A former hunger striker writes: help give Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe hope
Letters: Fifty-five years ago, I was part of a hunger strike in apartheid South Africa, writes Beverley Naidoo
June 2018
Commons people: why parliament's 'evidence week' is a national victory
Tracey Brown
Parliament is supposed to be alive to shifting public concerns and new sources of information. But it doesn’t always work like that
September 2017
Don’t knock Change.org’s role in the Uber debate
Uber is not as popular as you might think
November 2016
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Obama for PM and compulsory Harry Potter: rejected government e-petitions
Since 2011, parliamentary time has been put aside for petitions – but some great British grievances are dismissed before anyone has the chance to sign up
July 2016
Brexit: no second EU referendum despite e-petition, says government
Statement in response to petition signed by more than 4.1m people says referendum was ‘once in a generation’ vote
May 2016
Stephen King joins hundreds of authors petitioning against Donald Trump
People power can be toxic: sign here if you agree
Catherine Bennett
January 2016
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Why petitions against Kanye West are pointless
The latest online crusade against the hip-hop star aims to stop him making a David Bowie tribute album. Do the people who signed it really think they’re changing anything?
December 2014
Goodbye and good riddance
I only subscribe to this: no more pointless e-petitions
Alex Andreou
Alex Andreou: Goodbye and good riddance: The next time I’m asked to sign something from Change.org or 38 Degrees, I’m going to do something that may actually have an impact
October 2014
Change.org's Ben Rattray: We're making democracies more democratic - video
Anti-Putin campaigners urge Downing Street to bar Russian singers from UK
March 2014
Occupy founder calls on Obama to appoint Eric Schmidt 'CEO of America'
Justine Tunney, a Google software engineer, is demanding that the tech industry take over the US government. By Alex Hern
February 2014
E-petitions can be very effective, but don't put them in the hands of government
Emma Howard
Emma Howard: The aim of a petition is to get something done, yet Directgov is rarely more than a farce. It's better to use independent sites
December 2013
Amazon bosses petitioned over 'demeaning' staff conditions
An e-petition to Amazon's Jeff Bezos has received more than 40,000 signatories in two days. By Siraj Datoo
May 2013
Zoe Williams's Saturday sketch
Online petitions start to click and kick
Zoe Williams
Zoe Williams: Twitter can turn celebrities into a weapons-grade Esther Rantzen
October 2012
Badger cull: MPs vote 147 to 28 for abandoning cull entirely
Commons debate, following 150,000-strong e-petition, strikes blow at government plan to slaughter badgers
August 2012
West coast rail petition calls for franchise to be reconsidered
The Northerner
High speed petition for Commons debate on Virgin franchise motors past 105,000 names
May 2012
Trayvon Martin petition site Change.org comes to UK
Website that teenager's mother used to bring his case to world attention says it has 'structure of a business but non-profit ethos'
