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Hungary’s tide turns against populist right

Andrew Ryder and András Schweitzer hail a landslide victory for democracy and the European Union in Hungary Election Viktor Orbán has lost the election in...

The Great Unravelling

Patrick Diamond says globalisation is in retreat but taking a different form Much contemporary political debate focuses on whether the era of neo-liberal globalisation is...

Lack of ambition

Dave Levy examines a Fabian Tract* that falls short on Britain and Europe “Pressing reset, our future with the EU”, published by the Fabians, is...

Kids online all the time?

Rebekah Morton makes a plea for sensible social media policies and government investment in media literacy In December, Australia became the first country to ban...

Repression and intimidation mars Uganda election

Micheal Nelson Byaruhanga on Uganda’s costly vote, shutdowns and Museveni’s 50 years rule With 24 hours left to the presidential polling day in Uganda, 48-year-old...

Funding the BBC World Service is a strategic necessity

Panny Antoniou assesses the challenges facing this vital instrument of soft power The BBC World Service is often described as one of Britain’s greatest soft-power...

Banners with white pigeons do not intercept missiles

In giving a view from the Ukrainian labour movement, Yuliya Yurchenko asks what peace is. On the eve of the full-scale Russian invasion, a political...

Domestic Abuse, Labour Values and the Politics of Power

Sabia Kamali welcomes Labour's strategy to address gender-based violence but calls for sustainable funding and political consistency To work with women experiencing domestic abuse is...

Labour’s Factionalism Has to End

Pablo John lays out Mainstream's demands following the Epstein-Mandelson-McSweeney scandals So Morgan McSweeney has gone. Peter Mandelson is being stripped of his peerage. Two men,...

Learning from the Manifesto di Ventotene

In the face of Trumpism Andrea Pisauro urges us to revisit the antifascist roots of European integration On December 2, 1804, in the Notre-Dame Cathedral...

Isolating Israel and Trump on Iran

An ‘off-ramp’ or a forever war? Mark Seddon on Trump’s dilemma as isolation beckons and world economy plunges Raging against the dying of the light,...

Changing Labour to win

In the wake of Starmer’s “mistake” over Mandelson’s appointment, the malign influence of Labour Together and the heavy byelection defeat Mike Davis and Frank...