In Solidarity - by openDemocracy

In Solidarity - by openDemocracy

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Episodes 36
Avg. Duration 29m
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Apple Rating 5.0 (1)
Since Jan 2025
Latest Episode May 2026

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In Solidarity is an openDemocracy podcast about people, power and politics, co-hosted by our editors based in London, Abuja and Montevideo and featuring guests from the around the world.


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How the UK Establishment Normalised Reform

May 15, 2026 36m

Is Reform fascist, far-right or merely right wing? And do we really need to get into this?Our guest on this episode, thinks we should: Daniel Trilling is a journalist, a long-time openDemocracy…

The Climate Wars: How Superpowers Are Carving Up the Earth

Apr 24, 2026 34m

The climate crisis is changing the way nations think about food, energy, resources, war and peace. Melting ice caps are opening up new trade routes fought over by the world's great powers, conflicts…

The AI Panopticon: How Big Tech and the State are Watching You

Mar 27, 2026 24m

"My ultimate vision... was to achieve by means of AI and technology, what Jeremy Bentham tried to do with his panopticon." — UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood.When the state openly admits it wants…

Iran, Oil, Inflation, Unrest: The Global Fallout of the US-Israeli War in the Gulf

Mar 13, 2026 26m

As the US-Israeli war on Iran continues to escalate, the effects of the conflict are spiralling outwards across a world already whiplashed by cross-border violence, global tariffs, and the…

The "Danish Model" of Asylum Explained: Cruelty by Design?

Mar 05, 2026 24m

Why are British and European politicians obsessed with Denmark's immigration strategy? We uncover the dark reality of the "Danish Model" and how it punishes asylum seekers by design.Politicians…

The Secret Pipeline: How the Far-Right is Radicalising Gen Z

Feb 27, 2026 32m

Are anti-rights movements infiltrating high schools? We uncover the deliberate, decades-old strategy the far-right is using to target young people, weaponise their insecurities, and build a pipeline…

Gaza's Illusionary Ceasefire

Feb 19, 2026 33m

Over 71,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel since the war began on Oct 7 2023, in what a UN inquiry has described as a “genocide”.  When a US-brokered ceasefire was declared in October last…

After Maduro: Storm Warnings in Venezuela

Jan 09, 2026 29m

If the US once claimed it was “defending Democracy” to justify attacking countries without pretext, the current administration has made no such excuses. Last week US security forces abducted…

Democracy from the ashes: Inside the Your Party conference

Dec 05, 2025 20m

Waring factions have dominated the headlines, but inside the Your Party conference the embers of hope for a different kind of politics were still burning. Investigative reporter Ethan Shone tells…

End Times: What Post-Socialist Societies Teach Us About Today

Nov 21, 2025 27m

We’ve normalised the idea that the world is ending, that society is tearing itself apart, that our countries — wherever we live — are falling apart. But what does that really look like? What does it…

Abortion decriminalisation now

Nov 12, 2025 28m

Earlier this year, Labour overwhelmingly voted in favour of an amendment that would end the criminalisation of women and pregnant people seeking abortions outside the 1967 Abortion Act exemptions. As…

Labour puts capital over consumers

Oct 24, 2025 17m

What can we learn about the future of consumer rights from the merger between Microsoft and Call of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard?When Labour came into power in 2024, they accused regulators…

Now that we have to say 'genocide'

Oct 03, 2025 34m

Did Western media manufacture consent for Israel's ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza?In the last two years since Hamas' attack on Israel, and the latter's bombardment of the territories of…

Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal: Is This A South Asia Spring?

Sep 19, 2025 26m

In early September, Nepal witnessed massive protests under the banner of GenZ protests to demonstrate against what they viewed as a hopelessly corrupt and sclerotic regime. The immediate trigger was…

Worse Than Trump: India is Deporting Its Own People

Sep 04, 2025 24m

The world is rightly horrified by how US President Trump is deporting people, including minors, without due process. Something similar is underway in India, but worse and under the radar. Even since…

What has Labour done for women?

Aug 20, 2025 34m

As Labour marked a year in government, Fawcett Society's Penny East asks: what has Labour done for women? And what needs to happen next? —https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/newsletters/In Solidarity is…

Planet Patriarchy

Jul 23, 2025 25m

Patriarchy refuses to die. In every country of the world, women are oppressed by male violence, patriarchal religions, and ideas of the family. But women are resisting, as Rahila Gupta explains, in a…

The tech start-up targeting sexual assault survivors

Jul 15, 2025 34m

Content warning: This episode discusses sexual assault, rape and trauma.When our investigative reporter Sian Norris heard worrying claims about a Silicon Valley-style start-up targeting rape…

Who is funding Nigel Farage’s Reform party - and why?

Jul 01, 2025 28m

This is the first episode of our new mini-series exploring the financial interests of political parties in England and Wales. Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has banked almost £5m from wealthy donors since…

A momentous day for reproductive rights

Jun 18, 2025 21m

On 17 June 2025 UK Parliament voted to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales, reversing a Victorian-era law. The amendment will prevent women from being prosecuted for ending a pregnancy after…

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