwe. Along with others, OpenDemocracy has regularly drawn attention to this trend, with disturbing reportage from Central Africa to Central Asia and from […]

Democracy has long been considered as the most legitimate form of government, associated with factors such as equality, political representation, civil rights and citizen participation. However, political tendencies that oppose democratic values such as human rights, respect for multiculturalism and the environment have emerged without hindrance within systems of democratic governance. This has resulted in […]

Click:Fully automatic laser cutting machine The Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) is a women’s trade union in India, with two million members working in the informal economy. One of our on-going projects at SEWA has been to explore ways in which its members can overcome extreme insecurity. As part of this exploration we carried out […]

The Left has a longstanding preoccupation with unfree labour, and rightly so. The canonical view, expounded by Marx and many since, is that the freedom of workers under capitalism is illusory given that they must sell their labour power to an employer in order to survive. Workers may be free to refuse a particular job, […]