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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Up all night
Christophe Aguiton looks at the dynamics behind Nuit Debout, the movement of public assemblies taking place across France. Anastasia Kavada interviews participants at the Place de la République
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Why did Americans vote for Trump?
The question commentators won’t ask is simple: what kind of society votes Donald Trump President? Siobhán McGuirk surveys the fragmented USA
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The complicity of the white liberal left in the rise of Donald Trump
There are deep reasons for racism in American politics, but the white liberal left has done little to prevent it, writes Mariama Eversley
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Essay: The death of international development
‘Development’ has failed to deliver. The reason, Jason Hickel argues, is that development organisations have failed to address the structural drivers of poverty
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Culture and Revolution: The Pan-African Festival of Algiers
Hamza Hamouchene introduces the revolutionary documentary, The Pan-African Festival of Algiers 1969
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Maidan over: The balance of power in Ukraine
While Ukraine’s oligarchic elite aspires to become a ruling class, it is also the object of an ongoing competition between Russia and the west to draw it into their respective transnational capitalist classes, writes Marko Bojcun
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Shirkers and conchies: how governments tried to silence First World War resisters
Peace activists against the First World War were treated as enemies by their government, but left a legacy of perserverance writes Tim Gee
