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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From the Commune to communalism
March–May 2021 marks 150 years since the Paris Commune. Mathijs van de Sande and Gaard Kets explore its legacy and enduring relevance for today’s left
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How the first Gulf War shaped the British left
Thirty years on from the first Gulf War, Evan Smith considers how it exposed the limitations in the British left’s ability to build a mass movement
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In Chile, a feminist green wave rises
As Chile rewrites its Pinochet-era constitution, feminists are seizing the opportunity to legally enshrine women’s reproductive rights. Carole Concha Bell reports
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After the ‘Arab Spring’
Despite the carnage of Syria and Libya and ruinous stalemate of Yemen, the euphoric appeal of the ‘Arab Spring’ continues to feed revolutionary processes across the region, argues Toufic Haddad
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UK, hun?
With fewer common experiences than ever before – from schools and policing to borders and governance – the UK is not materially a nation, argue Medb MacDaibheid and Brian Christopher
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Political blackness and Palestinian solidarity
The question of Palestine has become a black political litmus test, argues Annie Olaloku-Teriba, defining the very nature of black identity and politics
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The rise of comedian politicians
As more and more comedians find success in the political arena, Rhian Jones lists some of the most prominent examples of satirists turned statesmen