The Deadly Mediocrity of Elites
Rebecca Qing
Elite incompetence is a disease, and the whole world is suffering its ill effects.
‘Tourism Kills the City’: Violent Entrepreneurs and the Making of Tourist Capitalism
Pablo Cussac
Spain's tourist economy is a perfect storm of land grabs, speculation, gentrification and violence.
Richard Leonard and the Long Rise of Scottish Socialism
Nathan Akehurst
Left-winger Richard Leonard has beaten centrist contender Anas Sarwar to become the new leader of the Scottish Labour party. Scotland has seemed more cautious about Corbyn's premiership, but this election result has been a long time in the making, writes Nathan Akehurst.
Fully Automated Green Communism
Aaron Bastani
How can we secure luxury for all without careering even faster towards climate catastrophe? Aaron Bastani discusses.
Refusing Survival: What Happens If We Don’t Save the World From Climate Change?
Nicholas Beuret
After decades of global negotiations and ‘last chances', the creeping feeling that it’s too late to stop catastrophic climate change is rapidly becoming common sense. So what do we do if we can’t save the world?
The Balfour Declaration Kickstarted 100 Years of Dispossession for Arabs and Palestinians
Emmanuel Bennett
100 years after the Balfour Declaration, Israel continues to pass laws to dismantle democracy and dispossess Arabs and Palestinians.
Abd Elsalam Died to Keep Global Capital on the Move
Marion Jones & Arianna T.
Exploiting workers in the logistics sector keeps global capital on the move. Migrant workers in Italy are fighting against precarious conditions - sometimes with deadly results.
Will Corbyn Face Another IMF Crisis?
Adam Blanden
The folk devil of a profligate Labour party frittering away the nation's wealth remains embedded in the British unconscious. But these fears are the results of confusion over two questions – what really happened during the IMF crisis, and is it in any way comparable to the position a Labour government would find itself in today?
Kings in the Alhambra, Tanks in Barcelona
Flora Hastings
The latest independence referendum in Catalonia has been declared illegal - and central government has offered the region a simple choice: abandon the plans for the referendum, or lose all their budgetary powers. This is just the latest in a history of battles over who gets to be called 'Spanish'.
Power-Play in Palestine: The Controversial Return of Mohammad Dahlan
Courtney Yusuf
After five years of exile, Gaza sees the return of controversial politician Mohammad Dahlan, keen to strike a deal with the Hamas. What does this mean for Palestinian politics?
Back in the SFRY: Yugo-Nostalgia and Dreams of Communism
Charlie Ebert
In 1992 one of the world's most prosperous communist countries collapsed in bloodshed. Now, a quarter of a century later, much of the population of former Yugoslavia look back with nostalgia at the communist days of old.
Lessons for the Anti-Fascist Left From a White Supremacist Conference
Matt Broomfield
Posing as a white supremacist, Matt Broomfield tried to learn how fascism works today and how to fight it. Here are some lessons for the anti-fascist left going undercover at a white supremacist conference.
Climate Apocalypse Vs. Liberal Utopianism: The Arguments For and Against the End of the World
Nicholas Beuret
Over the past few days there have been a series of arguments and rebuttals around a recent New York Magazine article about impending climate catastrophe, opening a debate about what facts mean for environmental action and the politics of fear.
The Hairpin Drop: The Radical Origins of Pride in the UK
Emily Jessica Turner
Radical. Rebellious. Resistant. This is the real history of Pride in the UK.
A Story of Queer Riot
Joni Cohen + Sophie Monk
"Police were barricaded inside, the queers outside, on the street. This spatial switch shows the upheaval of power in this clash. For these glorious hours, the sanctuary of the bar was no longer needed."
The Struggle for Intersex Rights in Greece
Phevos Simeonidis and Thanos Aggelopoulos
As the cause of LGBTQ+ rights advances in Greece, intersex people are being left behind - victims of discrimination, violence, and religious taboo.
What Are We Talking About When We Talk About Basic Income?
Charlie Young
Basic income is not inherently progressive or regressive. Its impact depends on how it's funded, who gets it, and how much they get.
Where We Go From Here
Richard Seymour
Richard Seymour, author of Corbyn: The Strange Rebirth of Radical Politics, examines the snap election and the decline of Britain's hard centre, and argues, in the context of Labour's resurgence, where the Left must go from here.