The French Left’s Next Chance
After narrowly missing out on the presidential runoff, the French left has agreed a landmark pact ahead of legislative elections – and could pose Macron his biggest challenge yet.
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Reform Rising: On the Labour Collapse in Durham
Reform’s devastating electoral success in places like County Durham this week shows that British politics is approaching a tipping point – will Labour respond with watered-down jingoism, or rediscover its soul?
Greece Proves the Right Will Never Fight the Fires
Greece's fires were lit by climate change, fought by underfunded public services, and met with distraction tactics by right-wing politicians. Britain's next disaster will be no different.
2021: A View from the Left
2021 saw setbacks for the Left across much of the West, but victories in Latin America are a reminder that socialist policies continue to offer an alternative to a system in crisis.
‘Community Cohesion’ Won’t Stop the Far Right
The British establishment is promoting ‘community cohesion’ projects as a solution to racist street violence — conveniently ignoring their role in enabling the rise of the far right.
Unconventional Comics
Long dismissed as child's play, comics have carved out space for themselves as a form through which to examine the political – touching on everything from urban history to the fight against fascism.
Why the Right Loves the Culture War
Faced with growing anti-elite sentiment, the Tories have reinvented themselves as culture warriors – a reinvention designed to overcome the disasters caused by decades of free-market economics.
Spain’s Next Steps
Spain's left swept to victory in last week's election. But the risk of a centrist government shows the need to do more than just mobilise progressives against the far right.
Labour’s Self-Flagellation Tour
The Labour leadership's 'listening tour' will do little to rebuild relationships with postindustrial communities – but it will provide plenty of opportunities to repeat right-wing attacks on the party's progressive base.
Britain’s Child Poverty Scandal
Theresa May leaves office with millions of children in poverty and unable to get enough food to eat. It is a disgraceful legacy that deserves no sympathy.
Pushing Back Against the Tech Giants
Labour's plan to introduce a 'Charter of Digital Rights' is an urgently needed response to corporate surveillance, algorithmic interference in politics and the data-for-profit industry.
Mary Lou McDonald: ‘We’re Building a New Ireland, a True Republic’
Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald discusses her party's 'big political project': to lead Ireland's first left-wing government, secure a right to housing, win a unity referendum – and overcome the 'tail ends' of colonisation.
The Sun is Going to Get People Killed
By publishing far-right conspiracies like 'Hijacked Labour,' whose evidence was sourced from neo-Nazi websites, The Sun is setting left-wingers and journalists up to be attacked - or even killed.
The Danish Dilemma
Denmark is one of the few European states to elect a social-democratic government in recent years – but its mix of progressive economics and anti-immigrant policies offers a stark warning about the years ahead.
The International War on Abortion Rights
The US Supreme Court is considering a case with the potential to overturn Roe v. Wade – only one part of a global right-wing campaign which aims to undo decades of progress on reproductive rights.
A Struggle in the House of Art
A wave of politicised hirings and firings in the public theatres and art galleries of Germany show an 'anti-globalist' trend turning into open nationalism.