Anthony Barnett (born November 1942) is a British writer. He was the first Director of Charter 88 from 1988 to 1995 and Co-Director of the Convention on Modern Liberty, which was active in 2008 and 2009.

A former member of the editorial committee of New Left Review, Barnett has also written for the New Statesman. He conceived the television film, England's Henry Moore (1988), which concerned the sculptor's co-option by the British establishment.

In 2001 he was a founder of openDemocracy and was its Editor and then its Editor-in-Chief until 2007. He now edits its British blog OurKingdom.

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