Long Read

The Four Neat Tricks Corporations Used to Take Over the World

by Claire Provost & Matt Kennard

As the old empires have crumbled, corporations have staged a silent coup against democracy, one whose tentacles reach every corner of the globe, write Claire Provost and Matt Kennard.

Effective Altruism Is Infiltrating UK Politics and It’s Time We Woke Up

by Matteo Tiratelli

Founded in Oxford in the early 2010s, the movement has since earned a fanbase of American billionaires who are now pumping money into British politics, Labour in particular, writes Matteo Tiratelli.

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How to Make a Home in a Housing Crisis

by Sophie K Rosa

It can be hard for alternative ways of living to endure when they defy the brutal, capitalist logic of private property, writes Sophie K Rosa in her new book Radical Intimacy. But everywhere - and even as conditions worsen - people are homemaking out of the rubble.

Mental Healthcare Often Isn’t Care at All

by Micha Frazer-Carroll

Carceral approaches to mental healthcare are on the rise in Britain. This should worry us all, argues Micha Frazer-Carroll.

‘Levelling Up’ is Encouraging Gulf States to Buy Northern Football Clubs

by Ali Reda & Philip Proudfoot

The Tories have welcomed oil sheikdoms buying up football clubs in England’s cash-strapped post-industrial north as part of their ‘levelling up’ agenda. Philip Proudfoot and Ali Reda explain.

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The Missing Guests at COP27? Drug Barons

by Clemmie James

As long as organised crime controls the world’s carbon sinks, forums like COP27 have the wrong people in the room, writes Clemmie James.

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The Tory Crisis Didn’t Start With Liz Truss and It Won’t End With Her

by Jonas Marvin

Dominic Cummings warned a Truss premiership would be a ‘guaranteed fiasco’. But if the disaster lettuce has gone, the political decay that created her has not, writes Jonas Marvin.

A person wearing black jumper and jeans jumps above a fire in front of a large audience. Behind them is Big Ben.

Generation Left Rejected History. Does It Have a Future?

by Michael Chessum

From Occupy Wall Street to Millbank, the generation that awoke in 2010 rejected left history, writes Michael Chessum. Is this why it's struggled to form a coherent political tradition?

Feature: The Green Revolution Could Make Cornwall a Mining Capital Again. Who Stands to Benefit?

by Lucie Akerman

Lithium mining is set to spark a gold rush in Cornwall. But with past experience of extractive industries, residents hope community organisation will chart a different future, reports Lucie Akerman.

Private First Class Jeremy Bauth, of the Colorado National Guard's 220th Military Police Company, stands guard at a checkpoint during a US National Guard operation in 2018 outside of Fort Greely, Alaska, 28 February 2018. Photo: Specialist Michael Risinge / US Army National Guard

The Next World War Could Be Over the Arctic

by James Meadway

The Arctic Council is collapsing over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, writes James Meadway, setting the stage for a geopolitical conflict of epic proportions.

The Wages for Housework Campaign Is As Relevant As Ever

by Sophie K Rosa

It may have started in the 1970s, but the 'wages for housework' campaign is just as relevant today. Sophie K Rosa speaks with some of its organisers about its lasting impact and why today's feminist movement should be taking notes.

What Will It Take for the Climate Movement to Win?

by Nicholas Beuret

Everything we’re doing to tackle the climate crisis is failing. In order to make real progress, we need to build blockades, argues Nicholas Beuret.

In Ukraine, Rival Worldviews Have Led to Unnecessary War

by Oliver Eagleton

To understand why Russia launched its reckless operation in Ukraine - and why the US provoked it - we must look at their wider geopolitical visions, argues Oliver Eagleton.

After Duterte, Another Marcos?

by Connor Woodman

The son of dictator Ferdinand Marcos leads the race to replace Rodrigo Duterte as president of the Philippines. Connor Woodman spoke to Filipino organisers and intellectuals about the president’s blood-soaked rule and its likely legacy.

The West is Waging War on the Sudanese Revolution

by Muzan Alneel

Since the coup last October, the Sudanese people have been demanding the total removal of the military from their politics. International governments have other ideas. Muzan Alneel explains.

How We Won: The Activist Deceived By a Spycop Who Took on the Met

by Alex D King

An activist, with the help of other women who had been tricked into relationships with spycops, has achieved a landmark ruling that said the Met’s use of undercover police officers is a violation of human rights.

Forget ‘Liberté’ – 17th-Century Indigenous Americans Knew a Lot More About Freedom Than Their French Colonisers

by David Graeber and David Wengrow

On issues like personal freedom, gender equality, sexual mores and popular sovereignty, indigenous American attitudes were far more progressive than 17th-century European ones - and far more like our own, write David Wengrow and the late David Graeber.

Yes, China’s Debt Bubble Might Burst – But the Government Has Far Bigger Problems

by James Meadway

With Chinese property giant Evergrande on the brink of collapse, the Communist party is being forced to reckon with the reckless economic model that enabled it.