The Next Pandemic
We can take action today to stop the next pandemic, from preventing environmental destruction to properly funding health systems across the world – but there is little sign that governments are willing to do it.
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Honduras Is Latin America’s Latest Left Turn
Yesterday, Xiomara Castro was inaugurated as the new socialist president of Honduras, a little over a decade after a US-backed coup against Manuel Zelaya – it's the latest sign that Latin America's left is on the rise.
Don’t Trust the Met
The Met's intervention into the Sue Gray report should come as no surprise: cover-ups are in its DNA.
Remembrance and Resistance
In August 1944, Auschwitz prisoners smuggled a camera into the gas chambers and took four shaky photographs of the horrors happening there. Their defiant act of documentation shaped our understanding of history forever.
Cricket’s Class Wars
The establishment often claims cricket has a 'spirit' that transcends the class divide. But from the sport’s early hostility to working class radicalism to the sell-off of fields under Thatcher, class is key to understanding its history.
The Tories Don’t Care About Your Freedom
Along with banning protest and engaging in voter suppression, the government’s attempt to dilute the Human Rights Act is the latest proof that the only right Tories care about is their right to screw you over.
Gabriel Boric’s Cabinet Is a First Step in Chile’s Break with Neoliberalism
Gabriel Boric's Cabinet is Chile's most left-wing in decades, but remains a compromise with the moderate forces which dominate Parliament – a sign that the fight against neoliberalism is only beginning.
The Story of Tantura Is the Story of Palestine’s Nakba
The story of the 1948 massacre at Tantura exposes the brutality of the Nakba – and the coordinated effort to deny Palestinian accounts of atrocities in favour of Israel’s whitewashed narratives.
The Tories’ Latest Crackdown on Trade Unions
Later today, a committee will vote on new anti-union measures including levies and severe fines – it’s part of the government’s campaign to deter workers from organising amid the cost of living crisis.
What Freedom Means to Maggie Nelson
The American poet and essayist Maggie Nelson explores climate change, art, sexuality, and liberty in her new book 'On Freedom'.
A Green New Deal for Food
The pressures facing the agricultural sector can't be solved by one-off tricks that entrench corporate power. Instead, we need solutions with collective ownership at the core.
Welsh Labour’s UBI Pilot Is a Step to Fixing Our Broken Economy
Faced with rising poverty and the threat of automation, the Welsh government is rolling out a Universal Basic Income pilot – its aim is to show that bold policies can transform our broken economy.