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This autumn’s conference season seemed to shift the standing of most parties by less than the margin of error. Reform maintained its consistent lead over Labour, the Conservatives continued to struggle in third place, and the Liberal Democrats remained in their small-to-medium-sized comfort zone. In a notable exception to the rule, there was new impetus […]

Ever get an uncomfortable feeling that the state is closing in on you? Even if you’re not one of the almost 3,000 people arrested on possible terrorism charges for demonstrating peacefully in favour of peace and against genocide, you may be among the increasing number of those on the left who have a sense that […]

For as long as socialism has existed in Britain, it has been defined by disagreements over the role of the state. From the early days of the Labour Party, through the post-war settlement and the rise of neoliberalism, socialists have debated whether the capitalist state could ever be used to build socialism. The issue has […]

The starting point for any discussion about a united left should be to foreground why we want unity. The reason is this: we need to block the formation of a government of the radical right in Britain, and we need to create a government that can defend its people against austerity and profiteering, the worsening […]

On my regular commute from Liverpool Central train station to the University of Liverpool, I pass several physical reminders of the Merseyside Women’s Liberation Movement (MWLM). Walking up Bold Street, I see that the News from Nowhere radical bookshop still stands on my right, a flourishing non-profit women’s co-operative and long-standing focal point for non-sectarian […]

In the early hours of 29 January 1996, three peace activists cut through the perimeter fence of the Warton Aerodrome of British Aerospace (now bae Systems) in North West England. They proceeded to gain access to military hangar 358, and meticulously damaged the radar and targeting systems, cockpit, nose cone, and metal panels on a […]

The great and lamented urban historian Eric Hazan described the Parisian café as being ‘much more than just a backdrop: it illuminated its denizens’ physique and soul’. To Hazan, there could be no proper understanding of the relationship between his beloved city and its artists and writers without an understanding of that venerated French institution […]

Although it may not sound like it from its (instantly memorable) title, Park Seolyeon’s new novel is a love story. Translated by Anton Hur, Capitalists Must Starve fictionalises the biography of Kang Juryong, whose marriage to Choi Jeonbin leads her first into the fight for Korean liberation from Japanese rule and then into the struggle […]

I recently heard about something called the radar relationship check-in, a method people use to work through issues with their partners. Seeming to originate from the popular US relationship podcast Multiamory, radar is an acronym that describes the different stages in the process: Review, Agenda, Discussion, Action points, Reconnect. I brought this up a few […]

There’s a rough version of the history of architecture, politics, and society since the Second World War that goes something like this. After war and fascism, cash-strapped and devastated countries directed modern architects to design new social buildings, in which form (minimal, without ornament, ‘truthful’ to its construction materials) followed function (mass public housing, schools, […]

Jeff Young has been widely acclaimed in recent years for his radio essays, drama-documentaries, and site-specific playwriting. His first book, 2020’s Ghost Town, focused on his native city of Liverpool, evoking the disappearing streets of the twentieth century with elegiac style. In contrast, Wild Twin — published last year — is a dérive through the post-punk era […]

In September 2015, I moved back to the North East of England after having lived elsewhere for several years. A couple of notable things happened in the days that followed. Perhaps the most notable was the election of Jeremy Corbyn to the leadership of the Labour Party, after a summer of building optimism that this […]

In an early blog post – Inflation targeting spells bad fiscal policy (October 15, 2009) – I outlined prior research that I had done on the issue of inflation targetting (IT). In my 2008 book with Joan Muysken – Full Employment abandoned – we provided further analysis on the issue. We found that there was…

by Christina Jerne* In April 2020, a truck transporting half a million euros in cash was stopped at Italy’s eastern border, testifying that the ’Ndrangheta, one of the world’s largest and richest mafia groups, had made its own Covid-19 emergency liquidity plan. In the midst of tough European negotiations on EU solidarity mechanisms, the German […]

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The president’s corruption is audaciously out in the open, but decades of letting the wealthy play by their own rules enabled him.

The post Liberal Elites Kicked the Door Wide Open for Trump’s Flagrant Corruption appeared first on The Intercept.

An essay by the legal scholar Aziz Huq, who teaches at the University of Chicago — the very university where Fraenkel completed his book — recently appeared in the magazine The Atlantic … That is the insidious aspect of the construction of the dual state: it organises the suppression of dissent, yet leaves the great […]

I am currently on the Amtrak Cascades line between Seattle and Vancouver, returning from the awesome SeaGL 2025 conference at the University of Washington. I decided to cancel the US leg of my flight home because of the airport chaos caused by cancelling 10% of domestic flights. But it got me thinking that reducing air … Continue reading US DOT Aviation Climate Plan →

Trump ended deportation protections for South Sudanese immigrants, prioritized asylum for white South Africans, and threatened to invade Nigeria. It’s all part of the Christian nationalist playbook.

The post How Christian Nationalism Is Shaping Trump’s Foreign Policy Toward Africa  appeared first on The Intercept.

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An obscure election galvanizes national power battles, a worker takes on corporate exploitation, consumers’ favorite energy program survives Trump, and electoral wins reverberate nationwide.