Arundati Roy grapples with the complex forces, both global and close to home, which formed her – not least her remarkable and ...

Every time ‘ceasefire efforts’ or ‘truce negotiations’ are announced, the same scene returns to the minds of Gaza’s residents: breaking news alerts; tense scrolling through social media, and ...

As the world’s major powers scramble to secure access to so-called ‘critical minerals’, British mining companies sense an opportunity. Giants such as Anglo American are presenting themselves as ...

The Soviet Union, in the 74 years of its existence in one form or another, was a society that was all about building. The Soviets claimed in the 1970s to have ‘built’ socialism, and while they never ...

The first volume of Tariq Ali’s autobiography, Street Fighting Years (1987), focused on his youth. This latest volume follows on from 1979, taking the reader into his eighties, and includes a ...

Journalism has a diversity problem. That’s not a new revelation. According to a 2023 survey by the Canadian Association of Journalists, 76 per cent of the country’s newsrooms have no visible minority ...

When will Amazon workers around the world enjoy collective bargaining agreements with good pay, union job rights, and safety protections? The challenges facing this lofty goal remain daunting. One ...

In 2025 I have resolved to escape the clutches of my smartphone, which has turned out to be no small task – it encroaches on every aspect of my day-to-day life, from communication and banking to two ...

There have been a number of works examining the rise, decline and fall of the Soviet system but few from the angle of serious post-Soviet Marxism, at least when it comes to works translated into ...

In the ever-shifting landscape and viability of print media, left-wing publications can take many forms and directions. Paula Lacey spotlights a selection of trajectories taken in the UK and beyond ...

Five hundred years ago, one of the greatest social movements in European history swept the Holy Roman Empire in what is now Germany. In thousands of villages, people’s private mumblings at heavy ...