How the US-Israel war on Iran is affecting African economies
For some, the impact is already being felt but others remain in limbo over their energy security and are hostage to an unlikely de-escalation
Teaching in and against the state
Should fascists ‘fear’ US public school teachers? Potentially, argues Ranita Ray.
Jahr für Jahr Kamele und «Brownfacing» am Zürcher Sechseläuten
Am kommenden Montag findet in Zürich das Sechseläuten statt. Obwohl das Fest vermehrt für rassistische und sexistische Praktiken kritisiert wird, lehnen die Zünfte Massnahmen wie einen Leitfaden gegen Diskriminierung weiterhin ab.
Nato expansion ‘would provoke Russians’, UK understood
Britain’s military has stated hundreds of times that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was “unprovoked”, but declassified files tell a different story
Why cheap power could matter more than clean power in the push for net zero
The question of how important making our electricity clean is to going green is coming under increasing scrutiny
Suspense and pretense: The RN prepares for life after Le Pen
Pending the July 7 court decision that will determine whether Marine Le Pen can stand in elections, the far-right party must prepare for the 2027 presidential campaign without knowing whether she or Jordan Bardella will be its candidate.
Escaping the Drone Siege in the Humanitarian Catastrophe of Oleshki
Zarina Zabrisky speaks to Ukrainians about the horrors of an underreported genocide taking place right now in the Russian-occupied part of the Kherson region
Rohstoffe schürfen wie zu Sowjetzeiten
In Kasachstan liegen einige jener „Monostädte“, die in der UdSSR in Gebieten mit extraktiven Industrien aus dem Boden gestampft wurden. Heutzutage gelten für viele von ihnen die Regeln von Sonderwirtschaftszonen. Umwelt und Arbeiter werden ausgebeutet wie eh und je.
Europe’s flower industry keeps a colonial system blooming
The booming European flower sector is worth billions, but the developing nations that provided the genetic material behind many of its blooms have received next to nothing in return.
Russische Propaganda – „Man muss Putins Kontrollgefühl attackieren”
Der Westen verliert den Informationskrieg gegen Russland. Das sagt der britische Journalist und Propagandaexperte Peter Pomerantsev.
Defeating authoritarians: Notes from the Hungarian playbook
What can progressives everywhere learn from Magyar’s historic victory over Orbán’s anti-democratic regime?
More than £1bn pledged for Sudan as humanitarian crisis deepens
Donors exceed funding target at Berlin conference but prospects for ceasefire remain distant
Minister misled parliament over arms exports to Israel
Chris Bryant told a parliamentary committee that UK-made aircraft parts would not benefit Israeli fighter pilots. His briefing said otherwise.
Germany becomes premium partner in the Ukraine war
By signing strategic defence agreements with Ukraine, the German government has reached a new dimension of war involvement, says Sevim Dagdelen
Hungary’s election was a false dawn for Europe
Nationalism is not dead on the continent. It's barely begun.
Art, sex, nature: why is everything sold to us as a means to an end, rather than an end in itself?
How a reductive worldview is stripping meaning from our most valued activities
Libyan funding appeal trial: how Sarkozy turned on his loyal lieutenants
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was last September convicted of criminal conspiracy and handed a five-year jail term for seeking illegal financing from the regime of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi to fund his 2007 election campaign.
Serco’s hidden role in Ice training
The British outsourcing giant quietly deleted mention of training US immigration agents after killings in Minneapolis intensified scrutiny of its controversial contracts.
Samuel Pepys Who?
Come to Highgate, Ill give you a quick guided pop tour, writes dandy, flneur and musician Dickon Edwards in a November 1999 diary entry. Heres where Keith Moon threw a champagne bottle through a dividing wall and framed it for a photo.
