In an exclusive and edited extract from his new book The Corbyn Effect, Mark Perryman measures the scale of Labour’s 2017 recovery.
Acid communism? Psychedelic Corbynism? Freak left? Call it what you will – but re-infuse endeavours with a spirit of radical collectivism and unselfing to revivify co-opted countercultures for a world that would be free.
Kurds need to rely on their own strength. The people must directly participate in and control their affairs if the fate of many other postcolonial countries is to be avoided.
Women in the United States receive vastly different levels of protection against gender-based violence in the work place depending on where and who they are.
Строительство Томинского горно-обогатительного комбината началось в обход законодательства и вопреки общественному мнению. English
A copper mining complex in one of Russia’s most polluted regions has been given the go-ahead — and is fraught with intimidation at the local level. RU
“I grew up with mares foaling and cows calving. I knew critters could do better than that; kinda figured women could too if given the chance.”
Headteachers in Russia’s schools are turning foreign children away — fearing hefty fines and pressure from the migration services. RU
One year after the death of Islam Karimov, the continued use of forced labour in Uzbekistan’s cotton fields shows how slow the pace of change really is.
Democracy worldwide faces deep challenges. But good ideas can help overcome them.
Lexiters are deluded: Brexit is a right-wing project. The future of the UK left is with the European left, in the international struggle. This piece, introducing our “Looking at Lexit” series, is paired with a “Lexit” argument by Xavier Buxton.
Should Labour fight Brexit, or embrace it? Julian Sayarer and Xavier Buxton introduce a new project on openDemocracy, exploring the possibilities and limitations of “Lexit”.
