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Keir Starmer delivers a speech during a visit to the Manufacturing Futures Lab at UCL (University College London), in London, Britain January 13, 2025, as he prepares to launch a plan to harness AI to spur growth and efficiency in the country. HENRY NICHOLLS/Pool via REUTERS

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Israel is the new Jim Crow.

How Forensic Architecture Mapped the Gaza Genocide

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The US Could Abandon Ukraine-Russia Peace Talks, Warns Marco Rubio
Donald Trump could walk away from Ukraine-Russia peace negotiations within days if no progress is made, warns Marco Rubio. Plus: David Lammy’s secret visit with the Israeli foreign secretary; and the IMF’s push to keep people working older… With Michael Walker, Aaron Bastani, Paul Morland and Peter Oborne – author of ‘The Fate of Abraham: […]
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10 April 2025

Trump Administration Scrambles to Justify Folding on Tariffs

9 April 2025

Financial Markets Spiral As US-China Trade War Goes Nuclear

8 April 2025

The Trade War Between China and the US Escalates

7 April 2025

Stocks Plunge After Trump Doubles Down on Trade War

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The World Is Reeling From Donald Trump’s Tariffs

3 April 2025

Donald Trump’s Tariffs Spark Global Turmoil

2 April 2025

Israel to Expand Gaza Ground Assault, Says Defence Minister

1 April 2025

Millions Hit by Bill Hikes Amid Labour’s Benefit Cuts

31 March 2025

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28 March 2025

Trump Administration Snatches Pro-Palestine Student Activists Off the Street

27 March 2025

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How the West Tried to Co-opt Iranian Feminism

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Rojava After Assad: Where Next for the Kurdish Struggle?

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Why Leftwing Politics Still Needs ‘Acid’

On their 50th Trip, the gang wonder why ‘acid’ has retained its potency in politics and culture.

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9 March 2025

What’s the Point in Art When the World Is on Fire?

The author of Acts of Resistance makes the case for creativity in a crisis.
2 February 2025

How Does Sovereign Debt Work?

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26 January 2025

Trip 49: Debt

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3 January 2025

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Downstream is an in-depth interview show featuring conversations with activists, authors, economists, politicians, scientists, philosophers and thinkers of all stripes.

Downstream
The Real Point of Trump’s Tariffs
Aaron Bastani meets Slavoj Žižek
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On Palestine, Prisons and British Vs. American Racism. Ash Sarkar meets Ta-Nehisi Coates
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The British Military Is Actively Involved in Gaza. Here’s How. Aaron Bastani meets Matt Kennard
We Have to Break up With the USA. Aaron Bastani meets Angus Hanton
Why Don’t We Have Any Hope? Aaron Bastani meets Jonathan White
Everything We’re Told About the History of the West Is Wrong. Aaron Bastani meets Josephine Quinn

UK

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This Much We Agree On: Britain Is in Decline
Goodbye to Just Stop Oil. Or Is It?
Former Priory Patients Tell of ‘Traumatic’ Privatised Mental Health Treatment

World

Downstream
The Real Point of Trump's Tariffs
How the West Tried to Co-opt Iranian Feminism
On Palestine, Prisons and British Vs. American Racism

Labour Party

Downstream
The British Military Is Actively Involved in Gaza. Here’s How.
What Disability Benefit Cuts Reveal About Labour’s Grasp of Economics
We Have to Break up With the USA

Organised Labour

Report
A private hire driver protesting at TfL's offices in Stratford, east London on Wednesday. Image: Courtesy of IWGB
London Uber Drivers Are Drowning in Debt As TfL Delays Renewing Licences
Labour Delays Repeal of Anti-Trade Union Law Ahead of Austerity 2.0
No Justice, No Peas: Inside the Toby Carvery Union Drive

Conservative Party

Report
Former home secretary Priti Patel in Westminster. Image: REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Revealed: How Priti Patel Influenced Anti-Terror Cops Over Palestine Protests
Tory Councillor Accused of Smearing Teenager As Antisemite for Palestine Petition
2024 Round Up: Gaza, Starmer and the Death of Woke

Politics

If I Speak
56: The One Where Moya Grills Ash on Her New Book
The Real Reason Behind Starmer's Military Spending Drive
The Pro-Palestine Activists Imprisoned for Months Without Being Found Guilty of Any Crime

Economics

Downstream
Why Don't We Have Any Hope?
BP’s Climate Backtrack Is an Admission It Has Failed
Europe's Political Elite Are Completely Finished

Environment

Report
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UK’s Biggest ‘Renewable’ Power Station Sacked Employee Who Blew Whistle on Environmental Claims
Should We Stop Paying Our Water Bills?
Climate Prisoners Are Exposing the Dire State of Prison Healthcare

Policing

Report
Police 100 Times More Likely Than Average Person to Be Convicted of Cybercrime
The ICJ’s New Acting President Is a Christian Zionist. What Does That Mean for Israel?
The Government’s Anti-Democracy Tsar Finally Got Sacked, but Protest Is Still Under Threat

Housing

Opinion
Buy-to-Let Landlords Are Dodging Tax En Masse
Labour Is Finally Treating Landlords Like the Spoiled Children They Are
Can a Bunch of Tech Nerds Solve the Housing Crisis?

Society

If I Speak
60: Are We Too Addicted to Convenience?
59: Does My Ex Owe Me Money for the House We Renovated?
58: I Want to Be Fun Again. Help!

History

Interview
Professor Avi Shlaim
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Everything We’re Told About the History of the West Is Wrong
Why Are So Many People Lonely?

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No Other Land Has Exposed the Film Industry’s Cowardice
The Billionaire Landlord Battling a Beloved London Cinema

Culture

ACFM
Why Leftwing Politics Still Needs 'Acid'
What's the Point in Art When the World Is on Fire?
How the Pro-Israel Right Used Identity Politics to Crush Palestine Solidarity

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