Democracy
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Sahel: broken promises and empty anti-imperialism
The junta regimes of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger present themselves as revolutionary and anti-imperialist. Their hollow rhetoric masks authoritarianism and new forms of foreign influence, argues Joshua Shangobiyi
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No MAS: the Bolivian left faces up to defeat
Infighting over centralised power, corruption and economic crisis has led to defeat for a once-inspiring Indigenous leader and social movement party. Linda Farthing and Benjamin Swift report
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We need a new electoral system to defeat the far right
A campaign for constitutional reform is an urgent priority for the UK, argues Mark Corner. Without it, the rising right will exploit our undemocratic politics to impose its extreme agenda
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Cymunedoli: The glue that binds
Economic power in the community – cymunedoli – is the antidote to the far right’s growing appeal in Cymru, write Beth Winter and Leanne Wood
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Rising to Reform’s stranglehold in County Durham
Reform is a byproduct of Thatcherism, Labour Party failures and left activists’ limited imaginations, argues Ben Sellers. Only a long-term strategy for deep community organising can reverse the right-wing course that appears to lie ahead
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Investigative journalism: A light in the darkness
The most important function of investigative journalism is to hold power to account, writes Katie Mark
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How to build a new left-party alliance
A left-led Green party and the new ‘Your Party’ are both vital to defeating the right – but we need cross-party collaboration and grassroots organising to forge real change, argues Labour-turned-Green councillor Liam Shrivastava
