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Pro Revolution Soccer: Where Do We Go From Here?

Analysis: Western Elites Aren’t Mourning the Loss of Afghan Life, but of Their Own Power
David Wearing

Opinion: Back on the Hard Road: How Stuart Hall Can Help Us Navigate Our Moment
David Wearing
The British left is still reeling and disoriented from the election defeat of December 2019. But by comparing our current moment to Stuart Hall’s analysis of the long 1980s, we can learn some important lessons, writes David Wearing.

Opinion: The Right Are Panicking About Anti-Racism – As Well They Should Be
David Wearing
Across the West, the right is cracking down on anti-racism. Why? Because if a genuine, substantive anti-racist politics went truly mainstream, it'd be the end of conservatism as we know it, argues David Wearing.

Opinion: England’s Football Team is Changing Because England is Changing
David Wearing
This year's England squad are defiantly anti-racist and pro-LGBT. The left should be encouraged, writes David Wearing: it's a sign that slowly, step by step, struggles to expand the collective 'we' are being won from the ground up.

Opinion: Biden’s New Cold War With China Will Be Justified With Racism
David Wearing
Confrontation with China is shaping up to be a central theme of Joe Biden’s presidency. Of course, racism has structured international relations since at least the colonial era, writes David Wearing.

Opinion: Ignore the Naysayers: Anti-Imperialism Will Be Central to the Socialism of the 2020s
David Wearing
Some of the left are nervous about the perceived unpopularity of anti-imperialism undermining efforts to bring about socialism in the UK. They shouldn’t be, writes David Wearing: transnational solidarity isn’t just important, but increasingly common sense.

Analysis: The Ceasefire in Gaza Shows Us Exactly Where the Power Lies in US-Israeli Relations
David Wearing
Last Friday, following an intervention from Joe Biden, a ceasefire came into effect in Gaza. David Wearing argues this not only shows how Israel is subject to the power of its imperial patron, but how Washington is vulnerable to pressure from the pro-Palestinian left.

Opinion: Post-Brexit ‘Global Britain’ is Becoming a Threat to International Security
David Wearing
The government’s recent Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy has spelled out the agenda for British foreign relations in the 2020s and beyond. It’s going to make us and the rest of the world a lot less safe, writes David Wearing.

Analysis: ‘America is Back’, Says Biden. What Does This Mean for the Rest of the World?
David Wearing

Opinion: Labour is Running a Saudi Apologist in Hartlepool – And It Should Be a Scandal
David Wearing
In 2018, Labour’s candidate in the Hartlepool by-election went on a state-funded trip to Saudi Arabia and came back a vocal supporter of the regime. While the party’s decision to run him in Hartlepool is certainly shocking, it’s also not even slightly surprising, argues David Wearing.

Analysis: Unfinished Revolutions: What’s the Future of the Arab Uprisings?
David Wearing
It is impossible to avoid the sense of epic tragedy that hangs over the Arab uprisings today, a decade on. But in the final piece of his series on the uprisings, David Wearing argues that the story isn’t over yet.

Analysis: Unfinished Revolutions: How Syria’s Uprising Turned Into a War
David Wearing
Ten years ago this week the Arab uprisings arrived in Syria, with large demonstrations marking the culmination of weeks of brewing unrest. In the fifth piece of his series on the uprisings, David Wearing looks at how the attempted revolution in Syria became a full-blown war.

Analysis: Unfinished Revolutions: How the Arab Uprisings Were Drowned in Oil
David Wearing

Analysis: Unfinished Revolutions: How the UK and Gulf Monarchies Helped Crush Bahrain’s Pro-Democracy Movement
David Wearing
Ten years ago today, regime security forces in Bahrain attacked unarmed protesters camped at Pearl Roundabout, Manama. In the third piece of his series on the Arab uprisings, David Wearing looks at how the UK helped crush Bahrain’s pro-democracy movement.

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Analysis: Unfinished Revolutions: How the West and the Rest Conspired to Thwart the Arab Uprisings
David Wearing
In the heady days of 2011, the talk was of ‘revolution’ sweeping the Arab majority world. In the second piece of a series on what these events can teach us about Western imperialism in the twenty-first century, David Wearing takes a look how the uprisings were thwarted.