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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.

  • A black and white photo showing silhouetted militants holding weapons

    The spiral of violence in Balochistan

    Roshaan Khattak and Thomas Jeffrey Milley examine the causes of the violence between Baloch insurgents and the Pakistani government

  • Until we are all free: Leftwing media and left internationalism

    Writers, editors and artists from the global south must be part of left media futures, writes Sanaa Alimia

  • Building the post-Soviet world

    From the corrupt to the inspired, Owen Hatherley charts the architecture that followed the fall of the Soviet Union

  • Thousands of protestors with Palestine flags march in front of Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament

    Nakba facing Palestine then and now

    Bernard Regan, historian of Britain’s long involvement in the repression of Palestine, documents the brutal history of Britain’s role in driving the Palestinians from their land

  • From bystander to peacebuilder

    Vlad Sakovich reports on People First, a new campaign to release thousands of Ukrainian prisoners of war, Russian political prisoners and forcefully transferred Ukrainian children

  • A fighter in the YPJ (Yekîneyên Parastina Jin – Women’s Protection Units)

    Rojava in the crosshairs

    The Kurdish-led revolution in north and east Syria provides a beacon of hope after the overthrow of Assad, write Rok Brossa and Eleanor Finley, but it is one that must be fought for

  • A photograph of a blue blaque reading 'Amy Ashwood Garvey, 1897-1969, Feminist, Human Rights Campaigner, Pan-Africanist and first wife of Marcus Garvey, lived here between 1934 and 1960'

    Amy Ashwood Garvey and the Future of Black Feminist Archives – review

    In documenting the life and work of Amy Ashwood Garvey, Nydia A. Swaby offers a window into the inspiring and overlooked story of black womens’ history, writes Panya Banjoko