Global politics

In-depth analysis of events, campaigns and movements prioritises writers on the ground, exploring the critical trends shaping left-wing politics worldwide

In-depth analysis of events, campaigns and movements prioritises writers on the ground, exploring the critical trends shaping left-wing politics worldwide

  • A black and white photograph of a vigil held by Women in Black, with a group of women holding a banner reading 'women in black silent vigil mourning violence'

    Women in Black: peace and justice across borders

    Liz Khan reports on the global network of women organising against war and militarism since 1988, with feminist analyses at their core

  • Protestors on either side of a road allowing a tractor to drive through

    Water apartheid and green colonialism

    From the occupied West Bank, Farah, Noah and Calico examine how Israel uses water to dispossess Palestinians of their lands and livelihood – and how they are resisting

  • A poster of a demonic Donald Trump among a sea of Iranian flags

    Iran: a third way between oppression and aggression

    Can Iranians really only choose between repressive state or colonialist invasion? Alain Alameddine speaks to Iranian independent feminist collective Tanide

  • Illustration of a lucha libre wrestler with profiles of presidents in the background

    Nueva derecha: Latin America’s new authoritarians

    After a year of change in South America, Cameron Baillie profiles the ‘new right’ leaders threatening to deluge the 2020s’ ‘pink wave’ – and the communities resisting them

  • A Palestinian fire truck next to an Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) armoured vehicle

    Fighting fire with fellowship

    As Palestinian firefighters face multiple threats under occupation, Rachel Spence reports on acts of solidarity and support between international workers’ unions

  • A composite image of a business man running up a graph of missiles holding a breifcase of money

    Corporate profiteering and the war on Iran

    Amid the war on Iran, UK economic policy allows the super-rich to profit while the public struggle with living costs, writes Jake Woodier

  • A night time gathering of people under lights and trees

    Real existing degrowth

    Radical alternatives to capitalism are being practiced across the world as everyday realities, writes Grace Wright-Arora