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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Tunisia’s struggle for energy democracy
Tunisian unions are not only fighting for better terms and conditions in the energy sector. They want democratic control, writes Ilyes Benammar
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#EndSARS: Two years since the Nigerian police murder which sparked a youth movement
Two years since protests successfully demanded to end SARS, police brutality continues to be a problem in Nigeria. Obiora Ikoku reports
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Ten years after ‘the squares’
Giorgos Venizelos interviews Cristina Flesher Fominaya on participation, institutionalisation and the right-wing backlash to the squares movements of 2011-12
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Latin America’s new ‘Pink Tide’
Pablo Navarrete reports on the resurgence of the left in Latin America
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Navigating the apocalypse through popular culture
From plague and pandemics to zombies and ‘cli-fi’, apocalyptic narratives have long reflected and shaped the anxieties of our age, write Siobhan McGuirk and Marzena Zukowska
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What poetry on ruins can teach us about our present struggles
Ruined spaces and their poetics offer valuable insights into contemporary struggles and injustices, says Cecilia Enjuto Rangel
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Peter Kennard: pictures for peace
Peter Kennard reflects on a career focused on creating anti-war art, from documenting protests to dissecting nuclear weapons