Opinion: The BBC Thought It Could Save Itself by Serving the Powerful. It Was Wrong
Steven Methven
The corporation's cardinal sin was messing with the big dogs it usually serves, writes Steven Methven.
Tag: donald trump
Opinion: Democrats Whined About Trump. Zohran Mamdani Offered an Alternative
Luke Savage
While party grandees preached defeat and despair, New York City's mayor-elect pitched free buses, cheap groceries and frozen rent. Turns out the antidote to Trump is just socialism, writes Luke Savage.
Feature: Meet the Orbán Fans Hoping to Write Policies for Prime Minister Nigel Farage
Sam Bright
Anti-woke academics, influencers and mining magnates are behind a new think tank making a plan for a Reform UK government. Sam Bright reports.
Feature: The Fifa Museum Is a Masterclass in Reputational Whitewashing
Juliet Jacques
Handing world cups to fascist dictatorships, brown-nosing Trump, endless corruption scandals – there’s an awful lot of history on display at Fifa’s Zurich museum and absolutely none of it that explains why fans hate the organisation, writes Juliet Jacques.
Opinion: US Cities Have Bold Plans to Lower Food Prices. Why Doesn’t Britain?
James Meadway
From New York to Chicago, American politicians are pushing state-owned grocery shops as a way to make food cheaper, writes James Meadway. Meanwhile, our leaders continue scratching their heads.
Interview: Zack Polanski Is Done Talking
Rivkah Brown
The Green politician’s surprise leadership bid has excited a rudderless left. Could he turn the party from a byword for well-meaning environmentalists into a mass movement? Rivkah Brown meets Zack Polanski.
Interview: Columbia University ‘Stupidity’ on Gaza Encampments Radicalised Students Worldwide
Juliet Jacques
The Encampments co-director speaks to Juliet Jacques about unexpected audience responses to his film, the importance of media literacy and the detention of Mahmoud Khalil.
Analysis: A Scandal-Rocked Trump Ally Just Won the Polish Presidency. Believe It Could Happen in Britain
Ana Oppenheim & Ewa Pospieszyńska
Centrist Rafał Trzaskowski thought he had it in the bag. He found out the hard way that rightwing knock-offs are no substitute for an actual programme, write Ana Oppenheim and Ewa Pospieszynska - much like a certain Keir Starmer is also finding out.
Interview: ‘We’re Witnessing the Last Gasp of Israeli Violence’: In Conversation With Avi Shlaim
Sebastian Shehadi
Professor Avi Shlaim speaks to Sebastian Shehadi about his latest book, western complicity in the genocide in Gaza and how Israel’s own archives turned him into an anti-Zionist.
Opinion: The Real Reason Behind Starmer’s Military Spending Drive
Khem Rogaly
Keir Starmer’s rearmament agenda is not about security - it’s a bid to appease Donald Trump, writes Khem Rogaly.
Analysis: Trump Trashing the World Order Could Have Its Upsides
James Meadway
The US president has made clear he will no longer rush to Nato members’ aid, prompting panic among European leaders. The UK should read the room and reset its relations with global powers, writes James Meadway.
Analysis: Don’t Be Fooled – There’s Method in Trump’s Economic Madness
James Meadway
It’s comforting to think of the president’s short-lived tariffs plan as the firings of a loose cannon. In fact, they are entirely consistent with his plans to reshape the world in the interests of US capital, writes James Meadway.
Opinion: Trump’s Gaza Resettlement Plans Didn’t Come Out of Nowhere
Ash Sarkar
From Biden’s "humanitarian corridor” to Jared Kushner’s dreams of Miamifying Gaza, Trump’s ethnic cleansing programme is not brand-new territory for the US, writes Ash Sarkar.
Opinion: Trump Has Found a Way to Blame Minorities for the Washington DC Plane Crash
Ash Sarkar
The embers were still burning at the crash that killed 67 people on Wednesday when the president took to the podium to name the culprit: affirmative action.
Feature: We Asked Legal Experts: Is 2025 the Year Israel Faces Justice?
Nadine Talaat
From the ICJ’s plausible genocide ruling to the ICC issuing arrest warrants, last year the wheels of justice began to move against Israel. Nadine Talaat asks legal experts whether 2025 could finally end its decades-long impunity.
Long Read: I Drank the Russell Brand Kool-Aid
Alison J Carr
His outsider status and unabashed spiritualism made TV star Russell Brand feel like a kindred spirit to a young Alison J Carr. As his alleged sexual misconduct and alt-right tendencies come to light, she wonders: how did I get him so wrong?
Novara Live: Tories Try to Sabotage Child Protection Bill
The row over the government’s refusal to hold a national inquiry into grooming gangs in England doesn’t appear to be dying down. Plus: Donald Trump wants to annex Panama, Canada and Greenland? With Michael Walker and Helena NoJustice(MTG)
Long Read: Identity Politics Is Dead, and the Far Right Knows It
Richard Seymour
People are tired of identity politics - and the rainbow coalition lining up behind Donald Trump proves it, writes Richard Seymour.