Outside the system
Section: Argument
Honestly held opinions and provocative argument based on current events or our recent reports.
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‘The UK and EU Must Stand Together to Secure Ourselves Against the Threat from Trump’
Europe must wake up to the growing security threats posed by Russia and the new Trump administration
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The Psycho-Social-Techno Politics of ‘MAGA’ Trumps Democracy – And the Liberal Left Has No Answer
Donald Trump’s second victory in the United States is a warning sign to democracies everywhere of the centrality of emotions – and their manipulation – in the new politics of gross inequality and psychic rebellion fuelled by tech-driven alternative realities, writes Hardeep Matharu
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Privilege and Property: ‘How Reporting on Private School and Farm Taxes Reveals More About Newspaper Owners Than Anything Else’
Hysteria around Labour’s VAT on private schools and inheritance tax on farms are not the existential threats they’ve been made out to be in the press
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Donald Trump is a Catastrophe for our Climate and we Must Start Preparing for the Disasters to Come
Governments around the world need to act now to prevent the worst of what is coming our way
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Trump’s America: The Fulcrum of a Global ‘Network War’ on Democracy
The re-elected President’s backers believe democracy is finished – the fight to save it must transform it
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Genocide: An Idea for our Times
After 80 years, Polish-Jewish lawyer Raphael Lemkin’s idea is more relevant than ever
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Donald Trump’s Victory Shows UK Abortion Rights Are Not as Secure as You Think
Six women were charged in the UK for ending their own pregnancy after the US overturned abortion rights in 2022. Investigations have also exposed how US lobby groups are funding UK anti-abortion organisations
