Jim Ritchie reviews Scotland After Britain, a new book on the Scottish independence movement. In it he finds an exceptional account of the changing class
Justin Trudeau’s Canadian government has eagerly embraced NATO’s new “strategic concept”: expansion. The strategy is a return to the Cold War — and a recipe
The invasion of Ukraine is not an irrational product of Vladimir Putin’s “madness.” It corresponds to a project for Russian capitalism that he and his
With his original war aims in shambles, a desperate Vladimir Putin is openly threatening nuclear warfare in Ukraine. The rhetoric of nuclear retaliation and escalation
Baroness Sayeeda Warsi and Alastair Campbell judge who’s fit to rule in Make me a Prime Minister (pic: Channel 4) Channel 4’s Make Me a
The mass destruction caused by 20th-century wars created new forms of artifact preservation and exhibition, backed by Western international groups. But calls to repatriate artifacts
Socialist actor, musician, and civil rights campaigner Paul Robeson viewed the Haitian Revolution as a guiding light in the struggle for freedom and dignity. In
Just Stop Oil blocking Westminster Bridge (Picture: Just Stop Oil) Climate group Just Stop Oil (JSO) began its indefinite occupation of Westminster with angry protests,
Black sharecroppers organizing a union were slaughtered en masse 103 years ago this week in the Elaine Massacre. It was one of the US’s worst
The Hill has fired Katie Halper from its morning show, Rising, for describing Israel’s policies as tantamount to apartheid. It’s a blatant act of censorship
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