2016

  • Up all night

    Christophe Aguiton looks at the dynamics behind Nuit Debout, the movement of public assemblies taking place across France. Anastasia Kavada interviews participants at the Place de la République

  • Protestors outside the Houses of Parliament, with wheelchair users in the forefront, at the United for Education march

    University should not be a debt factory

    Sheldon Ridley spoke to students taking part in their first national demonstration.

  • Donald Trump stands in from of US flags at a podium, arms spread wide, during a rally

    Why did Americans vote for Trump?

    The question commentators won’t ask is simple: what kind of society votes Donald Trump President? Siobhán McGuirk surveys the fragmented USA

  • US President Donald Trump speaking from a podium at a rally, with supporters seated behind him

    Shocked by Trump? It’s time to get involved in the fightback

    Gary Younge reflects on Donald Trump’s US election victory from Muncie, Indiana, concluding that democracy is in peril – and the left must take itself seriously

  • The painting 'The Victors of the Bastille in Front of the Hôtel de Ville', showing a large crowd of people, many in rags, in front of the Hôtel de Ville

    Trump, Mair and the gods that failed

    It’s no use apportioning blame, we need meaningful critical reflection. The old formulae are no longer sufficient, writes Paul O’Connell

  • Refugees Welcome protest in London, credit: The Weekly Bull

    Ten things you can do to combat racism and xenophobia

    #PostReferendumRacism has exposed the racist and xenophobic belly of Britain. Luckily, there is a lot that you can do. Siobhan McGuirk has gathered 10 suggestions, feel free to add your own below

  • Former UKIP leader and current Reform UK leader Nigel Farage delivering a speech at Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland

    The Brexit nightmare: a scenario

    Tom Walker imagines waking up screaming imagining how a hard-right ascendancy might follow a vote to leave the European Union