OUT NOW – EDITION 70 – FEBRUARY 2025
Cover Story
The Westminster Spy Ring and the Crocodile of Autocracy
Sergei Cristo
How Russian Information Warfare Primed the World for the Tech Autocracy of Musk and Trump
Peter Jukes
From Brexit to X: We Live With the Consequences of Why Nothing Was Done About Russian Interference
Ian Lucas
‘The Spy Game Has Changed’
Charles Beaumont

The Tech Bros Move Fast and Break Things – First Up: Democracy
Manasa Narayanan and Sabrina Provenzani
Plus: Special Investigation
Who Really Profits From Pornography?
Iain Overton
exclusive to the print edition
SIGHTS ON GAZA
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Trump’s Middle East Riviera: What Next for Gaza?
Even if Jordan and Egypt somehow agreed to a US take over Gaza, who would physically remove 2.5 million Palestinians? Trump’s proposal is pure fantasy – but what does it reveal?
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Trump’s Gaza Plan is a White Supremacist Agenda, and the Homeland is Next
Trump’s Gaza plan ‘does not come out of the blue’ argues Nafeez Ahmed, it is ‘part and parcel of a broader white supremacist agenda’
Labour struggles
American oligarchy
Denying the emergency
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How a Police Crackdown on Climate Protests Made Me Join the Frontline for the First Time
“For me, the act of civil disobedience was a stand against the increasing erosion of a fundamental pillar of democracy – our right to protest”
FINDING LEVI
A special investigation by Dan Evans and Tom Latchem into a missing person’s case with dark criminal undertones
Murdoch on trial
War and peace
BYLINE PODCAST
Behind the Headlines
- Trump's Trade War on Mexico and Canada.
- Trump and Musk are on a mission to wreck the positive side of America's global influence, while emboldening its autocratic enemies, argues Matt Bernardini
- American political columnist Heidi Siegmund Cuda reports on how to get out of the blast zone of Donald Trump's 'muzzle velocity' by stepping back to view the bigger picture
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