Global politics
Our in-depth analysis of worldwide events, campaigns and movements prioritises writers on the ground, exploring the critical trends shaping left-wing politics around the world.
Our in-depth analysis of worldwide events, campaigns and movements prioritises writers on the ground, exploring the critical trends shaping left-wing politics around the world.
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Sahel: broken promises and empty anti-imperialism
The junta regimes of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger present themselves as revolutionary and anti-imperialist. Their hollow rhetoric masks authoritarianism and new forms of foreign influence, argues Joshua Shangobiyi
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Mother Mary Comes to Me – review
In her first memoir, Arundhati Roy grapples with the complex forces, both global and close to home, which formed her – including her remarkable and often-abusive mother, writes Nandita Lal
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Warfare’s waste is welfare’s loss
Labour claims that boosting military spending will produce employment growth. Far from it, argues Richard Norton Taylor, it funnels money to private contractors that should fund public services
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No neutral ground: sport is political in Israel’s war on Gaza
Nicola De Martini Ugolotti and Max Mauro report on the movement to ban Israel from international sports – and to interrupt projections of normalcy as genocide unfolds in Gaza
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The World Transformed: giving history a push
TWT is back, with a new approach to galvanise the British left. Join us to shake off nostalgia, get organised and rise to meet growing threats, write Andrea Gilbert, Lydia Phillips and Isaac Rose
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No MAS: the Bolivian left faces up to defeat
Infighting over centralised power, corruption and economic crisis has led to defeat for a once-inspiring Indigenous leader and social movement party. Linda Farthing and Benjamin Swift report
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Lessons from Zohran Mamdani’s campaign
Mamdani’s impressive Democratic primary victory is a source of hope for transformative politics in NYC and the wider US, writes Dillon Delaune – one of 50,000 supporters who canvassed for his campaign
