Illustration: Saman Sarheng

Diplomats – who needs them?

Frances Guy makes a plea for traditional diplomacy in the age of the Trumpian tweet.

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NI 515 - Making peace in a world at war - September, 2018
What should we stand for?

What should we stand for?

Richard Swift considers an alternative to economies based on over-consumption and growth-addiction.

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NI 484 - Capitalism is spinning out of control - July, 2015
Illustration: Volker Straeter

Pathways & possibilities

Richard Swift examines the history of Utopian thinking that fundamentally re-imagines democracy and equality.

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NI 484 - Capitalism is spinning out of control - July, 2015
Illustration: Volker Straeter

Eco-divide: this changes everything

The environmental crisis is proving not only a challenge to capitalism but forcing resistance movements to rethink their politics.

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NI 484 - Capitalism is spinning out of control - July, 2015
Illustration: Volker Straeter

The anarchist impulse

The other great historic alternative to capitalism has been anarchism. Often dismissed as a dirty word, its influence ebbs and flows but its libertarian principles remain profoundly influential.

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NI 484 - Capitalism is spinning out of control - July, 2015
Illustration: Volker Straeter

The people’s flag is deep and red

From Karl Marx to Ed Miliband and François Hollande is a very long journey indeed. But all at least pay lip-service to socialism. So how has it worked as an alternative?

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NI 484 - Capitalism is spinning out of control - July, 2015
All illustrations for Alternatives to Capitalism by Volker Straeter unless otherwise marked.

Capitalism’s stormy sea

Richard Swift begins his journey through political alternatives to capitalism by looking at the nature of the beast they seek to oppose.

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NI 484 - Capitalism is spinning out of control - July, 2015
Anarchism: the A word Ben Rubin, Emma Goldman/Celebrate People's History, 2002, courtesy of Justseeds.org

Anarchism: the A word

Uri Gordon offers insight into what anarchism – a word bandied about carelessly by the press – really means.

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NI 443 - The far right gets respectable - June, 2011
Rescuing socialism

Rescuing socialism

A red-green revival is possible, argues Jeremy Seabrook.

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NI 428 - Welcome to Copenhagen! - December, 2009

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Making peace in a world at war September, 2018
Capitalism is spinning out of control July, 2015
Capitalism is spinning out of control July, 2015
Capitalism is spinning out of control July, 2015
Capitalism is spinning out of control July, 2015
Capitalism is spinning out of control July, 2015
Capitalism is spinning out of control July, 2015
The far right gets respectable June, 2011
Welcome to Copenhagen! December, 2009
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