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The left needs better answers for scared people
By separating our demands from end goals, we can speak to the fears people are living with today.
What happens when you refuse to fight?
A Ukrainian conscientious objector on our present era of militarisation.
Where’s the resistance to the Iran war?
A majority opposes the Iran war and it doesn’t matter – yet.
The two reflexes that are breaking the left
What if the way we organise is the reason we’re not winning?
We really need to stop blaming voters for the far right’s success
Deplorables 2.0 will get us nowhere.
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The German playbook for silencing dissent
Berlin is being very, very naughty – and other governments are taking notes.
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