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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.

  • Muslim women protestors sat together at Shaheen Bagh protest camp in March 2020

    Shaheen Bagh lives on

    The women of a south Delhi neighbourhood have inspired a protest movement which will long outlive their temporary encampment, writes Ananya Wilson-Bhattacharya

  • Ismail Abusalama, with a moustache, wears an orange shirt and stands against a striped background in prison

    My father’s 13 years as a Palestinian political prisoner

    Shahd Abusalama recounts her father Ismail’s experience in the Israeli prison system and calls for drastic reforms

  • The halls of Trinity College Dublin (Photo: Ben Guerin)

    Gender, class and cliché in Normal People

    The BBC hit drama shows the complexities of class mobility, but can’t avoid class and gender stereotypes, says Frances Hatherley

  • In a still from the game Call of Duty Modern Warfare, a many holds a large gun up in his sights against a smoky background

    The spoils of playing war

    Video games play a key role in sustaining the global military-industrial complex, writes Marzena Zukowska

  • A row of protestors at a demonstration in solidarity with Rojava, waving Kurdish flags and holding banners expressing support

    Now is the time to rise up for Rojava

    Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have been betrayed by the US, giving the Turkish state a green light to carry out atrocities in Northern Syria, writes Amber Huff and Patrick Huff

  • A group of people stand holding rainbow flags in the sun at Newry Pride

    Pride in an Irish border town

    Irish LGBTQ campaigner Joseph Healy reflects on Newry Pride, how life on the border has changed, and the stakes of Brexit

  • A group of multi-ethnic activists hold up placards for environmental justice and Extinction Rebellion

    It’s time to add global justice to XR’s demands

    Extinction Rebellion must recognise the impacts of colonialism and capitalism and demand a just transition for all, argues Aranyo Aarjan