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When the President Is a Crypto Bro

El Salvador became the first country in the world to adopt cryptocurrency as legal tender, pledging to build a ‘Bitcoin City’ on a volcano – but the recent crash has exposed the consequences of hitching a country’s economy to crypto delusions.

The Windfall Tax Sham

Rishi Sunak’s windfall tax is a drop in the ocean of the profits of oil giants. If the government was serious about tackling the cost-of-living crisis, it would stop letting super-rich corporations off the hook.

Imagining World Peace

The Russian physicist and dissident Andrei Sakharov was haunted by his role in the development of nuclear weapons – as an alternative, in late life he devised a system of horizontal confederation for both the USSR and the world.

Enshrining Impunity

This week, the British government introduced legislation to shield soldiers who committed historic crimes in Northern Ireland from prosecution – just the latest example of its determination to grant impunity for atrocities.

The Police Don’t Need More Powers

Priti Patel’s plans to expand the use of stop and search and arm police police volunteers with tasers won’t prevent crime - but it will increase state violence and further persecute marginalised communities.