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Making the Kremlin sad

Andy Brain — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 01:11:04 +0000

Ivan Kolpakov, editor-in-chief of Russian-language news site Meduza, tells Anne Schumacher about publishing under repression, circumventing censorship and Putin’s objectives

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Rethinking anti-racism

Siobhan McGuirk — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Racism is a powerful technique for sustaining injustice. We must respond to what it does, argues Gargi Bhattacharyya, if we are to dismantle it

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Book previews: autumn 2026

Siobhan McGuirk — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Botany, welfare, friendships, work and housing. David Matthews picks six of the best new books for leftists

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Contested Commons – review

Siobhan McGuirk — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Katrina Navickas’ clear and persuasive history invites readers to reflect critically on space, place and the commons, writes Rhian E Jones

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Women in Black: peace and justice across borders

Gerry Hart — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Liz Khan reports on the global network of women organising against war and militarism since 1988, with feminist analyses at their core

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Radical Routes: Britain’s quiet co-operative revolution

Gerry Hart — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Radical Routes members Wren Draper and Caz Montgomery chart 40 years of work building alternatives to neoliberal capitalism

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The red and the green

Gerry Hart — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Robert Magowan asks what it would
mean for the Green Party, its politics and
its culture to be ecosocialist

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Local TV, local visions

Gerry Hart — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Andy Brain highlights eight programmes that reveal the power and potential of local TV – despite the tremendous difficulties stations face

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The people’s airwaves: saving local TV

Gerry Hart — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Local TV promised a grassroots platform, but weak regulation and broken business models wrecked the sector. Andy Brain surveys the survivors reclaiming local video

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Radical Jung – review

Gerry Hart — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Rob Faure Walker's book highlights how Jungian ideas can help us navigate capitalism, ecological crisis and the search for collective repair, writes Craig Snelgrove

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