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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.

  • A b&w photo of a person standing to give evidence and a wide shot of a more modern tribunal setting

    Key Words: Peoples’ Tribunals

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

  • A black and white photograph of Andrée Blouin

    My Country: Africa – review

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

  • A creative mosaic of fragmented images, with colours of Palestine and a woman wearing a keffiyeh visible

    Unions for Gaza

    Palestine is a live issue in the trade union movement, writes Bernard Regan, with eighteen unions are affiliated to the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Here’s how they’re taking action – and you can support them

  • Women’s day off: feminist strike action since 1975

    Valgerður Pálmadóttir recalls the Icelandic women’s strike in 1975 and assesses its continuing relevance today

  • Two colourful illustrations show a suitcase made out of newspapers and Donald Trump behind Nayib Bukele, with a microphone in handcuffs below

    From newsrooms to exile in Central America

    Donald Trump has emboldened Salvadoran dictator Nayib Bukele in his onslaught against critical voices, including the independent press. Roman Gressier reports

  • A montage of b&w photographs of generals and a statue being pulled down

    Iran ’53: The coup that changed the Middle East

    When Iran’s elected prime minister, Mohammed Mossaddegh tried to nationalise oil, Britain and the US helped overthrow him. Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi traces how covert interventions continue to shape the region

  • A person in jeans and a white shirt stands arms outstretched looking over a valley

    In pictures: West Bank lives

    With global attention on Gaza, an already grave situation in the Palestinian West Bank has intensified. A Solidus Collective photographer documents two years of change