Rahul Desai

Rahul Desai is a volunteer publisher for Open Democracy and a Global Politics research degree (MRes) postgraduate from Birkbeck College, University of London.

We get the government our political literacy deserves

Cynicism towards the election is no shield against political manipulation.

By Rahul Desai

/ 6 May 2015

There is plenty to worry about with UKIP beyond racism

Posing as folksy patriots, UKIP are in fact Atlanticist Thatcherites who may not like the EU making our laws but are perfectly happy to watch us ruled by global corporations in the form of 'trade deals'.

By Rahul Desai

/ 22 May 2014