In an essay in Byline Times, openDemocracy co-founder Anthony Barnett celebrated the emergence of what he calls the ‘definite left’. It triggered a range of responses, including this exchange with the writer, historian and Kremlin critic Kirill Kobrin
AJ Silver, Moly O’Brien and Devon Price challenge how UK medical institutions exert control over their bodies
Beauty Dhlamini considers whether accepting an OCD diagnosis is a betrayal of her politics
Extreme inequality, climate breakdown, war and crises of economics, democracy and care are intrinsic to capitalism, writes Nancy Fraser. An anti-capitalist coalition is needed
Rhian E Jones examines the right-wing narrative of the ‘new elite’ imposing a progressive agenda upon the majority – and why such claims are nothing new
Next week’s elections are local but Labour’s lack of a distinct alternative indicates national problems to come. It must abandon Tory economic framing, writes Mary Mellor
Sallie Yea reports on the realities of labour migration and the shortcomings of anti-trafficking policies