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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Difficult days ahead for Brazil
The attempted coup by supporters of the former Brazilian President may have been thwarted but, as Sue Branford argues, Brazilian democracy is far from safe
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The colonial origins of Pakistan’s floods
The interests of western imperialism and allied local elites have combined to exacerbate the scale and impact of Pakistan’s floods, writes Shozab Raza
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Generation prep and the rise of the private bunker industry
Bunkers are not new, writes Bradley Garrett, but a booming global market suggests a new age of anxiety has arrived
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It’s not drought, it’s plunder: commodification and Chile’s water crisis
Water scarcity in Chile is the price of its commodification, writes Carole Concha Bell
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Mahsa Jina Amini’s death sparked an ongoing feminist revolution in Iran
Women, and particularly young women, are leading an increasingly noisy revolution against Iran’s theocracy, writes Ahou Koutchesfahani
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How the Knights of Labor fought nativism
As attacks on immigration rise, how does the labour movement respond with solidarity? Steven Parfitt looks back at the history of the Knights of Labor
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The movement to save Virunga National Park
A beloved national park in the Democratic Republic of Congo is facing devastating oil exploitation. Pascal Mirindi tells Ananya Wilson-Bhattacharya about the local resistance movement
