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Would there still have been climate change under socialism?

Would there still have been climate change under socialism?

Market failure certainly delays aggressive climate action, but even had the whole world in the 20th century been socialist, the…

By Leigh Phillips

To realise political unity, humankind must look to the starry heavens

To realise political unity, humankind must look to the starry heavens

Nasa’s James Webb telescope reminds us how astronomy has shaped the modern world.

By Justin EH Smith

Welcome to the inferno

Welcome to the inferno

This deadly heat is an inevitable consequence of the right’s slash-and-burn approach to climate change.

By Richard Seymour

Interviews and profiles

China Miéville: “If you don’t feel despair, you’re not opening your eyes”

China Miéville: “If you don’t feel despair, you’re not opening your eyes”

Gavin Jacobson

Philosophy's gentle giant

Philosophy’s gentle giant

Jeremy Waldron

Pankaj Mishra’s divided self

Pankaj Mishra’s divided self

Lola Seaton

Francis Fukuyama: We could be facing the end of “the end of history”

Francis Fukuyama: We could be facing the end of “the end of history”

Megan Gibson

Why the left must abandon the myth of British decline

Why the left must abandon the myth of British decline

David Edgerton

How Raymond Williams redefined culture

How Raymond Williams redefined culture

Lola Seaton

Peter Thiel: Big Tech’s dark prophet

Peter Thiel: Big Tech’s dark prophet

William Davies

Jodi Dean: "Identity tells us nothing about politics"

Jodi Dean: “Identity tells us nothing about politics”

Freddie Hayward

Adam Tooze

The second coming of Nato

The second coming of Nato

Adam Tooze

After the Zeitenwende: Jürgen Habermas and Germany's new identity crisis

After the Zeitenwende: Jürgen Habermas and Germany’s new identity crisis

Adam Tooze

War at the end of history

War at the end of history

Adam Tooze

John Mearsheimer and the dark origins of realism

John Mearsheimer and the dark origins of realism

Adam Tooze

The world is at financial war

The world is at financial war

Adam Tooze

Is the energy crisis a bigger opportunity for the left or the right?

Is the energy crisis a bigger opportunity for the left or the right?

Richard Seymour

Can Europe tame pandemonium?

Can Europe tame pandemonium?

Adam Tooze

The new age of American power

The new age of American power

Adam Tooze

The US

America’s crisis-industrial complex

America’s crisis-industrial complex

Nikhil Pal Singh

In the ruins of anti-fascist hegemony

In the ruins of anti-fascist hegemony

John Ganz

From God to monsters – the “new nationalism” of the US right

From God to monsters – the “new nationalism” of the US right

John Ganz

How the Marshall Plan made Europe

How the Marshall Plan made Europe

David Reynolds

John Gray

The Death of Consensus: the recurring nightmares of British politics

The Death of Consensus: the recurring nightmares of British politics

John Gray

The cult of Stalin the intellectual

The cult of Stalin the intellectual

John Gray

The sinister return of eugenics

The sinister return of eugenics

John Gray

Behind Boris Johnson’s masks

Behind Boris Johnson’s masks

John Gray

Why liberalism is in crisis

Why liberalism is in crisis

John Gray and Ross Douthat

HG Wells and the human animal

HG Wells and the human animal

John Gray

How fear makes us human

How fear makes us human

John Gray

Living in Fernando Pessoa’s world

Living in Fernando Pessoa’s world

John Gray

The climate crisis

Would there still have been climate change under socialism?

Would there still have been climate change under socialism?

Leigh Phillips

Utopia in the age of climate crisis

Utopia in the age of climate crisis

Richard Seymour

Who is to blame for 30 years of climate change inertia?

Who is to blame for 30 years of climate change inertia?

Lola Seaton

Remaking the Anthropocene

Remaking the Anthropocene

Duncan Bell

Psychoanalyst Sally Weintrobe: why neoliberalism leads to ecocide

The Environment Interview

Psychoanalyst Sally Weintrobe: why neoliberalism leads to ecocide

India Bourke

Is fascism the wave of the future?

Is fascism the wave of the future?

Geoff Mann

Is a “green state” the answer to the climate crisis?

Is a “green state” the answer to the climate crisis?

James Meadway

The war in Ukraine will only deepen the climate crisis

The war in Ukraine will only deepen the climate crisis

Anatol Lieven

Helen Thompson

The forgotten politics of personal sacrifice

The forgotten politics of personal sacrifice

Helen Thompson

The 1990s promised a new era of peace, but it was an illusion from the start

The 1990s promised a new era of peace, but it was an illusion from the start

Helen Thompson

Why unionism needs the monarchy

Why unionism needs the monarchy

Helen Thompson

United on Ukraine, Nato powers now see the world from Warsaw’s point of view

United on Ukraine, Nato powers now see the world from Warsaw’s point of view

Helen Thompson

As China’s growth stalls and supply chains falter, the West faces a stagflation trap

As China’s growth stalls and supply chains falter, the West faces a stagflation trap

Helen Thompson

The age of plutocracy

The age of plutocracy

Helen Thompson

How Covid shook the West’s faith in itself and changed normal life forever

How Covid shook the West’s faith in itself and changed normal life forever

Helen Thompson

The pandemic has revealed both the enduring wisdom and utopian delusions of Thomas Hobbes

The pandemic has revealed both the enduring wisdom and utopian delusions of Thomas Hobbes

Helen Thompson

Books and interventions

How the empire degraded Britain

How the empire degraded Britain

Laleh Khalili

My friend, the man who tried to kill Hitler

My friend, the man who tried to kill Hitler

Raymond Geuss

A new world order

A new world order

Jerome Roos

The myth of England’s rural idyll

The myth of England’s rural idyll

Phoebe Braithwaite

New York's hipster wars

New York’s hipster wars

Nick Burns

Living in an immaterial world

Living in an immaterial world

Bruno Maçães

Dispossession and defiance: how Hong Kong's struggle explains our world

Dispossession and defiance: how Hong Kong’s struggle explains our world

Yangyang Cheng

The rise of “rentier nationalism”

The rise of “rentier nationalism”

Political Economy Research Centre

Out with the old: is neoliberalism really dying?

Out with the old: is neoliberalism really dying?

Jan-Werner Müller

Theory wars: how postmodernism became weaponised

Theory wars: how postmodernism became weaponised

William Davies

Would there still have been climate change under socialism?

Would there still have been climate change under socialism?

Leigh Phillips

Viktor Orbán's American apologists

Viktor Orbán’s American apologists

John Ganz

Richard Seymour

Utopia in the age of climate crisis

Utopia in the age of climate crisis

Richard Seymour

The Buffalo shooting and the rise of the lone wolf terrorist

The Buffalo shooting and the rise of the lone wolf terrorist

Richard Seymour

Tell us who you really are, Keir Starmer

Tell us who you really are, Keir Starmer

Richard Seymour

The cruelties of self-help culture

The cruelties of self-help culture

Richard Seymour

The internet was built for connection – how did it go so wrong?

The internet was built for connection – how did it go so wrong?

Richard Seymour

Why the alt-right is obsessed with sexuality

Why the alt-right is obsessed with sexuality

Richard Seymour

How postmodernism became the universal scapegoat of the era

How postmodernism became the universal scapegoat of the era

Richard Seymour

The rise of disaster nationalism: why the authoritarian right is resurgent

The rise of disaster nationalism: why the authoritarian right is resurgent

Richard Seymour