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.


In the second of our Breaking the Sword dispatches from the West Bank, Farah, Calico and Noah report on the Israeli practice of establishing Shepherding Outposts as an instrument for grabbing Palestinian land

Cuba continues to show the world an alternative mode of development even in the face of US regime change, argues Helen Yaffe

Luke Lewin Davies and Jenny Futuro speak to São Paulo-based playwright Filipe Pereira on the challenges of left theatre-making in Brazil’s evolving political landscape

Should fascists ‘fear’ US public school teachers? Potentially, argues Ranita Ray. First, we must address educators’ complicity with state racism and violence

Nadia Davids’ gothic tale evokes the suffocation of domestic service as a psychological duel unfolds between madam and maid, writes Fifi Bat-hef

Yasmin Gunaratnam explores a tradition of ordinary people holding governments, employers and institutions to account

Andrée Blouin’s autobiography, whilst messy at points, charts a clear history of resistance to colonial oppression, writes Olivia Umuerwa Rutazibwa




