Political ideologies

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

A ballot box with different coloured butterflies flying out

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

A ballot box with different coloured butterflies flying out

  • President of Burkina Faso Ibrahim Traoré (right) shaking hands with Russian president Vladimir Putin (right)

    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

  • A black and white photograph showing the Petrograd Soviet in session, with crowds of delegates in a busy, semi-circular chamber taken from above

    Key words: Dual Power

    Wayne Price unpacks a concept that lies at the heart of much of Marxist and anarchist thinking on how to overthrow capitalism

  • The TWT logo in black and white print with arrows and read dots

    The World Transformed: giving history a push

    TWT is back, with a new approach to galvanise the British left. Join us to shake off nostalgia, get organised and rise to meet growing threats, write Andrea Gilbert, Lydia Phillips and Isaac Rose

  • British Prime Minister Keir Starmer stood at a lectern in front of Number 10 Downing Street

    The Starmer Symptom – review

    As anger and disillusionment with Labour increase, a new collection from Mark Perryman asks some bold and urgent questions about dialogue on the left, writes Kevin Davey

  • Former Bolivian President Evo Morales stood at a microphone, wearing a white shirt and black jacket. A woman in traditional Bolivian dress stands to his right

    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

  • Ripping yarns: Left Cultures and non-hierarchical publishing

    Phil Wigglesworth reflects on the launch of Left Cultures in 2023 – and why the international left must embrace non-hierarchical approaches to publishing

  • A photo of a polling station with a sign outside it

    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