Politics / Democracy
Articles about Democracy, ordered by date. 
What is Brazil’s ‘Operation Car Wash’?
Is Operation Car Wash the world’s biggest corruption scandal? By Vanessa Baird
Brazil's soft coup hardens
Vanessa Baird sets out to see how dictatorship is being rebranded in Latin America’s most populous nation.
Why a basic income could be a gift to the Right
The desirability of a basic income depends on what we are expected to give up in return, writes Nick Dowson.
Who gives a damn about democracy?
Roberto Savio argues for a revival and re-engagement, before it is too late.
Revolution beyond the ballot box
Mark Engler argues for acts of determination and sacrifice.
Defying the king in Swaziland
A pro-democracy campaigner refuses to allow the state to break him, reports Peter Kenworthy.
Guatemala: Fed up with corruption
General elections in Guatemala usually follow a predictable pattern of propaganda, violence and despair, writes Anna Bevan.
Pathways & possibilities
Richard Swift examines the history of Utopian thinking that fundamentally re-imagines democracy and equality.
A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace
John Perry Barlow’s visionary 1996 statement.
Mind your own business
Privacy International’s Eric King on resisting surveillance.
Privacy vs transparency
Not necessarily opposed, argues Sunil Abraham.
Everywhere in chains
Investigative journalist Nick Davies on the myth of press freedom.
Tread softly in cyberspace
Dunja Mijatović makes the case for light-touch regulation.
Dreams of freedom, dreams of domination
How the internet got colonized, by Jillian C York.
More noise than signal
Micah L Sifry assesses the political limits of social media.
Digital democracy: action and contacts
Further information, campaign groups and websites.
Democracy in the digital era
Activist and Icelandic Pirate Party MP Birgitta Jónsdóttir on what we can do and the tools we can all use to strengthen democracy and make it real.
Tarpaulin revolution
In London's Parliament Square, protesters provide a visible alternative to the politics of vested interest. Hannah Martin reports.
Are riots good for democracy?
Professor and author Stephen D’Arcy and historian and journalist Vijay Prashad go head to head.
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