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Miriam Pensack

Miriam Pensack is a writer, editor, and doctoral candidate in Latin American history at New York University.

Trump and His Tory Friends

From immigration to foreign policy and reproductive rights, Trump’s worst policies are mirrored in our own government’s record. Today’s protests will oppose them both.

Against MMT

Modern Monetary Theory disorients the Left by peddling simplistic monetary solutions to complex problems of political power.

20 Years of Welsh Devolution

This year marks the 20th anniversary of devolution to Wales. There have been progressive achievements but, as the UK’s constitutional crisis deepens, the process still has some way to go.

The Bitcoin Scam

Despite the utopian claims of its proponents, Bitcoin is a right-wing nightmare which facilitates tax evasion, money laundering and environmental degradation.

A Letter from Chongqing

The metropolis of western China has built thousands of council flats for its migrant workers. Does it really offer an alternative to China’s state–driven capitalism?

Cuba’s New Blockade

The US blockade of Cuba is the longest embargo against any country in history. Now, the Trump administration plans to tighten the net.

The Children of Austerity

The scale of school cuts since 2010 mean that Britain’s public education system is being transformed. Each day it becomes less about educating and more about subjecting young people to market discipline.

Britain’s Chagos Shame

Britain’s continued occupation of the Chagos Islands, and refusal to allow its exiled natives a right of return, is a scandal. While it continues, the government can claim no moral authority on the international stage.

From Marx to Freud

In 1969, Herbert Marcuse’s ‘Essay on Liberation’ combined Marx and Freud, and inspired thousands of radicals. How liberating is it fifty years later?

Socialism: The Movie

A new documentary explores the history of socialist politics in America and tells the stories of the young left-wingers helping to put it back on the map.