Political ideologies

Inclusive, accessible debate covering everything from political history primers to left party analysis to keeping tabs on the evolving far-right

Inclusive, accessible debate covering everything from political history primers to left party analysis to keeping tabs on the evolving far-right

  • A still from Oleksandr Dovzhenko's 1928 film Zvenigora

    Zvenigora: Looking back at a Ukrainian cinema marvel

    The current war in Ukraine gives a new significance to the work of the Soviet-era Ukrainian film director Oleksandr Dovzhenko, writes Juliet Jacques

  • The Chopwell Lodge National Union of Mineworkers banner, featuring depictions of Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin and Labour Party founder Keir Hardie, at the 2023 Durham Miner's Gala

    The Gala returns

    The Durham Miner’s Gala returned in July for the first time since the pandemic. Gerry Hart reflects on the Gala’s history and enduring significance

  • Futuristic cityscape in a CGI rendering of the plans for Etruscan Square in Stoke-on-Trent

    ‘Levelling up’ is part of the culture war

    ‘Levelling up’ is presented as an infrastructure programme. The gloss is poor cover for a decade of government underinvestment, writes Dominic Davies

  • A large colourful Save Brick Lane protest

    Misogyny, monopoly and marginalised communities

    Tower Hamlets Labour Party is deeply hypocritical, argues Tasnima Uddin, in its treatment of marginalised people and women of colour

  • A montage of illustrations showing trans rights activist alongside archive images of protest and legislative wins

    How trans rights activists changed Argentina

    Argentina’s groundbreaking gender identity laws were won through longstanding activist traditions, diverse tactics and solidarity. The experience has lessons for us all, write Alessandra Viggiano and Siobhán McGuirk

  • Philippine presidential candidate Leody de Guzman at a rally standing behind a banner with a raised fist

    The campaign for a democratic socialist Philippines

    Following the victory of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in this year’s Philippine presidential election, Walden Bello details how he and Leody de Guzman sought to forge a new path for a revitalised Philippine left

  • Campaigners from the Refugee Buddy Project in Hastings show solidarity with migrants arriving in small boats by displaying a banner on the beach during Solidarity Knows No Borders week 2020

    In Hastings, solidarity with migrants knows no borders

    Coalition building is essential practice in the battle for immigrants’ rights. In threatening times, groups big and small must unite to win

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