Features

Thanks to a hit film and a terror charge, the hip-hop trio Kneecap are better known than ever before. Far from attention-seeking, their antics bring a proud tradition of cultural resistance to a new frontier, writes Decca Muldowney.

The left needs a better, more ambitious message when it comes to taxation, argues Jason Hickel.

Tech oligarchs are co-opting fictional universes to sell us a false story of their inevitability. To defeat them we need to reclaim the power of fiction to imagine a world beyond their grasp, argues Elia Ayoub.

Resisting the far right surge. Words by Paula Lacey & Bethany Rielly.

Around the world, ordinary people are pushing back against the influence of the far right. Bethany Rielly looks at the work of three organizations using culture and conversation to counter hate in their communities.

Interfaith couples in India are asserting their right to get married, despite threats of violence. Arshu John and Poorvi Gupta speak to the courageous lovers, activists and lawyers standing against extremists.

Workers are resisting Trumpism – but some corners remain silent. America’s labour movement must now decide if it will stand against fascism or fall with it, argues Kim Kelly.

Meet Árpád Habony, the mysterious man behind Viktor Orbán’s rise to power. He’s now working in the shadows to take Hungary’s far-right model global. Connor Mulhern and Balázs Turcsán investigate.

Josefina Salomón reports from Buenos Aires’ neglected barrios where social movements are sharpening the playbook against Javier Milei’s ruthless austerity drive.

Political Power; Hate Watch; Law and Order; Conspiracy Machine.

Action, and further reading on the global far right.

In an age of crisis, despair is the currency of the global far right. How, asks Bethany Rielly, can we turn this reactionary tide?

Ruth Rohde and Jack Cinamon explain how the US and Britain went from selling bombs for use against Yemen to dropping them themselves.

The Jenin refugee camp has long been branded a ‘capital of resistance’ for Palestinians in the West Bank, but it has paid a price. Kasturi Chakraborty reports on the impacts of Israel’s latest siege and life under surveillance.

To confront the atrocities of its military dictatorship, Argentina introduced a range of lauded ‘memory and justice’ policies. Now the Javier Milei government is stoking denial of the past and undermining families’ fights for justice. Ali Qassim reports.

The war in Ukraine has thrown the UN’s weaknesses and contradictions into sharp relief, argues Lily Lynch.

Francesca Albanese has stepped out of the United Nations’ structures to speak directly to the world’s people about the ongoing genocide in Palestine. Bethany Rielly meets her.

Having facilitated Israel’s settler-colonial project, the UN is now helpless to pick up the pieces. By Hamza Yusuf.

In March, a UN conference sought to make progress towards outlawing nuclear weapons for good. But how can it make a difference while the world’s nuclear powers ignore it? Xander Elliards reports from New York.

Components, budget, and the peacekeepers of the United Nations.