Opinion: Trust Me, Private Healthcare is a Shitshow
by Luke Savage
America spends more money on a worse system that voters hate, writes Luke Savage. So why are UK politicians pretending privatisation will fix the NHS?
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Report: The US Abortion Ruling Is Already Blocking Life Saving Drugs
by Amy Booth
Following the overturning of Roe v Wade, patients with autoimmune illnesses are being denied vital medicine.
Analysis: How Latin American Feminists Took on Anti-Abortion Laws and Won
by Amy Booth
Legalisation and decriminalisation in Argentina, Mexico and Colombia shows robust feminist organising can reverse restrictive reproductive rights.
The Bastani Factor: How Britain Starved Ireland
Today the island of Ireland has a smaller population than it did 200 years ago. How did that happen, and what has it got to do with free market capitalism? Aaron Bastani explains how London politicians and Irish landlords exploited a crisis in the name of an ideology – in the process wrecking the lives […]
Ash Wednesday: Why Libertarians Agree With Putin | Ash Sarkar
There’s a clear split between rightwing commentators, and Putin’s war on Ukraine. But between pundits and Putin’s war on woke? Not so much!
Analysis: Sanctioning Russia Won’t Work. Just Look at Iran
by Arron Merat
As the US and its allies impose sanctions on Russia, a cursory look at Iran, which has been sanctioned for over a decade, shows they are a largely symbolic and counterproductive measure, writes Arron Merat.
Explainers: How Racism Affects Our Sex Lives
Does love transcend everything? What does it mean to fall in love in an unequal world? Dalia Gebrial looks at how race shapes our experiences of sex and desire, and asks: what would it take to create better conditions for loving one another?
Downstream: How the Mainstream Media Enabled Climate Denial
Aaron Bastani speaks to George Monbiot about COP26, which countries are climate change leaders and how the mainstream media enabled a culture of climate denial when it mattered most.
Report: Workplace Strikes in the US Are Surging – But Workers Have a Difficult Path to Victory
by Luis Feliz Leon and Maximillian Alvarez
Discontent fuelled a notable uptick in strikes in the US last month, dubbed ‘Striketober’. Rather than simply celebrating this increase in worker militancy, the left must focus on turning this moment into a movement.
Live: Joe Biden Declares End to “Nation-Building” Wars
Joe Biden has pledged to give up on "nation-building" wars following the removal of the last remaining US troops from Afghanistan. Is he right to make that pledge, and should we believe him?
Opinion: The American Right Knows How to Fight a Culture War
by Kojo Koram
We're lucky the British right hasn't learnt from the sophisticated and strategic attacks of their US counterparts. But they still could.
Downstream: Why It’s Eco-Socialism or Collapse
Climate change is better understood as climate systems breakdown, and it’s only through the lens of the latter that we can grasp the scale of the crisis ahead. On this episode of Downstream, Aaron Bastani is joined by Mat Lawrence and Laurie Laybourn-Langton to discuss their new book, Planet on Fire: A Manifesto for the […]
Analysis: Scramble for the Arctic: How Greenland Became the Frontier of a New Trade and Tech War
by James Meadway
Leftist anti-mining party Inuit Ataqatigiit has won Greenland’s snap election. But with international mining companies keen to exploit the island’s vast deposits of rare earth minerals, it is nonetheless emerging as a key battleground in a new great power competition over essential raw materials, writes James Meadway.
Opinion: This Was Always Going to Happen
by Kim Kelly
This week's storming of the Capitol by the far-right should not come as a shock, writes Kim Kelly—and if anything, it will happen again.
Analysis: The Death of the Fossil Fuel Industry Could Be Disastrous for Workers. Now’s the Time to Nationalise It
by Kate Aronoff
Fossil fuels may be on the way out, but there’s no reason to trust firms will wind down quickly enough, or in a way that protects workers. Kate Aronoff looks at how nationalising the sector could work in the US or UK - and argues ultimately it’s a good idea.
The Bastani Factor: The 21st Century Crisis Nobody Talks About: Demographic Ageing
Humanity is getting older. But while the old outnumbering the young is one of the supreme achievements of our species, it comes with major challenges. Aaron Bastani on a crisis set to re-define societies around the world which, for the 21st century at least, is every bit as disruptive as climate change.
Analysis: The Rest of the World is Having a Trade Deal Party and Brexit Britain Isn’t Invited
by James Meadway
The signing last week of a trade deal between 15 Asia-Pacific nations, led by China, signals a move away from US-led globalisation towards a brave new world, one in which “Global Britain” will struggle to situate itself, writes James Meadway.
Long Read: America is a Gerontocracy – and Until That Changes, Its Problems Will Only Get Worse
by Aaron Bastani
There’s an inarguable trend in US politics: leaders and legislators are getting older. But far from a marginal concern limited to a single nation, the consequences of rule by the elderly are potentially catastrophic, argues Aaron Bastani.