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Water apartheid and green colonialism

Gerry Hart — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000

From the occupied West Bank, Farah, Noah and Calico examine how Israel uses water to dispossess Palestinians of their lands and livelihood – and how they are resisting

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Book previews: summer 2026

Gerry Hart — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000

David Matthews shares his pick of the best books upcoming and hot off the press – perfect for holiday and sunny day reads

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Reform, Restore and the fragmenting right

Kimon Daltas — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0000

There are farcical elements to the Farage/Lowe schism but also a real danger of dragging British politics ever rightwards, writes Rhys Clarke

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Pokopia, cosy games and the problem of escapism

Gerry Hart — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000

'Cosy games' have grown in popularity in recent years but can they be more than mere escapism? Stephanie Farnsworth investigates

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Cory Doctorow: AI bubbles, bosses and sci-fi

Siobhan McGuirk — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000

As The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI hits shelves, author Cory Doctorow explains the widely destructive promise of the AI bubble

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Fires in the Night – review

Rhian Jones — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Gareth Thompson reviews a nail-biting history of environmentalist direct action

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Iran: a third way between oppression and aggression

Kimon Daltas — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Can Iranians really only choose between repressive state or colonialist invasion? Alain Alameddine speaks to Iranian independent feminist collective Tanide

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Stella Dadzie: A Whole Heap of Mix Up – review

Gerry Hart — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Stella Dadzie's collection of essays, poems, diary entries and speeches highlights the importance of Black feminist archival practices, writes Grace Blenkinsop

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Citizens’ Advice and the hidden cost of welfare reform

Gerry Hart — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Within an overstretched system, Citizens Advice workers are forced to ration empathy, writes Gareth Oliver

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Nueva derecha: Latin America’s new authoritarians

Gerry Hart — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000

After a year of change in South America, Cameron Baillie profiles the ‘new right’ leaders threatening to deluge the 2020s’ ‘pink wave’ – and the communities resisting them

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