A year of neoliberal devastation under Milei in Argentina BERT SCHOUWENBURG details how the libertarian, radical-right president’s shock doctrine has pushed millions into poverty while dismantling the state and aligning with US imperialism and Israeli slaughter
Wednesday 20th Nov 2024 Cop summits: three decades of failing the climate TOM HARDY traces how these climate conferences have been captured by fossil fuel interests while CO₂ levels have continued to rise since 1995 — but XR’s citizen assemblies and direct action have offered an alternative
Wednesday 20th Nov 2024 Science and Society How lithium became a new global flashpoint Lithium is crucial for batteries — but because deposits form only under rare geological conditions, its extraction is a geopolitical flashpoint between the imperial West and the rest of the world, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
Tuesday 19th Nov 2024 League tables are a weapon for NHS privatisation The Stafford Hospital scandal’s false mortality statistics led to devastating service cuts despite evidence disproving the whole debacle, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE, warning of similar threats under Labour’s new plans for league tables
Tuesday 19th Nov 2024 Voices of Scotland Scottish Greens' compromise keeps zombie care Bill alive STEPHEN LOW details how the Scottish Greens’ retreat from full opposition to the Bill gives the SNP the opportunity to revive this toxic legislation and push through privatisation under the cover of popular reforms
Tuesday 19th Nov 2024 The 1660 Restoration and the lessons of defeat KEITH FLETT considers how the return of the monarchy after Cromwell offers lessons for a left facing the return of Donald Trump, showing that radical traditions endure despite reactionary victories
Monday 18th Nov 2024 Women for sale – but at what cost? From prostitution to surrogacy, access to women’s bodies can be bought for a fee. LYNNE WALSH reports from a conference exploring the mounting crisis in which women are increasingly seen as products to be consumed
Monday 18th Nov 2024 John Boyd, 1934-2024 Tony Donaghey remembers a lifelong campaigner who fought tirelessly against the EU and for the right of nations to self-determination, with a fundamental belief in what ordinary working people could achieve by themselves
Monday 18th Nov 2024 Beyond scepticism: understanding the role of Brics+ in global progress JENNY CLEGG sets out and then responds to eight key doubts about the Brics+ alliance in light of the developments at Kazan, arguing it represents a significant challenge to US hegemony and provides a path towards a multipolar world
Sunday 17th Nov 2024 Robbing Peter to pay Paul DIANE ABBOTT checks the arythmetic of the budget and the sums do not bear out the government message on the label
Sunday 17th Nov 2024 When Greek colonels staged a putch Britain looked the other way JOHN ELLISON looks back to the 1974 general election in Greece which freed the people from the oppressive military junta
