Sanctioning Russia Won’t Work. Just Look at Iran
Arron Merat
Iran weaponised its sanctions. Russia could prove even more of a threat.
Tag: US
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?
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.
Workplace Strikes in the US Are Surging – But Workers Have a Difficult Path to Victory
Luis Feliz Leon and Maximillian Alvarez
The current 'strike wave' pales in comparison to industrial actions just three years ago.
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?
The American Right Knows How to Fight a Culture War
Kojo Koram
It's all about picking your battles.
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 […]
Scramble for the Arctic: How Greenland Became the Frontier of a New Trade and Tech War
James Meadway
With its vast deposits of rare earth minerals, the island is a key battleground in a new great power contest over essential raw materials.
This Was Always Going to Happen
Kim Kelly
The Death of the Fossil Fuel Industry Could Be Disastrous for Workers. Now’s the Time to Nationalise It
Kate Aronoff
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.
The Rest of the World is Having a Trade Deal Party and Brexit Britain Isn’t Invited
James Meadway
America is a Gerontocracy – and Until That Changes, Its Problems Will Only Get Worse
Aaron Bastani
After Trump
James Butler is joined by JoAnn Wypijewski and Vivek Chibber to discuss the fallout of the American election.
Donald Trump Has Exposed the US-UK ‘Special Relationship’ for What It Really Is
David Wearing
Why a Great Corbyn Campaign Is Good News for Bernie Sanders
Jake Woodier
How the US Green Lit an Israeli Movement to Change the Demographics of East Jerusalem
Sophia Akram
