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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Venezuela can solve its own problems – the US only cares about oil
The people could reach a democratic and non-violent solution if they were freed from US meddling, argues Boaventura de Sousa Santos
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One-state in Palestine: equality, democracy and justice
Omar Barghouti asks: has Donald Trump’s break with the two-state solution unwittingly revived the possibility of a single, democratic state in historic Palestine?
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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 Brexit nightmare: a scenario
Tom Walker imagines waking up screaming imagining how a hard-right ascendancy might follow a vote to leave the European Union
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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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