Tag: US
Report: Sex Workers Are Being Detained at the US Border
by Sophie K Rosa
Opinion: Trust Me, Private Healthcare is a Shitshow
by Luke Savage
Report: The US Abortion Ruling Is Already Blocking Life Saving Drugs
by Amy Booth
Analysis: How Latin American Feminists Took on Anti-Abortion Laws and Won
by Amy Booth
The Bastani Factor: How Britain Starved Ireland
Today the island of Ireland has a smaller population than it did 200 years ago. How did that happen, and what has it got to do with free market capitalism? Aaron Bastani explains how London politicians and Irish landlords exploited a crisis in the name of an ideology – in the process wrecking the lives […]
Ash Wednesday: Why Libertarians Agree With Putin | Ash Sarkar
There’s a clear split between rightwing commentators, and Putin’s war on Ukraine. But between pundits and Putin’s war on woke? Not so much!
Analysis: Sanctioning Russia Won’t Work. Just Look at Iran
by Arron Merat
Explainers: How Racism Affects Our Sex Lives
Downstream: How the Mainstream Media Enabled Climate Denial
Aaron Bastani speaks to George Monbiot about COP26, which countries are climate change leaders and how the mainstream media enabled a culture of climate denial when it mattered most.
Report: Workplace Strikes in the US Are Surging – But Workers Have a Difficult Path to Victory
by Luis Feliz Leon and Maximillian Alvarez
Novara Live: Joe Biden Declares End to “Nation-Building” Wars
Opinion: The American Right Knows How to Fight a Culture War
by Kojo Koram
We're lucky the British right hasn't learnt from the sophisticated and strategic attacks of their US counterparts. But they still could.
Downstream: Why It’s Eco-Socialism or Collapse
Climate change is better understood as climate systems breakdown, and it’s only through the lens of the latter that we can grasp the scale of the crisis ahead. On this episode of Downstream, Aaron Bastani is joined by Mat Lawrence and Laurie Laybourn-Langton to discuss their new book, Planet on Fire: A Manifesto for the […]
Analysis: Scramble for the Arctic: How Greenland Became the Frontier of a New Trade and Tech War
by James Meadway
Opinion: This Was Always Going to Happen
by Kim Kelly
This week's storming of the Capitol by the far-right should not come as a shock, writes Kim Kelly—and if anything, it will happen again.
Analysis: The Death of the Fossil Fuel Industry Could Be Disastrous for Workers. Now’s the Time to Nationalise It
by Kate Aronoff
Fossil fuels may be on the way out, but there’s no reason to trust firms will wind down quickly enough, or in a way that protects workers. Kate Aronoff looks at how nationalising the sector could work in the US or UK - and argues ultimately it’s a good idea.