Global politics
In-depth analysis of events, campaigns and movements prioritises writers on the ground, exploring the critical trends shaping left-wing politics worldwide
In-depth analysis of events, campaigns and movements prioritises writers on the ground, exploring the critical trends shaping left-wing politics worldwide
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Uncommon Wealth – review
Kojo Koram’s book cuts through tabloid headlines to examine the material legacy of colonialism: extreme wealth for an elite few; poverty for the rest. By Leah Cowan
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Why did Chile’s new constitution fail?
Chile’s proposed constitution was poorly understood amid a wave of misinformation and hostility from the reject campaign, Carole Concha Bell reports
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Bankrolling violence: financial markets and the military industrial complex
The financial system makes most of us are complicit in the ongoing military machine and profit from imperial wars, whether we like it or not, writes Keval Bharadia
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The war racket: the military industrial complex’s grip on political and economic life
Paul Rogers critiques the extensive network of politicians, corporations and institutions that keep the military at the front and centre of our politics
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Listen to local voices, not the US or China, on Taiwan
Brian Hioe looks at the tensions and misunderstandings surrounding Nancy Pelosi’s visit and how Western leftists routinely ignore local demands from Taiwan
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Arming the occupation
Arms sales by and to Israel sustains the oppression of Palestinian people. Sam Perlo-Freeman reports on the scale of the trade – and UK involvement in it
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A real ‘culture war’ rages in Ukraine
Russia targeting Ukrainian museums follows a long history of imperial powers looting and despoiling cultural wealth, argues Siobhan McGuirk
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