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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.

How Conservative Austerity Cost the UK Billions

Raoul Martinez

Since 2010, the Conservatives have repeatedly claimed that only they can be trusted to run the economy. Where a prodigal Labour party would run the economy into the ground with excess spending, they say they're prepared to take the 'common-sense' approach of austerity. Raoul Martinez argues that this story doesn't ring true; austerity is a recipe for economic misery.

The Uses of Innocence: Terror, Surveillance and the Manchester Attack

Clare Hymer and Eleanor Penny

The Manchester attack has widely been framed as an attack on innocence. But rather than protecting children, the government’s response to the bombing smacks of a cynical attempt to weaponise the victims' innocence for the purposes of racist nation-building.

What Is Effeminacy and How Can We Celebrate It?

Jules Gleeson

Mainstream society's conception of what it means to be a man leaves no room for the celebration and cherishing of a more feminine kind of manhood.

Uncertain Futures: Trump’s Foreign Policy in Asia

Isabel Barrios Pérez-Coca

Isabel Barrios Pérez-Coca examines relations between the Trump administration and East Asian countries, explaining why the future looks so unsure.

Refusing Survival: What Happens If We Don’t Save the World From Climate Change?

Nicholas Beuret

The Balfour Declaration Kickstarted 100 Years of Dispossession for Arabs and Palestinians

Emmanuel Bennett

Abd Elsalam Died to Keep Global Capital on the Move

Marion Jones & Arianna T.

Will Corbyn Face Another IMF Crisis?

Adam Blanden

Kings in the Alhambra, Tanks in Barcelona

Flora Hastings

Power-Play in Palestine: The Controversial Return of Mohammad Dahlan

Courtney Yusuf

Back in the SFRY: Yugo-Nostalgia and Dreams of Communism

Charlie Ebert

Lessons for the Anti-Fascist Left From a White Supremacist Conference

Matt Broomfield

Climate Apocalypse Vs. Liberal Utopianism: The Arguments For and Against the End of the World

Nicholas Beuret

The Hairpin Drop: The Radical Origins of Pride in the UK

Emily Jessica Turner

A Story of Queer Riot

Joni Cohen + Sophie Monk

The Struggle for Intersex Rights in Greece

Phevos Simeonidis and Thanos Aggelopoulos

What Are We Talking About When We Talk About Basic Income?

Charlie Young

Where We Go From Here

Richard Seymour

How Conservative Austerity Cost the UK Billions

Raoul Martinez

The Uses of Innocence: Terror, Surveillance and the Manchester Attack

Clare Hymer and Eleanor Penny

What Is Effeminacy and How Can We Celebrate It?

Jules Gleeson

Uncertain Futures: Trump’s Foreign Policy in Asia

Isabel Barrios Pérez-Coca

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Refusing Survival: What Happens If We Don’t Save the World From Climate Change?

Nicholas Beuret

The Balfour Declaration Kickstarted 100 Years of Dispossession for Arabs and Palestinians

Emmanuel Bennett

Abd Elsalam Died to Keep Global Capital on the Move

Marion Jones & Arianna T.

Will Corbyn Face Another IMF Crisis?

Adam Blanden

Kings in the Alhambra, Tanks in Barcelona

Flora Hastings

Power-Play in Palestine: The Controversial Return of Mohammad Dahlan

Courtney Yusuf

Back in the SFRY: Yugo-Nostalgia and Dreams of Communism

Charlie Ebert

Lessons for the Anti-Fascist Left From a White Supremacist Conference

Matt Broomfield

Climate Apocalypse Vs. Liberal Utopianism: The Arguments For and Against the End of the World

Nicholas Beuret

The Hairpin Drop: The Radical Origins of Pride in the UK

Emily Jessica Turner

A Story of Queer Riot

Joni Cohen + Sophie Monk

The Struggle for Intersex Rights in Greece

Phevos Simeonidis and Thanos Aggelopoulos

What Are We Talking About When We Talk About Basic Income?

Charlie Young

Where We Go From Here

Richard Seymour

How Conservative Austerity Cost the UK Billions

Raoul Martinez

The Uses of Innocence: Terror, Surveillance and the Manchester Attack

Clare Hymer and Eleanor Penny

What Is Effeminacy and How Can We Celebrate It?

Jules Gleeson

Uncertain Futures: Trump’s Foreign Policy in Asia

Isabel Barrios Pérez-Coca

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