Tag: OpenDemocracy
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How teachers are resisting the Kremlin’s war propaganda in Russian schools
Written by Vera Akhalaya for OpenDemocracy, published on April 25th, 2023 under CC-BY-NC 4.0 Nationalistic propaganda in Russia has intensified noticeably since the invasion of Ukraine last year, and the country’s 17.7 million schoolchildren have not been spared. That said, it’s impossible for the Kremlin to control every teacher – and some are risking prison…
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World Food Systems are in Crisis, and Big Agribusiness is at its Heart
By Lorena Cotza & Ouafa Haddioui, originally posted on OpenDemocracy, CC BY-NC 4.0 Article also available in Portuguese Public finance has a key role to play in agriculture. Instead of propping up corporate interests, it should learn from local producers In 2017, the people of Zagora, Morocco, took to the streets in what became known…