The conviction of a well-known journalist once again raises the question of the international community’s attitude to repressive regimes – and how foreign aid and human rights have been decoupled.
The west cannot preach democracy and free media in Tajikistan while leaving the locals who implement these principles to fend for themselves. RU
It’s entirely logical for narcissists to seek alliances with authoritarian leaders.
Resorting to extreme violence has caused the Ortega/Murillo regime, which operates like an old dictatorship, to lose support from the entrepreneurial class that until now sustained it. Español
The state-sanctioned backlash against migrant rights is transatlantic. At a protest against Trump in London, we asked people about the parallels between US and UK policies.
Geopolitical expediency has forced a people to bargain with the only name history has left them. Reflect on this, before again dismissing them as mere instruments of NATO policy.
If the west's military alliance is adrift, it's not because of Putin or Trump.
We urgently need a constructive and open dialogue between different strands of thought within the populism theoretical oeuvre, if we are to develop progressive political strategies.
The radical right want a no-deal Brexit so they can force Britain into a disaster capitalist trade deal with the USA.
The UK is in the midst of a multi-layered political and constitutional breakdown.
Interview: Colombian lawyer Iván Velásquez Gómez has been the international commissioner against impunity in Guatemala since 2013. Español
Over the past few years there has been an outpouring of progressive proposals for the British economy. From universal basic income (UBI) to a citizen’s wealth fund, it is
