In Putin’s Orbit: The Crypto Politics of Jeffrey Epstein and Peter Thiel

The web of ties between Epstein, Moscow and Silicon Valley leads back to Steve Bannon and Nigel Farage

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‘Domestic Terrorism’: ICE Contractor Palantir’s Tools for Tracking Dissent

Peter Thiel’s data firm researched protest prediction for the US Army before agreeing to build ICE’s data platform to conduct mass deportation. Are its tools now targeting democratic dissent?

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Dear Prime Minister...

AC Grayling writes an open letter to Keir Starmer about why the time is now right to give voters another say on Brexit

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The Toxic Strongmen Who Are Gods of Their Own Religions
Heidi Siegmund Cuda on the lessons we can learn from Ruth Ben-Ghiat's vitally instructive history of fascism

“Many autocrats have gone after their own families — it's them or nothing, because they are fanatics. They are in their own way fundamentalists — political fundamentalists — and they are the church. They are the gods of their own religions.”—Ruth Ben-Ghiat

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The Toxic Strongmen Who Are Gods of Their Own Religions

Heidi Siegmund Cuda on the lessons we can learn from Ruth Ben-Ghiat's vitally instructive history of fascism

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How to Defeat the National Populists

"A progressive alternative to the national populist agenda should aim to unify rather than divide."

"there are lessons to be learnt from Britain’s cities. Because of the perceived failures of Labour local government in the 1980s, the party hesitates to trumpet its successes in encouraging culture, education and sport-led economic regeneration in cities like Manchester, Birmingham, Sheffield and cities of culture like Liverpool and Hull. The astounding improvement in inner-London education (once regarded as a basket-case) is an example of how progressive policy in the public sector can achieve results, in this case particularly for girls."

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How to Defeat the National Populists

Jon Bloomfield and David Edgar look at how progressive parties can overcome the rise in national-populism by offering real progressive change

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Rishi Sunak's rapid retreat from his pledges on tackling #ClimateChange is a worrying sign of things to come.

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How the ‘Climate Avoiders’ Have Taken Over Our Politics

Rishi Sunak's rapid retreat from his pledges on tackling climate change is a worrying sign of things to come, reports Adam Bienkov

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A Hot Mess: Behind the Scenes of the British Media's Climate Change Denialism

Eliz Mizon speaks to journalists from across the spectrum to discover why the UK press continues to peddle climate change-denying misinformation – even during an unprecedented heatwave

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A Hot Mess: Behind the Scenes of the British Media's Climate Change Denialism

Eliz Mizon speaks to journalists from across the spectrum to discover why the UK press continues to peddle climate change-denying misinformation – even during an unprecedented heatwave

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How Rishi Sunak's Family Profited from Ties to Oil Giant Shell
In the light of the Prime Minister's plans to extract more North Sea oil, we're reprinting last years revelation by Nafeez Ahmed how he is tied to fossil fuels and climate change denial

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How Rishi Sunak's Family Profited from Ties to Oil Giant Shell

In the light of the Prime Minister's plans to extract more North Sea oil, we're reprinting last year's revelation by Nafeez Ahmed how he is tied to fossil fuels and climate change denial

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The Conservatives Are The Most Racist Political Party in the UK, Say Voters

Exclusive poll finds more voters see the Conservatives as racist towards ethnic minorities, than any other political party, reports Adam Bienkov

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