ourVoices Podcast
1) How Democrats won Georgia – and what happens now
The violent scenes in Washington, DC this week risk overshadowing Georgia's historic election result. The Democrats' victory in this Deep South state holds vitally important lessons for the future of ...Show More
2) Andra Gillespie on Georgia’s Senate runoffs
Andra Gillespie is a political science professor at Emory University in Atlanta. openDemocracy’s editor in chief Mary Fitzgerald spoke with Andra for the recent ourVoices documentary episode on the Ge...Show More
3) Who will win Georgia’s Senate races?
On 5 January, a special Senate run-off election in the ‘Deep South’ state of Georgia will determine the future of Biden’s presidency. Will the new president be able to pass badly needed COVID relief; ...Show More
4) US election: Can Biden deliver?
In this ourVoices special, openDemocracy’s Editor in Chief Mary Fitzgerald travels 1,400 miles across the midwestern United States with North America editor, Aaron White. Their journey starts on the e...Show More
5) Jecorey Arthur on growing up in the ‘capital of American racism’
Jecorey Arthur is the soon to be youngest member ever elected to the City Council of Louisville in the state of Kentucky. He’s also a professor and a musician. openDemocracy’s editor in chief Mary Fit...Show More
6) US election: 'We want change, but not Biden'
From race to a broken political system, the story of Louisville is in many ways the story of America. In this ourVoices special, openDemocracy’s Editor in Chief Mary Fitzgerald travels back to Louisvi...Show More
7) US election special #4 - Why does the United States not have universal healthcare?
With over 8.5 million cases, and nearly 225,000 deaths, the coronavirus pandemic has exposed the cruel dysfunctionality of the US healthcare system. Even before the coronavirus, 87 million US citizens...Show More
US election special #4 - Why does the United States not have universal healthcare?
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8) David Adler on the Progressive International launch
Aaron White and Freddie Stuart are joined by David Adler, the policy director of the Democracy in Europe Movement (DiEM25) and General Coordinator of the newly launched Progressive International – a g...Show More
9) Is capitalism racist?
The police murder of George Floyd in the US sparked Black Lives Matter protests in every continent in the world. Combined with the global pandemic and the climate catastrophe – both of which are highl...Show More
10) Charles Mills: "There is an opening for a transracial class alliance"
This week’s guest is the academic philosopher, and political theorist, Charles W. Mills. Mills is a professor at The Graduate Center, City University of New York, and the author of multiple book...Show More