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The long history of US intervention in Latin America

Siobhan McGuirk — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000

Grace Livingstone charts a centuries-old norm of land grabs and bloody intervention and asks: what’s next for Venezuela?

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Lessons from Zohran Mamdani’s campaign

Gerry Hart — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 07:00:00 +0000

Mamdani’s impressive Democratic primary victory is a source of hope for transformative politics in NYC and the wider US, writes Dillon Delaune – one of 50,000 supporters who canvassed for his campaign

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Wealth for all: Saving democracy with community wealth building

Gerry Hart — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 08:00:00 +0000

Ahead of the US election, Sarah McKinley and Dana Brown argue that to save democracy, we first must democratise the economy – with community wealth building the way forward

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Genocide is the dark side of US democracy

Siobhan McGuirk — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 13:55:40 +0000

The US presidential election offers an illusion of choice when it comes to supporting genocide, argues Seraj Assi

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Definitely maybe? The rise of the ‘definite’ left

Kimon Daltas — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 21:28:58 +0000

In an essay in Byline Times, openDemocracy co-founder Anthony Barnett celebrated the emergence of what he calls the ‘definite left’. It triggered a range of responses, including this exchange with the writer, historian and Kremlin critic Kirill Kobrin

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How the Knights of Labor fought nativism

Lydia Hughes — Sun, 11 Dec 2022 08:00:19 +0000

As attacks on immigration rise, how does the labour movement respond with solidarity? Steven Parfitt looks back at the history of the Knights of Labor

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Key words: CANZUK

Rhian Jones — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 07:00:10 +0000

Owen Hatherley uncovers the imperial nostalgia fuelling proposals for a new geopolitical union

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The rise of comedian politicians

Gerry Hart — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 08:00:52 +0000

As more and more comedians find success in the political arena, Rhian Jones lists some of the most prominent examples of satirists turned statesmen

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The deadly dangers of the ‘special relationship’

redpepper — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 10:05:01 +0000

The ties which bind the 'special relationship' between the UK and the US are a toxic mix of militarism and free trade. By Andrew Smith

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Free trade is toxic, but Trump’s trade wars aren’t the alternative we need

redpepper — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 08:00:35 +0000

Hostile trade wars and American protectionism will double down on the damage done by decades of US-driven global free trade policies, writes Dorothy Guerrero

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