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.
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.
India is in the grip of a horrific second wave – and prime minister Narendra Modi has blood on his hands. Whether it’s Covid-19 or the climate crisis, it's vital that solidarity remains with the Indian people and not with their government, writes Aruna Chandrasekhar from Mumbai.
For some Joe Biden has already exceeded expectations. For others his economic programme is nowhere near enough to address the climate crisis and American decline. While his Covid relief package has seen billions dispensed immediately, the Jobs Plan proposes to invest $35 billion in green R&D over eight years – less than Americans spend annually […]
On Wednesday, shortly after Joe Biden was inaugurated as President of the United States, Boris Johnson said there was ‘nothing wrong’ with being ‘woke’. Yet the signature of the Tories in recent years has been a ‘war on woke’, with MPs and media outriders attacking ideas of social and economic equality while using the term. […]
There aren’t many lessons from Biden’s victory in the US that translate across the Atlantic. But from an openness to coalition-building to publicly supporting trans rights, the few things Keir Starmer could learn are being ignored, argues Aaron Bastani.
When he enters the White House on Wednesday, Joe Biden will have a rare opportunity to push through a bold agenda that improves the lives of average Americans, writes Micah Uetricht. Failure to do so could mean handing the levers of government to a Republican far more destructive than Trump.
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