War and conflict
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Making a killing from the peace
The silver anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement is being celebrated in Belfast this week, but a booming arms industry shows the habit of political violence is hard for some to kick, writes Pádraig Ó Meiscill
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Generation prep and the rise of the private bunker industry
Bunkers are not new, writes Bradley Garrett, but a booming global market suggests a new age of anxiety has arrived
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Navigating the apocalypse through popular culture
From plague and pandemics to zombies and ‘cli-fi’, apocalyptic narratives have long reflected and shaped the anxieties of our age, write Siobhan McGuirk and Marzena Zukowska
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Peter Kennard: pictures for peace
Peter Kennard reflects on a career focused on creating anti-war art, from documenting protests to dissecting nuclear weapons
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Bankrolling violence: financial markets and the military industrial complex
The financial system makes most of us are complicit in the ongoing military machine and profit from imperial wars, whether we like it or not, writes Keval Bharadia
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The war racket: the military industrial complex’s grip on political and economic life
Paul Rogers critiques the extensive network of politicians, corporations and institutions that keep the military at the front and centre of our politics
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Listen to local voices, not the US or China, on Taiwan
Brian Hioe looks at the tensions and misunderstandings surrounding Nancy Pelosi’s visit and how Western leftists routinely ignore local demands from Taiwan
