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Rae Deer is an economist and freelance writer.
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.
Israel will face no consequences from the international community for the murder of Shireen Abu Aqleh, or its attempted cover-up afterwards – for Palestinians, justice can only be won through political struggle.
Sinn Féin’s victory in the recent Assembly elections is the first time a nationalist party has been the largest in Northern Ireland – and as unionism disintegrates, a unity referendum looks more likely than ever.
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.
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.
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.
Workers across the Middle East and North Africa are taking on the gig economy in the face of political oppression – and demonstrating the power of solidarity.
Today marks the 10th anniversary of the hostile environment. As the war on migrants continues, building solidarity across our communities has never been more important, writes Shami Chakrabarti.
This week, Grace talks to Nick Taylor and Sahil Dutta about the politics behind the economics of COVID – and how the pandemic and current cost-of-living crises are likely to reshape the world going forward.
RMT workers across Britain have just voted for the biggest rail strike in decades. They are fighting not only a cost of living squeeze but funding cuts that would destroy the rail system as we know it.
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.
The government’s review of the Prevent strategy will downplay the threat of the far-right while targeting social justice campaigns – the latest example of the Tories bringing extremist views into the mainstream.
Richmond upon Thames College is threatening to fire and rehire teachers in a landmark attack on pay and conditions in the industry – but now workers are taking to the picket lines to fight back.
The Australian election saw historic defeats for the Murdoch media and the country’s right wing. But if the Labor Party is to really bring about change, it needs to fight for transformative economic policies.
While anger is focused on the brutal Rwanda scheme, the Tories have also quietly announced new ‘camps’ to house asylum seekers in isolated locations in Britain – yet another attack on people seeking sanctuary.
This year’s Premier League might be the most exciting in years, but it can’t disguise the reality facing English football: that the working-class communities who built the game are increasingly shut out by its elites.
Ulrich Gutmair’s ‘The First Days of Berlin’ provides a glimpse into the squats, galleries, and techno clubs that sprung up after the fall of the Wall — but what were the political underpinnings of that scene and what is its legacy?
In the dying days of industry, northern England supplied the crucial animating backdrop to classic sci-fi in its formative stages.
The New Town of Stevenage exemplified the post-war compromise, and is now being reassessed — but the truth is it was neither a ‘crap town’ nor a utopia.
The government’s plan for full academisation amounts to the privatisation of our education system, to the detriment of pupils, workers and the wider community. It must be resisted.